Spark of Joy

Christmas and holidays remind me of the time back in primary school when year after year we had an exhibition where all of us displayed our projects ranging from decked-up Christmas trees to elaborately decorated cribs. From an entire picture made from colored rice to a big painted canvas. Some of my friends took a topic up and made an informative presentation on chart paper and some just took the shortcut of getting what their elder siblings displayed in the …

I am one of those humans who would think for a good 10 days before making a planned purchase; small or big. I am one of those who would wait a year or two before buying an electronic gadget after reading the reviews and talking to the millionth user of the product to learn about their experience. But when I decide to buy, no doubt, the most updated product comes home with me. Since there is a huge investment of …

Those of you who know me, know that I hate adventures of any kind. My response is a BIG NO to roller coasters, giant wheels and anything that is to do with varying heights and gushes of adrenaline. My answer is a BIG NO to a ball being thrown at me, my world stands still, and I get super nervous when I have to throw the ball back at someone!  HackerRank has been that rollercoaster that I jumped on in …

No, I am not preaching but writing this as a reminder to myself and a takeaway from something that happened in the recent past.The week of 5th September was a week of experiments with a team at HackerRank that works on expanding HackerRank’s expertise in more ways than what it is now. In other words, they are “experimenting” to diversify HackerRank – The Labs team. How it all started: During their quarterly offsites in Bengaluru, teams plan a day out …