Ajinkya

Engineering Leader | Fullstack Developer | Product | Ex-founder

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

Was still absorbing the warm reception @coinpe_xyz has gotten and then @thetanmay retweets it!

Panick attack incoming! 😅

[Tanmay Bhat @thetanmay]

Holy moly.

[lis @simplytomh]

guys we were all there when this photo was taken it’s kinda like a group photo if you think about it

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@asmaalizain Haha, I reside on the opposite side and all my mornings start with seeing them work no matter what. The sounds coming from the site caused false panic in the first couple of days of the war.

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@markmeyourze Surprised that no has mentioned SHASHN!

[Bhavish Aggarwal @bhash]

As promised, here's our response to @googlemaps ‘belated’ price cuts. It’s time we build world class alternatives to big tech giants and empower Indian innovation! I’m very excited to announce a further reduced pricing structure and our future product roadmap for Ola Maps @Krutrim.

Starting today, our pricing would be:
- 5M FREE API calls/month for ALL. This will cover almost all startups in India!
- 50% of Google's reduced prices for larger volumes
- 2 years FREE for anyone signing 3+ year commitment
- 3 years FREE for startups & SMBs on ONDC
- While all main APIs are supported by Ola maps today, we will be feature complete for all kinds of APIs, SDKs and niche use cases by Dec. Roadmap attached.

No more following - it's time to lead! Full details: https://t.co/JjE6JXhQLa

Join: https://t.co/qAT4OTaZl9

[jitohmenachu @jobhihoe]

HR manager: "So tell me Saurabh, you've got a stellar CV but what do you do outside of work?"

Saurabh Netravalkar:

[Dr. Emily Anhalt @dremilyanhalt]

On love and grief ❤️‍🔥

[maria⁴⁴ @lewsarchive]

THIS MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE NOW

[Formula 1 @F1]

BREAKING: Lewis Hamilton to join Ferrari in 2025!

#F1 @LewisHamilton @ScuderiaFerrari

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

💯

Build a high trust, empowering environment and everyone will try to move faster than they can.

Build an environment where you promote pace by punishing not meeting deadlines and everyone will only try to build a perception that they are moving as fast as they can.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

As a senior executive, you care a lot about your teams moving fast.

So when a team misses its committed launch date, you show great displeasure.

You demand more accountability.

You make an example out of this team.

Other teams see this.
They are not stupid.
So they learn.

And from now on, every single team hits their committed launch dates.

You are very happy.
I can see it.

But my friend, I am so sorry to tell you:

You are no longer moving as fast as you were before.

Plus, what you ship will no longer be as high quality as before.

And over time you start to see this too.
You are not stupid.

Even though everyone is hitting their launch dates, something has changed.

Things seem to be moving slower than before.

And you have no idea why.

So you call meetings.

You set up check-ins.

You set up processes.

But despite all your efforts, nothing changes.

That gnawing feeling that you are no longer moving fast persists.

That embarrassment of seeing your teams ship a shoddy experience is all too common now.

And you have no idea why.

The answer is right there.

You are no longer moving fast because of YOUR communication.

Instead of creating a culture where teams have intrinsic motivation to move fast — because they are energetic and they care — you started punishing the odd case where a team misses its aggressive target date.

And so, by doing that you sent a message to everyone: Don't be very ambitious, because the reward for ambition is punishment.

I know that isn't the message you wanted to send.

But by doing what you did, it is the only message you will send. 100 times out of 100.

What could you have done instead?

When that team missed its launch date, you could have sent a positive message instead of punishing the team's leaders.

You could have used this opportunity to build & maintain a culture of aggression and ambition.

You could have said:

"I understand why you missed the launch date.

I'd rather that you stay aggressive and sometimes miss the date than being conservative and always hitting the date.

I don't want you to stop being aggressive by default.

And we want more teams to be like you."

At this point, you are either seeing the value of this approach or you are trying to find reasons to reject it.

And your reasons are quite flimsy, such as: "But what about launches that have an external commitment?"

You are smart. You can figure that one out.

But okay, let me spell it out for you:

1. Most launch dates should not be committed externally. So don't commit dates for most launches.

2. A few launches need external commitments (to customers, or regulators, or partners...)

3. For the launches in # 2, sure, commit a conservative launch date that you are almost certain to hit.

4. But even for those, ask the team to devise an aggressive internal target date. It's okay if they slip this date. But it's important to have that aggressive internal target.

Why? Because remember Parkinson's Law:

Work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.

Have you ever noticed how teams always struggle to hit their launch date, no matter how conservatively they've set them?

Yes, that's because of Parkinson's Law.

Look, I know it's easy to have dogma around "always hitting dates".

Dates are an easy, but incorrect proxy for your teams' velocity, ambition, and energy.

Though if you still want to maintain your fascination with hitting all dates, I am not sure I can (or even want to at this point) convince you otherwise.

But then I also guarantee that you will spend your entire career managing teams that move slower than they really can and/or ship lower quality products than they really can, and you will spend your entire career setting up check-ins, processes, spreadsheets, and carrots/sticks trying & failing to solve a problem that you created in the first place.

Best of luck to you!

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

SEM, Search Engine Manipulation.

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

Shami gets wicket on his first (valid) ball again!
#IndiaVsAustralia #INDvAUS #Shami𓃵

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@ravihanda And “Rahul” got out at 187 😥

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@gajeshnaik Haha! I’ve made peace by playing music on a bluetooth speaker placed far away (connected to my phone) while listening to lectures/videos on my laptop. Volumes such that the music is just ambient and doesn’t disturb.

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

Important toss to win! A step closer to the the finals!
#IndiaVsNewZealand #INDvsNZ #CricketWorldCup #ICCCricketWorldCup23

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

#1 ✅ Today against SL
#2 ✅ Against England

#3 could be done against South Africa?

#IndianCricketTeam #WorldCup2023 #ICCCricketWorldCup #INDvSL #ICC2023

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@cricbuzz @bhogleharsha #ICCCricketWorldCup #WorldCup2023

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

Someone should collate all @imVkohli reactions to good things other players do. Latest being the reaction to @ShubmanGill smashing the ball while walking down the pitch.

Fun to watch!

#IndiavsSriLanka #INDvsSL #WorldCup2023 #ICCCricketWorldCup #Kohli

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@thebharatarmy They started it, we own it. Both, the meme and Cricket! 😜

@thebharatarmy
#IndiaVsEngland #INDvsENG #IndianCricketTeam #WorldCup2023 #ICCCricketWorldCup

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

#2 ✅
Signs of a champion team! 🏆

#IndiaVsEngland #INDvsENG #WorldCup2023 #ICC2023 #ICCCricketWorldCup #IndianCricketTeam

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@cricbuzz @bhogleharsha #ICCCricketWorldCup #WorldCup2023

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

@cricbuzz @bhogleharsha #ICCCricketWorldCup #WorldCup2023

[Ajinkya @9dogen]

<200 Lol!

Now just want @ImRo45 & @ShubmanGill to smash their bowlers!

#IndiaVsPakistan #INDvsPAK #WorldCup2023 #RohitSharma𓃵