@naval Basically the winner is no longer the company with the best individual tool. It's increasingly the company that solves the customer's entire job from start to finish.
When software was expensive - thin, horizontal, best-of-breed software stacks extracted rents across every business.
Now that software is cheap - value moves to vertically integrated businesses that deliver opinionated end-to-end experiences.
Any incredibly hard thing pursued diligently has an ability to feel like purpose. Those who chase hard problems often never struggle to find purpose in life.
AI has no organic wants, needs, or ambitions. It only moves when a human wants something fixed, built, or discovered. The person who knows what to wish for and has the drive to pursue it holds all the power.
Before you resign, download these documents. You'll thank yourself later.
A lot of people lose access to their company portal after their Last Working Day.
Here's your checklist:
✅ Last 6–12 months' Salary Slips
✅ Form 16 (all years)
✅ Offer Letter
✅ Appointment Letter
✅ Promotion/Appraisal Letters (if any)
✅ Experience Letter (after LWD)
✅ Relieving Letter (after LWD)
✅ PF Passbook & UAN details
✅ Gratuity details (if eligible)
✅ Payslip of Full & Final Settlement
✅ Employment Verification/Service Certificate
✅ Health Insurance details (if applicable)
✅ Tax deduction records & investment proofs
✅ Performance ratings/awards (if available)
✅ Important emails or appreciation mails (only those you're allowed to keep)
Most people remember these only after their company account is deactivated.
Save this post before your next job switch.
You need this all to submit to your next company.
If you don't wake up excited and go to bed tired, drop everything and think of what your future will look like if you keep repeating the same day for the rest of your life. Sit with that discomfort until a new direction appears.
It is humbling to consider that if we harness just 1 millionth of the Sun’s power for AI, that will be much more than a million times the intelligence of all of humanity