The last of the regretful series.
If you have read the remaining ones on this kind, you probably know how this goes — I reflect on how the time went in the last one year in the hopes of providing clarity for someone who wishes to learn from my hindsight.
However, this one is different — in the fact that the circle is completed and now it’s an open letter to those at the end of the path from those at the beginning. Just to clarify, by freshman I mean the ones who join college in their first year mainly — not to be mistaken with fresher which is the term for those who are entering the industry to work. …
It was good while it lasted (on Medium) | TWTW #101
Tuesday (18/08/2020)
Watched Revenant in the evening, after talking to 5 juniors in the evening, which was after a meeting with Anand and Sachin — who brought me to speed about the work they are working towards.
Wednesday (19/08/2020)
Watched Body of Lies in the morning.
23 weeks of Corona break + Penultimate one | TWTW #100
I have covered 700 days of my life now!!! Now all we need to do is wait for the Robot revolution to study all this and make my immortal clone before the end of this century :)
Last 20 or so were probably boring for you haha. It’s been a transformative journey so far — with lots of realizations and discoveries in the process. I wish someone else tries this process after I conclude my time in Medium (only a few more months until I fully shift to joelvzach.co to continue my explorative journey)
I’ve decided to write one more week (extended week till August end) so I hope by then my website will be ready for the transition to aspire for TWTW #1000…
Week #22 of Quarantine Break | TWTW #99
Saturday (01/08/2020)
Conducted hour long interviews for the juniors. They are quite good at it. And so can I with regular practice.
Made a pitch deck for Learning Cell for our college.
Sunday (02/08/2020)
Akshay suggested participating as a squad for the following event>
After family chat at 11, had a Learning Cell discussion session at 12 to see if TA’s program is a viable attempt. Started interview sessions at 3.30 PM. It went on till 9.30 PM — pretty engaging yet tiring! Grateful for the opportunity.
Monday (03/08/2020)
Woke feeling quite tired — probably because of all those interview sessions. Had an hour long conversation with Anand Davichan regarding entrepreneurship route. …
Week #21 of Quarantine Break | TWTW #98
Saturday (25/07/2020)
Worked long hours to complete Travel Restrictions problem of Facebook Hacker Cup competition. While it looks like sphagetti code, I am proud of the intricate working on what I made on my own! But the joy was shortlived when I realized someone completed it in 5 minutes on the leaderboard. Looks like I have got miles more to go before I truly gain control on the problem solving aspect.
Attended two webinars:
- AlumConnect (MEC alum network) to interact with Mr. Divakar Bhat.
- CETA (Dad’s alum network) to interact with a ’78 batch alum.
Honored to have a network of support to learn from. …
Week #20 of Quarantine Break | TWTW #97
Goals for the week:
- Complete the DEBATE Club App
- Make significant research progress for Mettle Project and Food Project
- Improve on my competitive programming skills
Sunday (19/07/2020)
19th week of COVID-19 Break | TWTW #96
Monday (13/07/2020)
Nirmal came over today. He is a buddy of mine from school — it sure was fun to reconnect with him. He watched a lot of Netflix content and had recommendations for me apparently.
Got the goodnews that my Reddit giftee received the delights I sent.
Tuesday (14/07/2020)
Attended a webinar organized by the placement cell of our institution — an interactive session with Mr. Rasheed, an alum of our institution.
18th week of COVID-19 Break | TWTW #95
Monday (06/07/2020)
Woke up feeling mildly tired. Watched a lot of Fullmetal Alchemist anime and played quite a bit of chess.
Tuesday (07/07/2020)
Don’t recollect anything specific.
Wednesday (08/07/2020)
Attended 5.30 AM session of the Interview prep team call. It was actually very useful — with mock practice sessions and knowledge sharing, there is a little of everything for everyone.
17th week of COVID-19 Break | TWTW #94
Monday (29/06/2020)
Got the news at 10.30 AM that our exams are postponed due to the Corona Virus threat that persists for students and their loved ones. So instead spent the day watching first 4 episodes of Dark Season 3.
Something interesting happened. Sanjay from ECA suggested having a talk series with Ex-MECians for the juniors of our college. He got in touch with a Senior of ours who just recently completed his two years of employment at Apple, California, US. …
16th week of the COVID-19 Break | TWTW #93
Monday (22/06/2020)
Need to dive deep into Embedded Systems today. Referring textbook and ppt notes in parallel while compiling the crisp revision notes. I am unable to stay focused for long durations of time unfortunately — it’s not that I am craving to do something fun instead but rather the slow burn of toiling with the hurdle ahead without a clarity about the incentive I am seeking out. The following article might help me finesse my inner self.
Had an hour long meaningful conversation with Varatha from Co-Create meetup that I had attended back in January. He shared his insights about product design thinking and how to find the root problem to tackle while developing the solution to cater to the growing public need. The essence of the conversation was that systems need to be broken down to its components to understand the overall working and to effectively optimize for results. I am quite grateful to have his support and unbiased opinions about relevant ideas. I guess there are certain treasures in life that money can’t buy — like quality connections from experience. …
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