Diary

Covid Travel - India to SG - Dec'21

Chennai to Singapore: (Non-VTL AirIndia 0346) Date: 06/Dec/2021 Monday Documents Required: Had to take a printout of all Tickets RT-PCR Test Result Visa Doc SG Arrival Card SG Arrival Swab Test confirmation with QR code Passport Entry Approval Chennai: At the entrance - documents check A new document from AI was given to fill in the visa details AirIndia counter, again same set of documents check.

Engineering Manager - 5yrs

I have been an engineering manager since 2016 i.e. 5+ yrs, as I write this blog. More often, I have thought to myself as - what is my role as an engineering manager.

One Percent - Per Day

Born and Brought in a middle class family in India. We are often set a goal to become the number one in the class - both by family and teachers. It is all about, topping the exams, getting the highest score, getting rank #1.

Five Ideals of Software Development

Credits: Most of the text below are “Verbatim” notes from the book The Unicorn Project, by Gene Kim. There are times, when you read a book - it strikes you really hard/well and you would like to share it with as many people you would like.

Badminton - BG66 Ultimax String

It’s been around 3-4yrs since I started playing badminton. Have heard friends discussing about different types of badminton strings - but personally never felt a need to take a deep look at any of them.

Goals - Yr 2021

Being in the IT industry for more than a decade: Start of the year: “Goal setting” - you align with your manager on how the year is gona possibly look like End of the year: “Self Assessment” - your retrospective of how the year was.

Retrospective - Year 2020

Happy New Year - 2021 What went well 👍 This year has been more personal challenges than technical due to the Covid19. Marathon: Ran my first 10K Marathon, Chennai. I ran with my wife and we finished together 😍

Diary - 4 Movies per weekend - TO - One in 4 Weekends

Its week #7 in lockdown - Work From Home (WFH) due to COVID19 at Chennai, India. First two weeks was just chaotic to be honest… Week #3, on a Wednesday - I was about to have lunch and was feeling incredibly exhausted (read burn out) 😓.