Here are some whitepapers that you must read [as a senior engineer].
20. TikTok Monolith
19. Meta FlexiRaft
18. Google Spanner
17. Meta Minesweeper
16. Apache Cassandra
15. Apple FoundationDB
14. Amazon AuroraDB
13. Google Pregel
12. Google Dapper
11. Google Chubby
In my entire career as a software engineer, these are the number of times I used:
1. Dynamic Programming : 0
2. Tries: 0
3. Segment Trees : 0
4. Two Pointer Method : 0
5. Tree Traversal : 1
But we prepare for them in every interview.
What a waste of engineering talent.
Have you noticed a small icon on the right of LinkedIn profiles?
It tells you how closely you are related to a user (1st, 2nd or 3rd-degree connection).
How does LinkedIn do this?
Many technical challenges we see today have been solved decades ago.
For example, Hotstar is famous for serving 4-5 crore users during Cricket matches. That's about 3% of India's population.
In contrast, Doordarshan is a Mammoth 🦣
In 1987, Doordarshan had 7.7 crore viewers
Every business is a for profit entity. Jobs exist because the business turns a profit. Unless you work for a loss making PE/VC funded startup. Very important to justify the value you bring to the company when asking for a big hike.
Your six months of interview preparation means nothing to them.
Coding a hard problem in 45 minutes means nothing to them.
Your sense of injustice now, also means nothing to them.
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STOP wasting your time with irrelevant DSA problems.
Learn real-world engineering instead.
Engineers need to communicate effectively when building AI Systems.
These terms will help you use a shared vocabulary.
This is useful when discussing concepts, reading papers, or collaborating with teammates.
Listed in order.
00:00 Agenda
00:28 1. Large Language Model
01:28
Indian tech influencers are reacting to DeepSeek in hilarious ways.
"Why can't we build our own LLM? What's stopping us?"
Nothing.
"Shouldn't India have its own LLM?"
If there is a clear need, then yes. If it's for fixing your hurt national pride (China did it, so can we!),
Why are we lagging behind so much in AI? Founders are not starting up in DeepTech? Investors are not being Bold? Lack of Talent? Lack of solid Research Labs in Universities? What am I missing?
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