Pradeep Gowda
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Pradeep Gowda
@btbytes
for the love of the game. if not now, when? do impressive things. 📩 btbytes@gmail
Carmel, IN
Joined April 2007
- The reason why the ECI site is so fast, is because... it's all statically rendered HTML, updated every five minutes with what I assume is a batch job. No SPA dumbf-ery here.
- I mean Bengaluru is a small village of about 12 million. These rags to riches startup stories about Indians always have to be fantastical. The guy went to BITS Pilani, and interned at yahoo(2009). He didn't ride into his startup on an elephant.This guy founded a $6 BILLION SaaS from a village in India. His initial revenue stream was a *donation* button 😳 The story of Abhinav Asthana & how he built Postman:
- It’s always Kannada time. HMT gaṇḍabhēruṇḍa - emblem of Mysore Kingdom, now Karnataka state. Kannada Numerals. Mechanical. Brother got one each for us two years ago, laid my err wrist on it today.
- Wedding pics. Mysore pēṭa and bāsinga accurately captured 😍 Second pic from reception.
Portrait of a young family. (It was a rainy day. We had gone to see tulips in Holland, Michigan, 2012. you can see *me* adding pounds and we adding a second kid between this and the 2022 pic; it was a "baby bag" not a murse 😁) - Two rides, very contrasting experiences. OLA "Prime": driver on the phone the entire time, the banter included how he taught a lesson by hitting someone. (I already complained to customer service) Namma Yatri: pouring rain. told me to sit in the center so that i don't get
- Bengaluru is a city of 100 villages. I grew up in one. This is the annual oora habba.
- Met extended family member for 1st time. She is a Telugu born in Pune, married to a Konkani guy in Karnataka, went to medical college with Gujaratis She speaks Kannada, Konkani, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, & English😅 Flawless Kannada and Konkani. Some people are blessed
- Replying to @ineratitongue in cheek answer on the internet: skin color expat can be anyone that is in another country, usually without an intent to become a permanent resident or a citizen of the new place; immigrant - one who has.
- I bought this bottle of Dom two years ago to celebrate an important event. I got the Green card after 14.5 years here, 12 years in the line & making 2 new American citizens 👧🏽👧🏽 This is the first July 4th after becoming a permanent resident of USA Happy Independence Day USA!
- which IAS officers/ministers kids are getting "internships" at BCG? Follow the money^Hcollege resume padding.Karnataka govt ropes in Boston Consulting Group to boost revenue amid poll guarantee schemes moneycontrol.com/technology/kar… via @moneycontrolcom
- This is the kind of madlad stuff that impresses me. dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114…
