Experiences Featured The MIP Computational Competition 2023 Journey through MIP competition: Striving solo, facing experts, and unexpected twists.
Experiences Featured 30 takeaways for my 30th birthday 30 takeaways from 15 books I read this year about learning, productivity, happiness, money, and blogging.
Book Review Featured Say no to everything Make time for exciting things by using the thumb rule of “Hell Yeah Or No”. Book by Derek Sivers.
Book Review Featured 5 lessons to live a happier life Key lessons from the book “The courage to be disliked” by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga.
Lifestyle Featured How to buy happiness Notes from the paper “If money doesn’t make you happy, then you probably aren’t spending it right” by Elizabeth Dunn, Daniel Gilbert, and Timothy Wilson.
Book Review Featured Lessons I learned from Robert Kiyosaki Why rich people don't work for money and make their money work for them? Lessons from the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.”
Lifestyle Featured The myth of motivation Is motivation important to get things done? Can we trick our minds to feel motivated to do essential things?
Lifestyle Featured Make the most of the unfair life Life is unfair. Or is it? Let's see if we can identify and leverage our unfair advantages. Tips from the book The Unfair Advantage.
Academics Featured My first conferences as a PhD student My overall experience from preparation to post presentation in the optimization days and mobilit.ai conferences.
Book Review Featured Methods for deeper learning Tips about learning effectively from the book Make it stick.
Book Review Featured How to deal with distractions Book Review and Notes from Nir Eyal Indistractable How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Lifestyle Featured My Thoughts and Experience on Work-Life Balance In this post, I will talk about the importance of work-life balance and my experience related to that. I didn’t know the concept of work-life balance before I moved to Paris in 2017. I was introduced to it by my French colleagues. While I will mostly talk about my
Academics Featured My Journey from a SWE at Google to a PhD student Recently almost everyone who met me, asked me why I left my (hidden words: high paying) job and decided to go for a PhD. I would normally end up giving them a short answer like "Because I wanted to get into academia" or "Because I wanted to focus more on
Career Framework for evaluating career options Learn a framework for evaluating career options based on impact, career capital, conditions, and personal fit.
Book Review 4 ways to make an impact Ideas from 80,000 hours book on direct and indirect ways of making an impact.
Experiences My digital detox: Preparation, Execution, and Effects My 24-hour digital detox experience covering preparation, execution, and effects.
Productivity Discipline: The Missing Piece in Procrastination Puzzle Why I think self-discipline is at the base of most other ways to beat procrastination.
Book Review How do monks approach fear? Tips for dealing with fears from the book "Think like a monk" by Jay Shetty.
Career Skills over passion Key takeaways about optimizing for skills over passion from the book 'So good they can't ignore you' by Cal Newport.
Book Review On maximizing life experiences Key takeaways from the book, Die with zero by Bill Perkins, about maximizing life experiences.
Experiences How did I do in 2022? Critical evaluation of my 2022 goals about PhD, chess, reading and more...
Book Review Games and Motivation Understanding motivation through octalysis gamification drives by Yu-Kai Chou.