Author Archives: Vijay Vijayasankar

I have zero knowledge of formal cooking . I admire people who do . I have wanted to start a restaurant many times in my life and have either chickened out or been talked out by friends . That said – I absolutely enjoy cooking Indian food (especially from Kerala where I was born andContinue reading “An amateur cook’s guide to get started on Indian cooking”

There are only two things in my life where I am even remotely a perfectionist – when it comes to writing clean code , and training dogs for competition . And those things can be traced back to specific instances . As a young developer I once was asked to add some extra logic toContinue reading “Living and working with perfectionists”

Generally the world looks down at people who give up – they are called all kinds of derogatory things like “loser”, “quitter” and so on . We are taught from an early age on why hard work can overcome all challenges – often with stories of heroes to make that point . I think thisContinue reading “A quick framework on quitting the right way at work”