So many people do the right things in the wrong order, so they don’t get anywhere. But where would you be if you did things the right way? One of the biggest decisions that you will ever make in your life is when you take that moment and decide that it’s time to build your … Read more
Wondering why you haven’t made it to the C-suite yet? This is it. I’ve been on two different sides of life. One where I had to claw my way through to almost be able to make a living. The other where I kind of created a system where it felt like everything was handed to … Read more
Through her company AngelHack, Sabeen Ali created a global network of 50,000 programmers in 52 cities across the world. She has partnered up with major companies from Hasbro and the Hearst Corporation to HP, Cisco, and Conde Nast. She has spoken at two TEDx Talks on both sides of the world and has teams in … Read more
We’ve all experienced a time when a dropped call is less than favorable. Whether it’s with a client, your parents, someone you’re trying to break up with (awkwarrrrd) or anyone for that matter, a dropped call is never a helpful thing. And buffering symbols on Skype, WhatsApp and Viber… don’t even get me started! If … Read more
I’ve had times of my life where I was so depressed, I wanted to just hide away from the world and just give up as it kept moving forward. I watched my Lexus GS 350 disappear. I saw that I no longer had trust from my investors. I saw that my job was basically ended. … Read more
Racial profiling is cultivated from an institutionalized system made to keep minorities as underprivileged citizens. The root cause of the problem can be the criteria to get a loan for a home, health benefits, or even what zip code one lives in compared to their white counterparts. In the past, Tim Wise stated that it … Read more
Background information from the person that asked this question: I’m 25 years old. I was raised as a member of the middle class. My parents do not come from wealth, and we were not at all wealthy (by Silicon Valley standards) when they were raising me. My parents ended up starting a couple of companies … Read more
When I was growing up, I wanted to be older. I wanted to grow up as fast as possible so I could start working and becoming a man. I thought it would be a dream come true. Now that I’m older, I want to be young again. I want to recapture who I was … Read more
It’s extremely hard. It’s engraved in our nature to take pride in the things we acquire. Yet, once we take pride in things, that is when we start to lose what we have. People end up making rash decisions, put down their guard, turn to drugs, or some other type of detrimental behavior, once they … Read more
Someone on Quora had asked me: “Median salary of a Software Engineer in India is around Rs 3.6 Lakh whereas in US it is $71k(ie Rs 44Lakh) which is nearly 12.4 times that of India, but the cost of living or equivalent salary of US is considered to be only 4 to 5 times that … Read more