Sawan Das

A lot of people in their 20s ask me where they should invest. Here’s the simple playbook I’d follow: - Build an emergency fund first, enough for 6–12 months - For the first 5 years, keep it simple: One Index Fund, One Multi-Asset Fund, One Flexi-Cap Fund. Invest consistently through Step-SIPs - Ensure at least 20% of your income goes into mutual funds - Staying disciplined with Steps 1 & 2 builds confidence as you watch your corpus grow - Once you cross ₹1 Cr: Diversify ~20% into Gold + REITs/Bonds/FDs, Diversify another ~20% into direct equities - Don’t interrupt your PF contributions or MF SIPs. Long-term consistency compounds quietly

The IT industry is slowly turning young engineers into patients before 30. Because of workload, continuous upskilling, certifications, interview preparation, and now the fear that AI may take jobs people are spending 10-12 hours daily connected to screens. After that, nobody feels like going outside, hitting the gym, walking, or working on their body. People just want to lie down and relax. But slowly this lifestyle is damaging health. In IT, most of the work happens sitting on a chair with very little physical movement. If you don’t exercise regularly, chances of neck pain, back pain, migraines, stress, obesity, and diabetes increase heavily. Career growth is important. But don’t build a successful career with an unhealthy body. Prioritise your health too.

@tarunvats33 i got this update today on my s23.

Finally 🔥 Samsung has started rolling out the One UI 8.5 Stable update for Galaxy S23 Series Beta users in India. Build: S918BXXU9FZDP/S918BOXM9FZDP/S918BXXU9FZDP Stable rollout officially begins 👀 Repost 🔄, Galaxy Fam!

There is one colleague of mine who completed B.Tech in 2020. After that, he spent 4 years preparing for UPSC and worked extremely hard, but couldn’t clear it. Everyone knows UPSC is one of the toughest exams, where the chances are very low. After 4 years, instead of giving up, he shifted to IT, started learning everything from scratch again, stayed consistent, and today he is earning 16 LPA. So never think it’s too late to start again. Life can change at any moment. Keep believing. Keep working hard.

@vheeorji22 intermediate.

What stage are you in currently in your data journey? A. beginner B. intermediate C. job hunting D. getting experience E. trying not to quit F. Job hunting

@tarunvats33 any news about s23 one ui 8.5 update in india.

Galaxy S25/S24 Fam 👋 Galaxy S26 features missing in the official One UI 8.5 updates: - Now Nudge - Priority and Summarize Notifications - 24 MP Camera - New Finder I hope they will add these features in the One UI 9 release. Any thoughts?

I think a lot of developers are becoming too dependent on tutorials again. Earlier it used to be YouTube tutorials. Now it’s AI. It's a different resource, but the dependency is same. I’m noticing a strange pattern these days. People can build impressive projects very quickly with AI assistance. But when you ask them to build something slightly different from the tutorial or prompt… they struggle. Because when you actually build real world projects: 0. things are unclear 1. requirements are incomplete 2. architecture becomes messy 3. bugs make no sense 4. there is no exact solution online That’s where independent thinking matters. The problem is: AI is becoming so good at giving answers that many developers are slowly losing the habit of thinking deeply. And honestly, this is dangerous. Because in real jobs, companies don’t pay engineers for typing code. They pay them for solving ambiguous problems. I think the developers who will grow the fastest in the AI era are not the ones using AI the most. It will be the ones who know when NOT to depend on it. There’s a big difference between: “AI-assisted learning” and “AI-replaced thinking”. A lot of people don’t realize when they cross that line.

Your laptop is either helping your future… or distracting you from it.

This is exactly what LTI Mindtree asked in it’s Senior Data Engineer Interviews recently. With inputs from my students who cracked this offer; here is the list of questions you should not miss. Round 1: Coding + Technical Round 2: Technical + Project + Managerial Basic Coding Questions Given a set of numbers, do following actions: •Find out all Prime numbers. •Reverse all numbers. •Find mean and median. •Display count of digits for all numbers separated by comma. •Find 2nd highest number. Spark Questions •If you find one executer slower than other, how do you address this issue? •If you have huge data tables, how do you optimise joins? •How do you debug a failed Spark job? •What do you understand by lazy evaluation in Spark? •Explain Spark architecture with an example from your previous project? Databricks Questions •What do you understand by VACUUM in Databricks? •Difference between Traditional Ingestion and Auto Loader? •Explain OPTIMIZE and ZORDER with example? •How do tackle late arriving records, during your daily data ingestion into Delta table? •What would you do, if you find a sudden slowdown in Databricks job? AWS Questions •Difference between EMR and Glue? •Explain AWS Glue Architecture. •Share an optimisation example using Redshift. •Have you come across use of Lambda in any of your project. What was it? •How do you partition using S3? Project Questions •Have you done CDC Implemental in past. Explain? •How much time did the pipeline take to run in your last project? How can you optimise it further? •Did you find a situation where using Spark made more sense than SQL? •Why did you not use Parquet and used Delta? •Which all Joins did you use in your project? Managerial Questions •How would you handle a major production issue? •Did you handle any migration task independently in past? •If your client keeps changing requirements randomly, how do you handle this situation? •If given to handle a team, what would be your major priorities?

There are places we pass through in life… and there are places that become part of who we are. Manchester will forever be my home. To the city, the club, and every supporter, my sincerest thank you. These past four years have been unforgettable, filled with moments my family and I will carry with us for the rest of our lives. There simply aren’t enough words to describe the happiness and warmth we’ve felt here. Thank you for every cheer, every memory, and for making us feel at home from the very first day. Forever a Red Devil ❤️

Every beginner analyst goes through this phase: “I’ve taken 5 courses but still can’t do a project.” The problem isn’t you. You’re consuming too much and building too little. Fix: → Start messy → Build anyway → Learn by doing

@femininow It also applies on me.

𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗤𝗟 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁. You are definitely not the only one. That urge to Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V when you’ve been staring at a syntax error for 20 minutes is universal. We’ve all been there. But if you want to actually leaen you have to change how you use that copy-paste button. Here is the golden rule: You have to tackle the problem first. Seriously, exhaust your brain. Write the bad query. Get the error. Stare at the screen until your eyes water. That struggle is where the neural pathways are built. If you skip the struggle, you skip the learning. Now, if you are absolutely stuck, yes, leverage AI. Let it give you the answer. Read the query it wrote. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 ,𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 ,do not run it yet. Look at the logic. Understand why it used a LEFT JOIN instead of an INNER JOIN. Then, cancel it. Delete the code. Once it’s gone, try to solve it on your own again. You just saw the solution, so reconstruct it from memory. This forces your brain to actively recall the logic rather than just recognizing the syntax. It’s the difference between watching someone do a pushup and doing the pushup yourself. It is no sin to copy and paste, but it is a sin to do it blindly. The sin isn't in the action; it's in the lack of understanding. @Femiforge

. Without data, you're just another person with an opinion', —W. Edwards Deming

60-70% of tech jobs are never posted publicly. They're filled before the job description even goes live. Here's how the engineers who know this are getting in👇

Life feels so cooked after joining IT. I genuinely don’t remember when I last took a proper day off. Every day it’s office work, interview prep, learning new DevOps tools, giving interviews, failing, learning from them, and preparing again because there’s no other option. Studying continuously for 1+ year without breaks while also trying to survive in the current job feels exhausting. I even started spending time on X just to feel like I’m doing something different apart from work and studies so I don’t burn out completely. Age is increasing, responsibilities are increasing, and sometimes it feels like time is running out. It's a crazy era to live in. This is how I am feeling every night at 12 AM

Give this man an interview already definitely following suit 😂😂😂🤌

In college, we did not even have ₹150 sometimes. I still remember my friend struggling for small expenses, managing somehow, counting every rupee, thinking twice before ordering basic food. Today the same friend spends ₹15 lakhs travelling different countries, enjoying experiences most people only dream about, and also owns properties worth crores. Life can change a lot in 10 years. That is why I never judge anyone too early. Your current situation is not your final identity. You can be broke at 21 and still become financially strong at 31. You can feel lost in college and still build a crazy life later. You can start with zero network, zero money, zero confidence and still change the whole direction of your life if you keep learning, earning, taking risks and compounding slowly. The only dangerous thing is giving up too early. Most people quit because their life does not change in 6 months. But real change takes years. Keep building skills. Keep increasing your income. Keep investing. Keep taking calculated risks. Keep meeting better people. One day the same people who saw you struggling for ₹150 will see you spending lakhs on experiences and building assets quietly. Life is long, stay in the game.

Telegram CEO explains why he never had depression.

Bro they have shown brutal scenes in uncensored version of Dhurandhar the Revenge CBFC mdc 🤬🤬 You ruined an A rated film peak experience