Hiring
Start as if you are going to stick to it for the next 10 years. Hire as if you are going to quit in the next 3 months. Status check: Part 1 – Done Part 2 – In Progress
Category: startuplife
Proud
A few days ago, a website (hmm, not just any website though) happened to mention my name in one of their posts. A lot of people congratulated (for what) and some even said “You should be so proud now”. Well, to tell you the truth I wasn’t. In fact, for that matter, I don’t think I’ve ever been proud of anything except …
10 commandments for excellent customer support
If you are serious about customer support, then you will wake up in the middle of the night, search for your mobile phone and your heart should skip a beat when you don’t find it next to you. When you finally find it next to your laptop on your table, with no missed calls from your customers (thank god), you …
My TODO Notebook.
When I used to work from bangalore, I had this 300 pages notebook. I used to carry it everywhere and write my TODOs. I stopped using it after I moved to chennai. I happened to get a look at this notebook after a long long time and boy, how much I’ve scribbled. Note : Most of the notes is about …
So, can your careers page attract rockstar hackers?
Hiring good candidates is a problem for every single company out there.. no matter small or big. We at interviewstreet attack the tip of the iceberg by filtering good programmers from the rest. People say, it’s a huge timesaver ;-). But enough about interviewstreet, the first problem companies should tackle is to make sure rockstar hackers apply for the job. …
Advices…
More than an year since I’ve quit IBM and into startup world. Too many things to write.. Things moving at such a rapid rate that if I write something today, tomorrow it might not be valid or correct. Makes me stop and think at times whether what I’m doing makes sense, is it the right path or am I yet …
One month @ Interviewstreet
One month since I’ve quit IBM. 1 month.. 30 days… 720 hrs… So, how was the experience as an entrepreneur? How does it feel to work all on my own without a big fat cheque waiting for me on the 1st day of every month? This is my blog and this post is going to be all about me. This …
MVP’s Super 10 :-)
The summary of the story startupCount += 10; mentorCount++; Yes, MVP has announced their new batch of 10 startups. To make things more exciting, they have Indus Khaitan in the team. Things you might know about indus. 1. Chief Technology Officer of SezWho, a Silicon Valley startup 2. 5 bare minimum things a web startup CTO MUST worry about, at …
Interviewstreet
Yes, I’ve quit IBM and now the signature in my emails says Harishankaran Software Developer, Interviewstreet.com Now that I can post anything I want (not that IBM stopped me writing what I wanted to write :P), let me try to answer a few questions my friends asked, when I told them about my venture. What triggered you guys [ working …
One Year in IBM.
Completed one year in IBM today. Ironically, I told my manager that I’m going to quit today. 🙂 I’ve learnt lots and lots in this one year, both technically and non-technically. Nothing much more tell. Rather, I prefer not to say anything in my blog here. 🙂
And miles to go before I sleep…
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
FAQ for a startup
I’ve been to Proto.in a month ago. I should have posted this long back. Better late than never. The event was awesome. The experience and inspiration I got when seeing other startups can’t be described in mere words. The last session of the second day was pretty interesting. People were asked to pool in the questions they had in mind …