Richard Hamming: You and Your Research Talk at Bellcore, 7 March 1986 The title of my talk is "You and Your Research." It is not about managing research, it…www.paulgraham.com I am mesmerised by the universality of tactical advise delivered in this talk and how all of it is backed by examples. It is wisdom on steroids but a really long read. …

I ❤ frameworks I am a sucker for frameworks and principles, for they short-circuit great decision making. From what I have noticed- there is a strong pareto in the kind of problems we face so the useful frameworks compound rather quickly. Now you tell me- ain’t that worthy of ❤? …

Last Sunday my 6 year old niece had come home but I could spend only little time with her since I was occupied. …

I’d like to argue that a majority of competent individuals are bugged by the Imposter Syndrome and back it up with the underlying principles of behavioral economics, here we go! 1/3: Imposter Syndrome

Update (May’19) It’s been a helluva ride and a lot of learning. I realized that I will stick with 4 habits that I worked on all this while- waking up not so late, exercising, meditation, daily journal and reading. I have stopped posting weekly blogs, I couldn’t get myself to write about…

“What routine academics gets wrong, internships get right!” — PSK In an ultra competitive setting where you need experience to get experience, internships are becoming increasingly popular as a quintessential block on resumes as well as a stepping stone to full time offers (read: PPOs). Also, working on real world…

At Greendeck.co, we leverage deep learning to drive operational efficiency and innovation in online retail. We empower our clients with smart engines that are capable of tasks like tracking competitor’s products, pricing & promotions in real time and categorizing products automatically on the basis of descriptive text & images. …

(P.S.- You can now crunch these numbers and join others in the community @ https://www.kaggle.com/bazuka/census2001 ) I was working on my internship project when I realized how exhaustive, accessible and yet useless Government of India Census data can be when it comes to putting it all together at one place…

“Guess and win €100!!”, an elderly Asian woman interrupted me as I was walking from the Eiffel Tower to the metro line on a windy Paris evening. …