Learn About Tech Jobs By People Who've Done Them

Yo! I'm Shikhar and I interview tech professionals about their jobs. I also write case studies.

Motivators and Hygiene Factors

A guide to job satisfaction

Case Study
Upskill

The Toastmasters Guide To Effective Feedback

Give good feeback

Case Study
Soft Skills

Employee #1: Flexport

Flexport

Interview
Generalist

Cultural Debt

More dangerous than technical debt

Case Study
Culture

My Job Hunt Story

Navigating obstacles

Case Study
Job Hunt

Engineering Manager, Public Safety

Mark43

Interview
Software Engineering

Employee #1: Zapier

Zapier

Interview
Support

Software Engineer, Finance Automation

Carta

Interview
Software Engineering

Principal Data Scientist, Startup Funding

Clearbanc

Interview
Data Science

Employee #1: Pinterest

Pinterest

Interview
Software Engineering

From Musician to VP of Product

Teachable

Interview
Product Management

Product Designer

Atlassian

Interview
Product Design

Associate Product Manager

Google

Interview
Product Management

A Guide To Coffee Chats

Opportunities everywhere

Case Study
Soft Skills

AngelList's Shipping Culture

Build a team that ships

Case Study
Culture

Benefits Of My Philosophy Degree

Writing and arguing

Case Study
Misc

Data Scientist, Notifications Team

Twitter

Interview
Data Science

From Engineer to Machine Learning Consultant

Self employed

Interview
Data Science

How I Learned to Enjoy Networking

Have a clear agenda

Case Study
Soft Skills

The Eric Yuan Effect

Great leaders are followed

Case Study
Culture

Product Manager, Consumer Navigation

Wish

Interview
Product Management

Tell A Story

How Kevin Scott motivates engineers

Case Study
Culture

Applied Scientist

Amazon

Interview
Data Science

Product Manager

Microsoft

Interview
Product Management

Chatting with the CEO of AppSumo

AppSumo

Interview
CEO

Your Personal User Guide

Understand your team better

Case Study
Culture

Focus on what's important, not urgent

Category A,B,C Tasks

Case Study
Productivity

Remote Work And The Promotion Penalty

Passive face time

Case Study
Remote

The Amazon Resume

The medium is the message

Case Study
Job Hunt

Redesigning Apple Music After Being Rejected

A tale of high agency

Case Study
Job Hunt

How To Negotiate Remote Work

Value performance over presence

Case Study
Remote

Your Skill Stack

Advice from Scott Adams

Case Study
Upskill

From English Major To Software Engineer

Scratch

Interview
Software Engineer

Land An Interview Using Facebook Ads

Featuring the Reddit CEO

Case Study
Job Hunt

Immigrants Build

Successful immigrant startups

Tool
Tech

Avoid Calendar Creep

Get your time back

Case Study
Productivity

How To Brag At Work

By keeping a brag document

Case Study
Soft Skills

Customer Success Manager

Series B Startup

Interview
Sales

Software Engineer Resident

Google

Interview
Software Engineer

Data Scientist

Uber

Interview
Data Science

Marketing Operations Manager

LexisNexis

Interview
Marketing