Swanand
@_swanand
CTO, Leader, Mentor, Nerd, Coach. You'll find tweets on software, humor, education, teams, and careers. DMs open
Improving skills and building solid foundations is a topic that keeps coming up for discussions at meetups and conferences. My talk "The well-rounded engineer" was built around the same idea. Here's the slide deck: speakerdeck.com/swanandp/the-w…
Breaking news: Meta is hiring A R Rahman for $10b/year to lead AI music creation.
It was a pleasure meet @sama at his office …we discussed “Secret Mountain”, our virtual global band, and to empower and uplift Indian minds to use AI tools to address generational challenges and lead the way forward. EPI @chatgptindia @OpenAI #arrimmersiveentertainment…
a regrettably popular refrain on tech twitter is not to bother with programming and CS anymore since AI will take over in 6 months / 1 year / 5 years fuck that. now is the time to double down on becoming top 0.01% at the fundamentals of software development and computer science,…
In the Second Year of engineering, the toughest subject was Electromagnetic Engineering, which was full of vector calculus. And our principal (tough-love taskmaster personality) taught the course. I groked it quickly and made rapid progress in the first 4-5 classes. After that,…
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The temperature in the parking lot was 54°c today. By the time I exited to the service road, went down to 53°, but still remained 48+ until we reached home.
Google's Gemini seems completely useless. Have you been able to make the best of it yet? How, if so?
Waiting for them to figure out last mile logistics for this. After that it's a whole new level. I fully expect Gulfstream and Cessna to experience a dip in their business
SpaceX Earth to Earth passenger flights are now pending approval 27,000km/h Hong Kong to Singapore: 22 min LA to Toronto: 24 min Bangkok to Dubai: 27 min Tokyo to Singapore: 28min London to Dubai: 29min London to New York: 29min New York to Paris: 30min Honolulu to Tokyo: 30…
Even Google is using "annual run rate". There's no hope left.
Just got off the earnings call - great quarter and it was our (and my) 40th call as Alphabet. August will mark 10 years since we announced Alphabet. Been thinking about the incredible growth in our new businesses since then - Cloud, YouTube, Play, Subscriptions etc. To give a…
The economic back pressures of a "salary ranked" system are tremendous. Second order effects are entirely unpredictable. - Salaries go down everywhere for h1b - Companies prefer hiring remote - L1 based immigration comes back - Title inflations, "salary" inflation And so on
BREAKING - President Trump’s administration is moving to end the unfair H‑1B visa lottery, replacing it with a merit‑based, salary‑ranked system that prioritizes highly skilled, top‑earning workers.
A lot of people: I *love* coffee ☕️❤️ Also lots of people: I *love* ice cream.🍦🫶🏼 Some genius, somewhere in Italy: What if..... just what if...?
Why Indians have ZERO civic sense. Great video, I see that zerodha is out to get cancelled. youtu.be/bq0HeSP_U68?si…