Divya Saini

I realised I never shared my full story on X, so here it goes: > was born in a small village in India > homeschooled until 6th grade > graduated high school at age 12 > wanted to be a doctor but couldn't get college admission (min age was 17) > spent a year trying to get an exception but failed > pivoted to computer science, got into NIT at age 14 > fell in love with building and problem-solving > graduated college at age 18 > got into Amazon as a software engineer at age 19 > I was settled atleast as my family said > but nothing felt settling about it, my heart wanted more.. Full story beautifully covered by @madeitdesi :

@rohukrs @ionkarbatra 🔥🔥

what i learned from @ionkarbatra is that big dreams do not always start in big places. sometimes, they start in a small cybercafé he made me realise that you do not need to have everything figured out before you start you just need to care about a problem and stay with it at 14, he used technology to help people during covid at 20, he is launching his first satellite [@apolink] being with him made me realise that a dream can look impossible for years, until one day it becomes real! this is episode 03, season 02 of madeitdesi

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@sxmawl gotta try

@rohukrs @curiousmaverlck @Columbia Wow

there are a few people who turn their own confusion into clarity for everyone else @curiousmaverlck is that for us she came to the us from india as an international student, studied at @Columbia university, worked as a product manager at salesforce, and then chose to write books but this story is not just about degrees, jobs, or immigration it is about identity, freedom, rejection, courage, and the journey of turning your own struggle into something useful for thousands of others soundarya is an author, founder and a creator she wrote "admitted" her first book to help students navigate studying abroad she co-authored "unshackled" to help high-skilled immigrants understand visas, green cards, talent visas, entrepreneurship, and the hard choices that come with building a life in america and now she is writing her third book "thousand days of love" which is not a love story we’re excited to feature Soundarya in episode 2 of season 2. a conversation on what it really means to make it on your own terms episode 2 drops this saturday, catch it on @madeitdesi.

@dhruv2038 that’s not true

@dibbaa_code I think in India you will pay the same.

living the silicon valley dream is hella expensive. I just paid 44% in taxes and I'm not even a rich billionaire yet lol

@djyang1 Ig they know how to pay less taxes

@dibbaa_code if you were a billion you'd pay sm less lmfao

From a Hindi-medium school in rural Rajasthan to a founding engineer at a YC-backed startup in San Francisco. Stories like Divya's remind us that where you start matters far less than how relentlessly you keep moving forward. @dibbaa_code

@rohukrs @nileshrthr letss goo

ngl, after the second live session, i was genuinely shocked to see the potential. we had only 5 people watching the live class, and we still made 3 apps together. what surprised me most was how much planning matters before building anything. @nileshrthr showed us how important it is to understand the flow first, and how APIs can do wonders when you actually know what you’re trying to build small class, big learning we made it happen guys. youtube.com/watch?v=Fvg3Vk…

@johnbai looks cool but i can't read the event name 🧐

You can tell a lot about a conference from the event page

@mehuljindal18 goated team

Looking to hire a kickass founding engineer for my team in Bangalore. Best in class Comp. High work ownership. Generational outcome if we succeed. Tag the best person you know & we’ll gift you Flights back & forth to Singapore/Macau, if we hire them!

@slobkebap added as an apple automation, DMing you

@dibbaa_code so cool! whats the automation for it to be able to add an alarm on ios?

I added an automation that takes my calendar events and turn them into system alarms. coz for time sensitive stuff, alarm is the only thing that really works with the right label as it will keep irritating you until you ack. now I just use siri to add new calendar events. I literally never forget any important event or meeting. works for future events too even if you do not add them yourself. a friend showed me this setup and it's been a game changer for my adhd brain, happy to share if anyone else needs :) video edited by @usecardboard

@NamanyayG Lfg!

94% of the old SaaS is dead software markets recently lost over $300 billion because of AI if your SaaS still hasn't become AI-ready... you're ngmi I've figured out a way to solve it, and here's why I know it's working: - We've proven it with 3 series B saas companies - We've added $1,000,000 in customer's sales pipeline So, my friend, do you want to know how to beat the SaaSpocalypse? 👇 ʇuǝɯɯoɔ ǝɥʇ uᴉ sᴉ llᴉd pǝɹ 👇

Lmao i wanna know who did this

@rohukrs @madeitdesi Yess please

most of the content watched on @madeitdesi is viewed and liked by men like 90% i saw that in the analytics even though i consciously try to feature as many women as possible, sometimes it is genuinely harder to find them. not because they are not doing incredible things, but because they are often less visible and we know the valley has this problem too so next video, i promise, will be a good one because this is not just about making films or about me it is about education it is about showing people what is possible it is about creating the kind of representation that makes someone think "if they can do it, maybe i can too" i want madeitdesi to be a place where the next generation sees builders from all backgrounds, all paths, and all perspectives because the stories we tell shape what people believe is possible for themselves at least until the money runs out lol

@esther_confused ikrr

@dibbaa_code this is so important

this makes me both sad and angry

@julesrosenberg @alanaagoyal @mitchellh alana's website is so fun

5 things @alanaagoyal does differently > solo gp that commits code every single day > doesn't take pitch meetings > runs her agents in cmux on top of @mitchellh's ghostty > built her personal website using a dozen of her own portco's products > automated her investor updates without AI writing ep 4 of show me your stack is live!

@rohukrs @DhravyaShah @supermemory Very inspiring

every generation has a few people who start a little earlier than everyone else. @DhravyaShah is one of them. at 20, he's already sold a company, dropped out of college, moved across the world, raised nearly $3 million, and is now building @supermemory in san francisco. but this episode isn't about startup milestones. it's about curiosity, consistency, and what can happen when you spend years building instead of waiting. we're [@madeitdesi] excited to kick off season 2 with a conversation about ambition, risk, ai, and the journey from mumbai to silicon valley. episode 1 drops on saturday, catch it on @madeitdesi