How my failure, combined with my efforts to overcome helped me ! Prologue One of the most loved and hated subjects in software engineering – Threads. While they solve big problems of concurrency and performance … they create even trickier problems of Deadlocks and race conditions. . Threads and me – we were never good… Continue reading
. Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses There are certain personality characteristics that are highly correlated with professional success: ●Dedication to work ●Attention to detail ●Ability to manage time ●Conscientiousness. . People who have these traits are generally excellent students and productive workers. They can also be difficult to live with. . Think… Continue reading
How my failure, combined with my efforts to overcome helped me ! Prologue We often hear “failures are stepping stones to success“. Proving the same, here are some of my experiences. In the next few blogs, I will write about how certain failures helped me … ●Understand technology better. Therefore, become a better techie. ●Use… Continue reading
The book starts by laying bare the successes and failures of the author himself. From a book consultant, strategist, one of US’ youngest talent … to many failures. To ending up in the hospital with a panic attack. . To lay bare one’s failure takes courage and humility. For this, my respect for the author… Continue reading
The book discusses a stoic philosophy – Obstacles existing to make us better. I loved this book and have pencil marks all over it. Problems are like video games levels. Each needing practice, creativity, persistence, or teamwork to accomplish. In that sense, every problem is an opportunity to become better … ●A more creative… Continue reading
. The book is a collection of experiences and opinions. There is something we’ll experience right off the bat … that Hugh makes no effort to sugarcoat his opinions. He is unabashed, both with the language and his opinions. Matter of fact, he uses his raw language as one of his USP. I have to… Continue reading
The Problem ( in simple words ) . Softwares lose data working with MQ systems. . High volume processing requires data to be managed within memory. MQ-based systems like Kafka, Rabbit MQ, and Active MQ are some examples. . While these systems manage millions of messages, they are ‘transient in nature’. Meaning – once a… Continue reading
Sequel of Stubbornness of beliefs. Smarter people make poorer decisions . The popular wisdom is that the smarter you are, the less susceptible you are to fake news. After all, part of being “smart” is being good at processing information. So, it feels like smart people should have the ability to spot reasoning and… Continue reading
Recently, a poor decision was taken around me. I could not vent my frustration there. So, I’ll one up, and write about it ! . Belief – no matter, true or false . Once a belief is lodged, it becomes difficult to dislodge. Flaws in forming and updating beliefs have the potential to snowball. Once… Continue reading
The book discusses “Decision making” as a subject. . Annie Duke, the author, has been a poker world champion 🏆🏆. Since every decision in poker has an immediate monetary result. So, the game gives a great perspective on “decision making”. That is aside from losing or winning millions ( in Annie’s case ). . Resulting… Continue reading