A Eashaan Rao

Ph.D. Scholar @ IIT Tirupati
Doing Research in Software Engineering
Recipient of Prime Minister's Research Fellowship
Interested in Nature,Books, Anime, Manga!!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

With rare exception, ideas really are trivial compared to execution.

For example, the idea of going to the Moon is simple, but ACTUALLY going to the Moon is staggeringly difficult.

[Jamie Pei, PhD @heyjamiepei]

A successful #PhD doesn't have to be hectic, constantly busy, full of accomplishments, publications, conferences, activity.

A successful PhD could also look like this
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#phdlife #phdchat #academictwitter #academicchatter #postgrad @ThePhDPlace @PhD_Genie @MasterAcademia_

[François Chollet @fchollet]

People underestimate how impactful Scikit-Learn continues to be.

[Chaoran Chen @CharlieCRChen]

Today's Inspiration:
My PhD advisor (and his advisor) said: "The most important measure of a lab's achievement is not how many papers it has published, or how many grants it has received, but rather the students that the lab has nurtured." (Moved to tears in my mind😭)

[Santiago @svpino]

Software estimates are one of the oldest lies we tell ourselves.

We all know they don't work, but pretend they mean something and later feel enraged when shit hits the fan.

I focused a big part of my undergrad on software estimation.

After graduating, I wrote plenty about the topic.

Then, I started working for a company where I spent years researching how to make better estimates. We sold multiple millions of dollars of software using the tools I built.

I read everything there's to read. I could recite Steve McConnel's "Software Estimation" book from top to bottom.

Here is the most important lesson I learned:

People can't estimate software. It doesn't matter who they are or how much experience they have.

Estimating software reliably is science fiction.

And the best part:

They will ask you to estimate something. They will tell you they understand it's not exact. They will promise they won't hold you accountable.

And then they will. They always do.

There are two solutions for this. Let's start with my recommendations for those who don't have a choice:

1. Remove "quick," "simple," "straightforward," "easy," and every similar word from your dictionary. Never use them. Don't let others use them when referring to your work.

2. Never volunteer an estimate. Everything you say will be used against you.

3. When forced, estimate work you know you can complete today. Always estimate with a range: "It will take me 2 - 4 hours."

4. Estimate anything you won't do today in days and weeks. Say, "I should finish that feature sometime this week." Do not estimate future work in hours.

But we all know your manager will force you to give an estimate. Here is what you should do:

1. Estimate how long you think it will take you to complete the task.

2. Multiply the number by 3. This will be the lower range of your estimate.

3. Double the lower range of the estimate. This will be the upper range.

Example: If you think something will take you 1 day of work, say "between 3 and 6 days."

Here is the funny part:

It won't take you between 3 - 6 days. This is as much bullshit as any other method you can think of.

The true solution for this problem:

Work for a company that doesn't care about estimates.

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Leonardo da Vinci loved quality over quantity.

He didn’t write paintings in quantities like we write #research papers today.

He always invested time, craft and artistry into each of his masterpieces.

For example, Mona Lisa took at least 4 years to paint and (most probably) another 10 years of refining.

It was ordered in 1503 by a cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, who asked for a portrait of his wife, Lisa. But Leonardo was a slow worker and finished the painting quite late. At that time, he started to work for the King Francis I of France, so apparently Leonardo gave the painting to the King as a gift.

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Now, imagine he would have been ‘producing’ 10-20 paintings a year.

Moreover, imagine he would have hired younger painters and, without investing time into their training, asked for drafts? Just to turn painting into a “printing machine”.

Would his work have stayed in history for 500 years?

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‘Quality over quantity’ goes well beyond science.

It’s in art.

It’s in long-lasting engineering.

It’s everywhere.

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Don't publish for the sake of publishing.

Quality over quantity. Even if the academia pushes you into the opposite direction.

It’s what makes us, the humankind, progress and prosper.

And this is what makes history.

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Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.

Congratulations, India🇮🇳!

#Chandrayaan_3
#Ch3

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Open house 2023 for prospective JEE students @EduMinOfIndia

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10 visuals to boost your mood.

1. It's all a matter of perspective.

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Excited about the power and advances of #AI for #SoftwareEngineering and SE for AI? 1 PhD & 2 MS positions available in the @rishalab of Computer Science & Engineering Department @iit_tirupati. Last Date: Nov 10, 2021
https://t.co/CGEJhNBC3w to apply!
@ACMIndia #ms #phd #research

[A Eashaan Rao @eashaan_a]

It gives me immense pleasure to share that I have been selected for the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (#PMRF). Thank You @EduMinOfIndia, @iit_tirupati and @ChimalakondaSri @rishalab for giving me this opportunity.
#softwareengineering #research

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If you often procrastinate, open this

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मैं किसान हूँ
आसमान में धान बो रहा हूँ
कुछ लोग कह रहे हैं
कि पगले! आसमान में धान नहीं जमा करता
मैं कहता हूँ पगले!
अगर ज़मीन पर भगवान जम सकता है
तो आसमान में धान भी जम सकता है...

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#PSLVC49 lifts off successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
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[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect." — Adam Osborne

[A Eashaan Rao @eashaan_a]

@archan1997 Happy Birthday Archan!!!🎉🎉🎊

[A Eashaan Rao @eashaan_a]

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[A Eashaan Rao @eashaan_a]

@refracted_samar True. But sadly we are not discussing about it. News channel don't discuss about it. And we cannot let govt. to do all the vision. As a society we also must take steps. But the discussion is very much required, which we generally hope from Media. But that's not happening.

[Samar @iamrefractor]

Making an appointment with ' self ' on weekends is essential than partying with others.