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How to Skyrocket Your SaaS Startup's Growth with Smart Marketing and Product Strategies

Discover how to grow your SaaS startup with proven strategies for product development, marketing alignment, UX design, and data-driven decisions—even on a tight budget.

Career Prep: Know your value

Finding your next role and team

How to become senior AI Engineer

5 steps you should do if you want to become Senior Data Scientist of ML/AI Engineer.

Think You Don’t Care What People Think? That’s the First Sign You Do.

You say you don’t care what people think? That’s cute. You do. And if you lead, you better.

How Peer Support Helps in Interview Preparation

A single thread in a stone may be weak, but woven together it becomes unbreakable.

How to Prepare for a Tech Layoff

While you can’t always predict when a layoff will happen, you can prepare for it.

Francesco Faggiano - Meet the mentor

From leading high-performing teams at Amazon to mentoring the next generation of leaders, I’ve learned that real impact starts with people. If you're ready to grow faster, lead smarter, and unlock your full potential—I'm here to help.

Navigating the 2025 Job Market: Tips for Fresh Graduates in Tech

Follow the steps to be updated with the current times

How to Create a 60-Day Tech Interview Prep Plan That Works (2025 Edition)

Roadmap or Personalised plan for your FAANG Prep

From Superstar to Struggling: ADHD, Masking, and Workplace Burnout

A superstar job candidate gets hired, burns bright, and then burns out.

Things I have learnt in my 10-year career at Google

The counterintuitive advice I'd give to anyone

How to Build a Structured Study Plan for FAANG+ Interviews

Preparing for FAANG+ interviews can feel overwhelming. With so many topics to cover - coding problems, system design, behavioral questions - it's easy to get lost in the noise.

Cracking Google Summer of Code: My Journey from a Tier-3 College to Open Source Success

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that empowers students to contribute to real-world open-source projects under mentorship, often serving as a gateway to professional growth. In this article, I share my GSoC journey from a tier-3 Indian college to selection, breaking myths and offering practical strategies for students aiming to stand out.

Your introversion is not an excuse.

Your introversion is a strength, not an excuse: how to network authentically and advance your career without letting your introversion get in the way.

How Mentorship Helped Shape My Career

During the past 15 years, I’ve explored different ways to acquire the necessary knowledge and skill to move forward in my growth. Most of my efforts were spent on formal training and courses. I thought it was the way to build up the fundamentals of my future. I still believe it was the right thing to do, but I didn’t know I was neglecting one of the most effective learning methods.

Why True Leadership Emerges Through Mentorship and Community

The Myth of the Solo Hero

When Your Big Client Quietly Kills Your Startup (Without Even Acquiring You)

Too many startups confuse enterprise interest with validation. But when a big client takes over your roadmap, it’s not validation, it’s capture.

How Safe is Your Team

A leader's guide to measuring and strengthening team trust

Engineering Your Breakthrough: Career Growth Strategies for Tech Pros at Every Stage

Like engineering projects, tech jobs have different stages that come with their own problems and chances to learn. As a mentor who has worked on ML Model performance, infrastructure scalability, system design, and hiring at Meta, Amazon, and Adobe for more than ten years, I've been through many of these changes myself. This blog post is a mix of a personal letter and a thought leader piece. It gives early-career developers, mid-level engineers who want to work for FAANG, and people who want to switch careers and work in ML/infrastructure roles both inspiration and useful tips. You can make your breakthrough happen no matter where you are.

Expat life IS a struggle. Until you OWN your STORY.

Being an expat is messy, you're no longer the same person. When you go back to your home country, you're a bit of a tourist, a little intolerant, and then you return to your new country and feel confused. You wonder how you lived in that mess for so long. Then you look at how much you've achieved during your years abroad versus everything you gave up when you lived back home. It's a mix of emotions! I share my unfiltered experience in this latest newsletter article. Connect with me if this resonated with you. I can help.

How local variables work in Python bytecode

A deep dive into the stack-based functionality of LOAD_FAST in Python bytecode.

Why Every Tech Professional Should Consider a Career Counselor

Discover why tech professionals turn to career counselors for 15-40% salary increases, strategic career pivots, and burnout prevention. Find the right one.

From Engineering to Product Leadership: Sophie's Transformation

When Sophie Demmin first transitioned into a product management role, she quickly realized that bridging her engineering expertise with the business side of product management required targeted guidance.

AI for SRE

We Don’t Need Just an Assistant. We Need Understanding

Your data as differentiator in GenAI Era

When everyone is using the same LLM, what can your company do to stand out?

Board Portals For Every Leader and Team Member

Find out how board portal software helps board members and corporate teams work together better. It keeps data safe with strong security, makes meetings easier to manage, and improves communication across industries.

You Don't Need a Mentor

You can get good without a mentor, what takes the time is the feedback loop.

From Junior to Cloud Engineer: A Real-World Path Without Buzzwords

Many developers know how to build apps. However, turning them into cloud-ready, scalable solutions often feels confusing. This guide breaks down into a clear step-by-step path to help you grow from writing code to thinking and working like a cloud engineer, without chasing buzzwords.

Breaking into Pre-Sales Without Being an SDR

When people think about getting into tech sales, the first thing they often hear is: “Start as an SDR.”

The Manager Matters Most: Spotting Bad Managers during the Interviews

Data shows bad managers crush employee sentiment. Learn how to spot red flags & toxic traits during your job interview to find a supportive leader