Praveen Reddy

random. I use this primarily to talk to myself. I often go back to my old tweets to witness Evolution

[Virat Kohli @imVkohli]

@BhuviOfficial Thanks Bhuvi!

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

Thank you X for community notes. Love to see official handle getting community notes

[Premier League Match Centre @PLMatchCentre]

#BREMUN – 71’

The referee’s call of penalty was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Collins deemed to pulled Mbeumo back. VAR also checked the referee’s call of yellow card to Collins - and deemed that Mbeumo wasn’t in control of the ball.

[Premier League Match Centre @PLMatchCentre]

#BREMUN – 71’

The referee’s call of penalty was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Collins deemed to pulled Mbeumo back. VAR also checked the referee’s call of yellow card to Collins - and deemed that Mbeumo wasn’t in control of the ball.

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

Hyderabad when?

[ANI @ANI]

Stray dog menace: Supreme Court passes a slew of directions to Delhi-NCR states, MCD and NDMC to deal with the menace of stray dogs and orders creation of dog shelters across cities. Supreme Court orders authorities to pick up all stray dogs in Delhi-NCR from all localities within eight weeks and to put them in dog shelters, and no stray dog will be released back.

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

@ESPNcricinfo Unpopular opinion: overrate penalties should not apply if there is a result in the game

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

@CFC_Janty @UberEats come on!! Your time to shine. Create a promo code with MZ36 and share here so that people get discounts and you'd become viral

[Yashvi @BreatheKohli]

I’ve watched this guy give his all, year after year, then hide his tears behind his cap. No one, not a single soul, deserves this more than Kohli

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

We won! we fucking won! we won after 18 years! The KING is now an IPL champion! Bengaluru City is now a double IPL champion!! What a moment

[Coldplay Access @coldplayaccess]

#ColdplayStanford 🇺🇸 Night 1

📸 @annaleemedia ✨

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

All set for #ColdplayStanford

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

Impact of all the black money getting parked in real estate.

[Money Theory @money_theory]

3-bedroom flat price, Mumbai suburbs: ₹2.5 crore.
3-bedroom flat price, Dallas suburbs: ₹3 crore.

First world prices.
Third world incomes.

How long can this disconnect last?

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

I think it's time India starts a Ministry of Business Relationship and Industry Benefit Enablement, aka B.R.I.B.E,

Then for every activity, fix something called enablement fees, depending on the project value, potential etc.

Anyone wanting to start an industry or a company, can pay these charges directly to the ministry. If the amount is too big, they can even start an EMI scheme, where the fee can be paid in installments with special tie up with Bajaj Finance.

Once the payment is done, a mail gets triggered to all the responsible babus who then speed up work and move everything seamlessly.

And then at the end of the month, their share automatically gets deposited in their account, post GST deduction.

If they work more efficiently, a bonus too can be given.

All will be happy, including the entrepreneurs.

It's time we disrupt corruption.

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

The guys cooked big time! Was a delight watching these lads live! Warriorrrssss!!

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

WARRRRIORSSSSSS

[PenPencilDraw @penpencildraw]

Offence taken.

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

This is the best thing to happen to X in a long long time!

[Computer @AskPerplexity]

@ibharath @BTelugabbayi The dialogue from the Telugu movie *Khaleja* translates to:

*"When a miracle happens, no one notices it. After it happens, no one needs to notice it."*

This philosophical line, penned by Trivikram Srinivas, reflects his signature style of blending deep meaning with simplicity.

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

This was exactly me

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

A fan's reaction on Virat Kohli's hundred Vs Pakistan. 🤣🔥https://t.co/xoLFKy9DG6

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

This guy controls what the gorrelu and WhatsApp uncles in India want to talk about. Look at this shamelessness

[Amit Malviya @amitmalviya]

New Delhi railway station as of now.

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

This is ridiculous! https://t.co/qEvZtBBRA8 - have basic courtesy to investigate, address the lapses in process & compensate my friend here. The only mistake he did is trust a tech/promising company over reg business being a techie himself. Clearly the bar for CX is rock bottom

[CN @chnaveen3]

🚨 https://t.co/4FvHFnwQNh SCAM – Systemic Theft & Fraud 🚨

Porter lost/stole my belongings worth ₹4+ Lakh during my move from Bengaluru to Mumbai, including priceless gifts & certificates. A nightmare experience.

🧵👇 #PorterScam #ConsumerRights
@porterit_

[Praveen Reddy @pra_v]

@Sreenuvasu19892 @socialepfo @narendramodi @AmitShah @PMOIndia Were you able to find a fix? Same problem