Place Exchange & Venturefizz
July 23, 2020VentureFizz is the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry across Boston and NYC. I had a chance to chat with them about…
The Adjacent Possible
July 22, 2020This is an excerpt from Charlie O' Donnell's weekly newsletter on 7/20. After I read it, 2 thoughts crossed my mind: I have definitely…
Is it intimidating to work with people smarter than you?
July 18, 2020I was recently on a panel with COOP which is an organization that is building a diverse movement of upwardly mobile college grads…
Cultivating a Relationship Between Collocated and Remote Teams
July 03, 2020(This article was originally published on PlatoHQ ) Arjun Rao, Director of Engineering at Place Exchange, highlights three ways that induce…
Using Tiger Teams to Solve Problems and Create an Environment for Learning
June 24, 2020(This article was originally published on PlatoHQ ) Arjun Rao is the Director of Engineering at Place Exchange. Here, he talks about how he…
Things I learned while working from home for 2 weeks
March 29, 2020We are living in unprecedented times and for those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to work from home, there are three camps of…
The failure to finish & how to get better at completing projects that you start
March 25, 2020"There is no failure, except in no longer trying." - Chris Bradford Full disclaimer - I had no idea who Chris Bradford was before I read…
Financial awakenings
December 31, 2019I was a bit late to read "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki but I have crossed that off my list in 2019. I think it is one of the most…
A New Dawn 🌅
April 12, 2019I left BlackRock after just over 7.5 years of working there. It was my first job out of school and was extremely formative in the kind of…
Observations and opinions on navigating work and life
April 09, 201950 (for now!) principles, about life and work in general, that I have said to myself in the past, and wanted to codify. Never underestimate…
Taste of the macabre
February 06, 2019I have noticed a recent spurt in dark and grisly stories being made available for consumption across all forms of media. Podcasts abound in…
Evergreen skills
January 11, 2019I have been reading the book Sapiens by Yuval Noah Hariri and a thought crossed my mind. What if I were transported back into pre-historic…
A day in the life of American - How to NOT treat your customers
December 26, 2018On the 26th of December, 2018, I was scheduled to fly from New York to New Orleans by way of Charlotte. I flew American Airlines for reasons…
Six things that Sober October taught me
November 09, 2018To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind…
How to battle the sands of time
July 05, 2018“Sometime you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory” ~ Dr. Seuss Let me preface this article by saying that I don…
Why you need to sell yourself
November 16, 2017“Your most important sale in life is to sell yourself to yourself.” — Maxwell Maltz There is an unequivocal harsh truth in this world…
Knowing who your bail friends are and why it is important
August 27, 2017A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. — Walter Winchell Ever since humans became aware of using each other…
The One
August 27, 2017“Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder…
Life and the Pursuit of Happiness
July 24, 2017A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. — Ayn Rand We are social creatures. Mankind rose to…
Why Are Millennials Creating All This Content?
June 06, 2017“Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.” — Leo Burnett In a strictly observational sense, ours…
How to combat your psyche
May 06, 2017Something most people don’t talk about are the low points they feel in life. It’s a taboo topic to voice those thoughts out aloud. Why let…
Coming to America - An Immigrant's Perspective
April 29, 2017There is a lot of hubbub around immigration into the United States at the moment. With a slew of immigration orders and laws, fear, doubt…
The Network Effect
April 19, 2017Achieving success is not a formula. Being successful involves doing things, really difficult things. It is easy to do nothing and it is the…
Website Redesign 2017
February 09, 2017I want to document the process I went through to revamp my personal website. I'll walk through some of the design decisions as well as some…
Tales of the Aurora
March 21, 2016"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits…
The Quintessence of Travel
January 25, 2016“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” -G.K. Chesterton A question I spend far too much time thinking…
The Big Picture
August 11, 2015I generally consider myself to be a practitioner of the Stoicism school of thought. There have, however, been instances when I have been…
State of the Individual
August 02, 2015As I sit in the the cool shade of the backyard at Saturday's Surf Cafe, SoHo, NYC, on a sunny Sunday, I can't help but look back at the…
Change in Direction
March 20, 2015This site used to be called "Mind your code" which was meant to present a very narrow cross section of the person I am. It was then called…
Thought cloud
March 19, 2015It isn't easy choosing what issues I want to talk about in depth. The conflict that arises is between the sheer volume of thoughts I have v…