Swapnil Agarwal 🌵

Whenever someone asks why I’m building Cactro, I tell them the story of a coder who was working as a security guard before we placed him at a 5.5 LPA job. His family’s annual earning was less than 1 lakh rupees. He dropped out of college due to a financial crisis and started…

How to talk about your project in an interview that it’s excites the recruiter or founder (even if you’ve built something small or incomplete) Let me say this straight up: You don’t need a perfect project to impress in an interview. You only need to talk about it with clarity…

Deep work is becoming rare these days. We’re busy scrolling Instagram Reels to sleep.

– dropped out of diploma – never was asked for interviews or resume – no college degree – built proof of work and got hired Thank you so much @SwapAgarwal for featuring me in the #SelfMade series!

He used to question if he even belonged in tech. Now he’s building AI products at a US startup (backed by Sam Altman). Welcome to Cactro’s #SelfMade series. Saurabh didn’t come from a top college. He wasn’t even interested in tech, he just wanted a laptop to play games. But…

You're one year away from people calling you lucky.

Not journaling will inevitably lead you to a fixed mindset.

Self-taught techies! Here's your chance to inspire others & some spotlight :)

You write a debugging post in Jan. Someone bookmarks it in March. They mention your name in a meeting in Jun. That turns into an opportunity in September. By then, you've forgotten about the original post entirely. You think you "got lucky". But luck had nothing to do with it.

📣📣 Calling for more self-taught developer stories. If you’ve built your career without a fancy college or a big degree, the world needs to hear your journey. Your story could give someone the courage to start. Just drop a 👋 in the comments and I’ll reach out. You can also…

Writting is vaccine to AI.

Reading is the antidote to AI.

5 things developers should focus on before worrying about DSA: If you're just starting out, solving algorithm puzzles might feel productive. But companies don’t hire you for solving reverse linked lists. They hire you because you can build. And to build well, you need…

If there’s one thing to take away from the Soham Parekh fiasco, it’s how to write great cold emails. Here’s how to write a cold email that gets a response (from HRs/founders/literally anyone) What most cold emails look like: “Hi sir/ma’am Please consider my profile for the…

So true... 💯 Think and realize there is no one watching specifically you. It will lessen the pressure. And do your best now.

Hell yeahh

Tech interviews inherently test for one thing: 👉 How well can you cope under pressure? 👈 Can you stick long enough with a problem? Can you show up day after day? Can you debug at 3am? Or do you give up when things get hard? It’s all a proxy for one thing: mental resilience.

one day, you'll realize that no one was really watching and you could have done whatever you wanted never too late to internalize this 🙃

Growing up, I didn't value my city as much as I should have. I thought all cities are like this only. 🙈