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27 posts on first jobs, college applications, accelerators and building products. Most take a minute or two.

27 posts · 2019 to 2026

Getting Into NYU with a $100K Scholarship

What actually got me a $100K offer from NYU (without my SAT score even mattering). Plus the predicted scores and the Common App that closed the deal.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

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Making Your First $100-$1000 Online with a SaaS

DevKit made $100 in its first week. The second launch made $1000. Here's the 2-week MVP and Product Hunt playbook that gets you there.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Building a Tech Startup: The Two Metrics That Matter

For B2C, it's retention. For SaaS, it's MRR. The shortest possible primer on what to obsess over when you start building a startup.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Quick Tips for Accelerator Applications: ZFellows and Draper University

Two short playbooks for the ZFellows and Draper University applications, plus the one thing both programs are actually selecting for in a 15 minute interview.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Making It to the TechStars Screening Committee

How a cold LinkedIn DM and a single call put me in front of 15+ smart people pitching my startup. What to expect when you finally get to that table.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

How to Hire Your First Few Interns (and Manage Them)

Wellfound brings you 50+ applicants in 24 hours. The hard part is everything that happens after. The simple setup I use to keep small teams shipping.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

The Most Underrated Productivity Hack

I cut hours off my workday by adding 30 minutes of running to it. The strange math of staying fit when you think you don't have the time.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

How to Break Into Exclusive Communities

Getting into one good community can change your trajectory faster than any job change. The communities that did it for me and how I think about getting in.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Take Advantage of Your Age

Age bias is real. The younger you are, the easier it is to get someone's attention with the same work. A few things I've watched compound by going early.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Trade a Paperclip for a House

The mental model I use for stacking wins. One small thing turns into the next slightly bigger thing, and on and on.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Don't Invest Your Money Yourself

Spending hours every week tracking your portfolio is a really expensive hobby for someone early in their career. The smarter move that doubled my returns.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

How to Learn Programming and Build Real Products

If I had to start over today, I'd do exactly one course. Harvard's CS50 plus a single rule I follow for everything I learn.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Becoming More Extroverted as an Introvert

Still a work in progress. But these three small habits have already changed my social life more than years of telling myself to 'put myself out there'.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

3 Mistakes I Made Building My Startup

Burned cash on a books giveaway, hired more interns than I could lead, and lost months to Twitter and travel. The receipts on each so you don't repeat them.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Two Failures and What They Taught Me

The Ivies passed on me. So did a bunch of VCs and startup programs. The exact reasons I think they did, and how I plan to fix it next time.

May 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Lessons I learned from my failed side project

Six months of work, plenty of mistakes, and the lessons I'd pass on to anyone starting a side project they hope will grow into a business.

May 12, 2026 · 2 min read

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As a 23 year old, I am going back to SCHOOL

Dropped out at 19, going back at 23. Network School isn't a college, but it might be the most useful thing I do this year.

Sep 30, 2025 · 1 min read

3 MAJOR tips for early-career professionals

The first few months of a job set the tone for years. Three habits that earn you trust, freedom, and the projects nobody else gets.

May 3, 2025 · 1 min read

Review of the 1st Trailer of Unleash the Avatar (aka Project 11A)

India's first medieval AAA game trailer just dropped. A frame by frame breakdown of what AEOS Games got brilliantly right (and the few seconds I'd cut).

Apr 15, 2025 · 3 min read

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The Techbro Handbook

A side project I built for fun, launched without prep, and watched cross 100+ likes on Product Hunt the same day. The story behind The Techbro Handbook.

Aug 10, 2024 · 1 min read

Ambitious Version of TechKareer

Every founder has to find the ambitious version of their idea eventually. The one I just found for TechKareer is becoming the Google of Engineers.

Jun 26, 2024 · 1 min read

ZFellows Application and Interview Advice

What they're really looking for, what to put in the form, and how to walk into the interview ready. Notes from someone who got into the May 2022 batch.

Apr 28, 2024 · 1 min read

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The Application That Got Me Into ZFellows

ZFellows accepts under 1% of applicants. Here is the exact application I sent, plus the three things I think actually got me in.

Apr 24, 2023 · 5 min read

My ZFellows Experience

A random tweet, a quick application, and an experience that shifted how I think about ambition and what I'm capable of.

Apr 20, 2023 · 3 min read

Essential Advice for Beginner Software Engineers

Four years of paid SWE work, eight years of writing code on the side, and a hundred conversations later. Everything I wish someone had told me on day one.

Feb 10, 2023 · 5 min read

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Landing My First Tech Job at 18

Got hired at Avalara (a $10B+ company) as an 18 year old, despite tanking the SQL questions. Here's the actual interview breakdown across all three rounds.

May 15, 2020 · 2 min read

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Cracking the SAT and the Math/Chemistry Subject Tests

1450 on the SAT, 800 on Math, 740 on Chemistry. A few weeks of prep, one book, and a YouTube channel that did more than most paid courses.

Jun 10, 2019 · 1 min read