A year ago, I was just a guy with a notebook, a flicker of curiosity, and a nagging question: What if the stories we tell about startups—the ones dripping with genius and overnight success—are wron...

First Email It all began when a hiring manager reached out to me on LinkedIn about a job in Austin, Texas. The job description was refreshingly direct—no frills, just the essentials. I was pleased ...

This is another ELI5 style explainer of how I trade options. I’ll go through covered calls and call credit spreads in this one. Let’s jump straight into the explanation. Imagine I have a stock wor...

Khan Academy I recommend watching Finance and Capital Markets in particular. That section covers things like interest rates, home loans, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and a lot more. It covers the ...

The Design of Opportunity When I left India, I wasn’t just crossing borders—I was choosing between two very different blueprints for building a life. Canada, I realized, operates like a well-drafte...

The Problem With Promising Fields When I finished my Master’s thesis on machine learning, I didn’t feel like an expert. I felt like someone who’d spent years learning the rules of a game that keeps...

For international students applying to universities in Canada, the process can be a bit of a puzzle. Typically, you might find yourself accepted to a university that’s a couple of notches below wha...

I’ve been learning and trading options for a couple of years now. It was virtual back when I didn’t have the money to do it. Now, I have some savings enough to make small trades. In this post, I ex...

When I Listen I’ve never reserved a special time just for podcasts. Instead, I let them blend naturally into the fabric of my day—whether I’m cooking, cleaning, or working out. Even on days filled ...

College wasn’t where I learned the most. It was where I learned how to learn. At a small university in western India, my schedule ran from 10 AM to 6 PM—but the real education happened in the gaps....

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