by Rajan Singh | Feb 1, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
A few years ago, in my previous startup (ConceptOwl), at one point, our app was practically unusable – it was that slow! We did not have a proper CTO and no matter how hard the tech team tried, they couldn’t fix the problem. I then asked my co-founder to learn coding...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 31, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
On day 1 of a project at McKinsey, during the kick-off team meeting, one guy said, “I will not touch my laptop on weekends.” He explained that he was divorced and got custody of his daughter only on weekends. So work was out of bounds as he wanted to fully spend that...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 30, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Here is an easy tip for building focus and reclaiming your time. Whenever you are working, keep your phone outside your arm’s reach. To grab your phone, you should have to get up. Here is why this works. We check our apps to escape boredom and frustration. And when we...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 29, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During my MBA, I saw some people who would go to any length to hide which companies they were interviewing with for a job. Their fear was that others would also apply for the same job and wreck their chances. Of course, one could probably argue that since the number...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 26, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Last year, during one of our bootcamps, a participant shared that her company had installed a software on the company laptop to track whether they were actively working or not. Apparently, if they did not move the mouse every few minutes, the software would assume...
