Arjun S Kumar

When we place our faith in hard work, we’re wishing for the creation of character; Because work means everything... fb.me/1GpQ7SOnv

things I believe: - shipping fast beats the best strategy - speed is a superpower - create a bias toward shipping - small teams ship faster - ai-native teams will move 10x faster than those not willing to change - landings > launches (i.e. product adoption > shipping code) - listen, build, ship, tell the customer, then repeat forever - you have no career ceiling - grit > talent - there’s no substitute for putting in the hours - get 1% better every day - be ruthlessly truth seeking - the truth can be painful - you can just change your mind if wrong - have strong opinions, loosely held - maximize your exposure hours - “anecdata” > data - seek the collective truth, not just one opinion - communication is the job - clear writing is clear thinking - everyone (yes, you) needs to become a better writer - leaders step up to provide clarity when absent - be the person taking notes, even if it’s just for yourself - mismatched expectations lead to sadness - anticipate objections before hitting send, then address them - education is the best form of developer marketing - be authentic and own your failures - never use the word “webinar” ever again - being helpful compounds - leadership means owning outcomes beyond the org chart - influence > titles - leaders have to do the work themselves *and* delegate - you can write your own playbook - study what worked for others, then take your own path - work can also be your hobby - this doesn’t mean you can’t have other hobbies - passion + boundaries > mythical “work-life balance” - your best work comes from following your curiosity - demos > memos - you could have built a prototype in @v0 during the meeting - only ship things you’re excited about yourself - hiring is what separates good leaders from great - there are two hiring answers: hell yes or no - growth potential > current skill - hire people you can learn from - hire people you would someday be happy working for - favorite interview question: what work are you most proud of? - always try to assume good intent - lead with empathy - they might just be having a bad day - criticism is good feedback if you listen unemotionally

My favorite quote for building a team of high performers: Picasso said, “There are some painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are other painters who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. "Turning a yellow spot into the sun" means being someone who: • turns a little into a lot • surprises and delights • elevates the mundane • is relentlessly resourceful • shows flashes of brilliance • raises the bar for what's possible • doesn't need step-by-step directions • comes up with clean, tight, elegant solutions Most people do the opposite: they have near-infinite resources at their fingertips (much of it simply from living in the age of the internet), but come back with mediocre work. Be someone who turns a yellow spot into the sun. PS This is a screenshot of a Notion doc of Maven's company values.

Legends!

Why Manchester United's FA Cup Victory is HUGE!! A thread. 🧵

I'm hiring for FEEs for Reliance Retail to help build next gen marketplace platform. Looking for engineers across levels - juniors to seniors to architects to influence the architecture, culture, practices and everything frontend within the organisation. Please DM to know more.

Game on @CRED_club - @postpeapp. My thoughts on PostPe launching credit card bill payments. TL;DR, It will shake things up for Cred. PS: I built & scaled credit card bill payments at Amazon Pay India. So, got some gyaan around it 😀. Here’s the thread 🧵

As a leader, how can you - Make a major, singular impact - Truly empower team members - Grow them with “stretch tasks” - Create flow for self & others - Avoid burnout Answer: Radical Delegation (note: not for everyone, but game-changing for leaders & teams who are ready for it)

Technical debt explained in a good example:

@zoo_bear Can you please help and spread the word?

Hiring Alert 🚨 Are you a Ninja frontend developer? At least a rockstar developer? Okay, I’m not looking for them. If you are passionate about frontend and love mobile development in React Native then I have an offer for you. I work for IN Ads team at @amazon

We're looking for experienced frontend engineers to join our team at @getpostman. If you love APIs, enjoy working with JS and cannot stand misaligned icons, you are the person we are looking for 😃 DM a short intro and resume link. RTs appreciated.

as a self-taught programmer, you just get better at guessing correctly over and over

I've been programming for a while now and yesterday was the first time I have ever actually needed to use a binary search. While I appreciate that it was in my proverbial toolbox I also think that gatekeeping during interviews on this class of knowledge is a great mistake.

Onwards and upwards! ;)

@knowkalpesh haha! Perfect!

Haha @arjunskumar Isn't it a perfect timing? 🤣

@_kamlesh_ @knowkalpesh Thanks @_kamlesh_ for putting this together and helping out @knowkalpesh ! This has been super helpful for us!

Very often I get asked about how/what to bundle while building design systems and few days back @knowkalpesh asked about this. So I thought to write about it. Condensed blog post coming soon 🕚 gist.github.com/kamleshchandna…

@knowkalpesh Which I find to bring clarity to engineers thoughts. This was a philosophy I adopted while working on Node JS backend ( callbacks to be precise ) which helped me think as *handle worst case scenarios, rest will fall in place*!

@knowkalpesh And most often, once this is laid out, it just goes down to building UIs for different cases!

Very few people handle error cases first. Is it because they can build UI faster than covering error cases first? Though, it is completely dependent on your team philosophy and culture. @arjunskumar What's your thoughts?

A big concern that’s a worry to all of us. facebook.com/story.php?stor…