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We lost, but we will win!

Social media is full of stories of how team India became under-confident in the finals of Cricket World Cup. I don’t know about the…

4 min readNov 24, 2023

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We lost, but we will win!

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Selfish Altruist

My Himalayan Adventure in Shimla — of Mountains & Memories

I love travelling. These vacations are very special, since these trips are the only time when I am able to really disconnect from work…

10 min readJul 24, 2023

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My Himalayan Adventure in Shimla — of Mountains & Memories

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How to choose a life partner and make other critical life decisions

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears” Nelson Mandela

4 min readJun 20, 2023

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How to choose a life partner and make other critical life decisions

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Financial Planning — A simple flowchart for people in tech and others. Part 3.

Part 1 | Part 2 | <Part 3>

5 min readJun 11, 2023

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Financial Planning — A simple flowchart for people in tech and others. Part 2.

<Part 1> | Part 2 | Part 3

8 min readJun 11, 2023

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Financial Planning — A simple flowchart for people in tech and others. Part 2.

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Financial Planning — A simple flowchart for people in tech and others. Part 1.

<Part 1> | Part 2 | Part 3

8 min readJun 11, 2023

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Financial Planning — A simple flowchart for people in tech and others. Part 1.

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Chasing your dreams without breaking yourself

I have type-A personality. I am highly ambitious, highly competitive and often impatient. Early in my career, my stress level used to be…

8 min readJan 29, 2023

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Chasing your dreams without breaking yourself

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200 Hours to learn a skill

In his book, Outliers — The story of success, Malcolm Gladwell claims that it takes 10,000 hours of right kind of practice to become the…

4 min readOct 30, 2022

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Pay your dues

Our career is roughly divided into three phases: There is the phase of apprenticeship, the phase of application and the phase of mentoring…

4 min readJul 8, 2022

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Pay your dues

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The Middle Passage

Imagine a cold winter night. Your kids are in deep sleep upstairs in their bedroom. You are sitting under a blanket with your partner…

8 min readJan 23, 2022

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The Middle Passage

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Selfish Altruist

I work @Google leading teams on hard data problems. In personal life, I am an armchair philosopher. This blog shares my thoughts and experiences — Ashish Gupta

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