Natarajan ShankerOne of the best articles I've read in a while. So much resonance, so much deja-poo.Apr 4, 2023Apr 4, 2023
Natarajan ShankerOne of the better articles I've read on Medium.I will say though, there are Microsoft products I've immensely enjoyed and still do. Visual Basic comes to mind first. Microsoft was the…Oct 15, 2022Oct 15, 2022
Natarajan ShankerInsightful. Thanks for writing this. Enjoyed every word. Articles like this help a lot.Sep 24, 2022Sep 24, 2022
Natarajan ShankerThe programmer in me would want to investigate any possible data bug or data-processing bug where…God! These repeated horror stories of the "big 2" companies we depend on for ads blocking people for no reason, is a scary thing for anyone…Sep 10, 20221Sep 10, 20221
Natarajan ShankerI suspect the real, unstated reason is investors want to have more control.Jul 18, 20221Jul 18, 20221
Natarajan ShankerThe problem-and-solution paradigm is nice, but why does Silicon Valley think everything has to be…What happened to other forms of adding value, like "let's make something nice because we can"? Many great things get made that way too…Jun 23, 2022Jun 23, 2022
Natarajan ShankerI wonder if currency arbitrage skews value perception here.To elaborate: Dollar for dollar buying power varies across classes of countries, like a $2 meal - or Uber ride - in say India would be a…Jun 18, 2022Jun 18, 2022
Natarajan ShankerThis needed to be said."Creating value" is a better way of describing it than "solving problems".Jun 5, 2022Jun 5, 2022
Natarajan Shanker1. FIRE isn't born out of laziness but a desire to be free to pursue things other than money-making.2. It does work for a lot of folks, ask the FAANG people.Apr 8, 2022Apr 8, 2022
Natarajan ShankerI kept scrolling assuming "The entrepreneur" would be next on the list. Curious, why isn't it? :)Nov 13, 20211Nov 13, 20211