Shivam Jha
@shivamxjha
unserious tweets only. geography/digitalculture/fintech enthusiast • MBA @IIM_Calcutta x MIM @HECParis '24 • work @JPMorgan
who wants to discuss with me in 2060 why a T-bill and chill strategy will pan out better than a yolo centric one
Nietzsche on marriage, actually so solid
high key hoping for private equity to expand their public infra assets and take over some libraries, maximise their potential, jack up their real estate price, and exit to a distressed municipal corp
Last attempt before I throw away my phone
2025 is about time we delete Hinge
Man discovers efficient public transit infrastructure in a capitalist country
London public transport is so expensive. One way train journey from a suburb to town is as high ~10 pounds. INR 1000 for a 25 km journey. But the worst is Credit card/Debit card used as a ticket. You can tap your card at entry gate and use the trains. It keeps accumulating and…
The first time I saw the name of my hometown anywhere outside India was in the British Museum, and it made me so happy :) Sultanganj Buddha is the largest known complete Indian metal sculpture - it is a 8ft copper figure from 500 AD - discovered in Bihar
Skip a meal especially lunch if you are planning to drink in the evening, GOATed advice from by elder paternal cousin.
Drop the best piece of advice you got from an elder
yeah
no one's really rooting for you except your immediate family
I am dangerously close to this metric and it is scary tbh
Once you’ve stayed single for more than 3 years, it’s over. You might not find love again.
Attended a techno festival at the Brighton beach and hit a new stepcount PR lol
The entire goal of life is to find a woman who makes you want to lock in and outperform the S&P 500 on a risk adjusted basis every year
Now that I have been forced to try both hot matcha and cold matcha, might as well start to sit down at a local cafe, performatively pull out feminist literature from a tote bag, while wearing baggy clothes, and listening to Clairo, to complete the list.
Life is mostly lived in your 20s and 30s. If you miss out on experiencing canon events and making core memories, you grow into a grumpy old man. You can't be living for the next decade or even the next weekend. Life is too short. Live while you can.
Work life balance is only a real concept when you split it up into periods of your life Your 20s and early 30s should be mostly work, and as you approach your 40s it should transition towards mostly life The problem is when people try to achieve both at the same time
Discovered my 5th grade notebook where I used to note down GTA Vice City cheat codes #6 still hits close to home
I am calling Maria tonight
Yall hopppp off them computers just for couple hours calll the gang go outside. Hit the wooods Throw a house a function Take that whip on road trip Call Maria and get drunk And hit back flippppppppps
AOTY by a margin so far! Pharrell kills it on the production and Clipse drop chills bar after bar. Pusha T indeed my favourite rapper 🐐
Ran the JPM Corporate Challenge London Hit a 3 mile PR only to realise how awfully average I am in a race here
Completely missing the point. Consultants are decision insurance for C-suite so they can justify things to their BOD without getting fired.
R.I.P McKinsey. You don’t need a $300k consultant anymore. You can now run full competitive market analysis using Grok 4. Here are the exact 3 mega-prompts I use to replicate McKinsey-style insights for free:
Sunday nightmares
Too excited to sleep when I know this is waiting for me