Senthil V S

Developer. Simplifier. Storyteller. Problem solver (maker sometimes). ex-ThoughtWorker. ex Simpl. Now doing engineering @ Rippling

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

Happy Deepavali 🪔🎇🎆

[Jeremy Keeshin @jkeesh]

In 1945, six women pulled off a computing miracle.

They programmed the world’s first computer—with no manuals, no training.

Then, a SINGLE assumption erased them from tech history for decades.

The story of how ONE photo nearly deleted computing’s female founders: 🧵

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

TIL:
https://t.co/hwxpIE4IRI
An antidote for planned obsolescence

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

Rather AI agents will be offered as SaaS. They will be charged differently.

[Marcelo P. Lima @MarceloLima]

Watch Nadella describe SaaS apps as nothing more than a CRUD database with some business logic, but once the business logic moves to AI agents, SaaS is over:

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Just got the message my classmate (in school) who was suffering from cancer passed away this morning. 52 is not the age to die. She suffered enormously. Praying for her🙏🙏🙏.

Like medicines, we all have expiry date. Live life in the way you want and can. Don't too much worry about money. For enjoying many day to day things, we need less or no money. Life's small pleasures doesn't cost much and life is made of nothing but small pleasures, like a good cup of coffee or spending time with a friend.

Most of us live within our head, constantly worrying about what if scenarios. Our day of departure too would come. A life lived happily and peacefully is the best feeling with which we can leave this world.

Start living.

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

Excited to see our hard work coming alive! 🎉

Grateful to have been part of the incredible team behind this launch. Looking forward — onward and upward! 🚀

[Rippling @Rippling]

Today we opened early access to Talent Signal, an AI-powered talent analytics tool for software engineering, customer support, and sales.

It reviews a new hire’s first 90 days of work to generate a one-time performance signal to support coaching conversations.

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

Haha.. AI won't take away your job. It will help you fetch one. #leetcode https://t.co/T3a0wsmGPD

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by @AbigailShrier

This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.

The book dives into trying to figure out why kids are having so many mental health problems, when there are so many resources devoted to improving mental health outcomes.

Anxiety, depression, suicide, etc are all higher than they've ever been with kids, even though their lives are arguably better than ever before. It just doesn't make sense.

A few key takeaways from the book:

A constant attention on how kids are "feeling" or "thinking" is causing negative outcomes.

Constantly ruminating on your emotions and how you feel negatively impacts your mental health. If all you do is focus on your emotions, you are destined to be anxious or depressed.

We incessantly ask kids how they're feeling, if they're happy, how their mental health is, etc, and this is creating kids who think they're fragile instead of resilient.

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

We (Gen X) were told to "suck it up" or "you'll live" or "rub some dirt on it" all the time. Many of us came to the conclusion this is "bad parenting" because our feelings were neglected, and we vowed not to do this to our own children.

Because of that, kids immediately over-dramatize everything that happens to them, making mountains out of molehills, and thinking the world must revolve around their emotions and feelings.

You develop confidence and strong mental health by doing things, not by thinking or via therapy.

You can't think your way out of anxiety. You don't gain confidence by analysis of your thoughts or mental health issues.

You gain confidence and eliminate anxiety by doing gradually more difficult tasks, excelling at them, and realizing you are a competent, capable person.

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

One of the best ways to decrease your happiness is to chase it.

Our society constantly tells kids they should be "happy" and asks them if they are.

Happiness isn't a state you should be in 24/7. That's not realistic. Joy and bliss aren't permanent states - they are fleeting.

Contentment, stillness, and being even-keeled are much better goals to aim for mentally.

The happiest, most well adjusted kids come from families with loving parents that have strict rules for the household.

This one really set off the confirmation bias in me... I feel really blessed we have 2 well adjusted middle school kids who do great in school, are very respectful and well mannered, and we barely even need to parent them.

But for years, we were very strict with them. Bedtimes, family rules, how we do things, etc. The in-laws and lots of friends thought we were totalitarian.

In reality, we just had high standards. And it's really paying off right now. I found it really interesting that strict rules equals happy kids. Makes sense, though, as kids need to know what their boundaries are.

Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.

Mental health resources is big money. Districts need to validate all the resources allocated towards mental health, and they often do that via surveys.

Asking kids non-stop questions like:

- Have you thought about self harm?
- Have you thought about suicide?
- Have you been so anxious you can't get out of bed?

Etc, etc puts into their heads the idea that themselves, or many of their peers are broken and cannot function properly in the real world.

It normalizes situations that would be incredibly rare at any other time in history.

There's a lot of other takeaways, too, but I'll stop there.

It's a fantastic book. Go pick it up and read it. This isn't an affiliate thing or a promotion thing at all. I just really enjoyed it, and it will further shape the way I parent moving forward.

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

@manojlds @worldofprasanna We went together 🙂

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Have you ever wondered why some cities are just so much nicer than others?

Well, it's probably because they have good "Third Places."

What is a Third Place? It's wherever you go when you're not at home or at work...

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

@meetme2meat I don't think they are stealing. It's just chaos to pickup items from rack to fill their carts.

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

Haha.. With so much well organized sober life here, the Indian inside them must have longed for chaos. And voila.. this is an excuse to unleash the crazy side.. Silly. 😂

[Raviteja B. @RealmOfInfinite]

This is USA. All these people, most likely, have Master's degrees in STEM and are working for the best companies out there. Common sense is not that common!

#RiceExportBan

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

#betterplanet

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

Excerpt from the announcement rubric I wrote when leading platform teams.

[Rippling @Rippling]

Everything, globally, all at once 🪨

Rippling gives you one place to run your HR, IT, and Finance.

[Logan Ullyott @Loganullyott]

The US admits about 200,000 international students from India every year. 4 years later, they graduate into a free-for-all fight for green cards.

Fewer than 3% will stay long term.

The student visa-to-green-card pipeline is broken, and it hurts everyone.

Quick math:

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

@kbalakumar Tenkasi/Sengottai Tamil you should taste. It's underrepresented. It's the perfect blend of rhythmic Tamil and melodic Malayalam. ♥

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

Tenkasi 😍 😍 😍

[Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia]

An alluring sight of a train traversing through the scenic verdant landscapes of Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu.

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

@Raaga_Suresh @dhanushgopinath @dhanushgopinath I live in Tenkasi. Would be super happy to host you and show you around 🙂. Have a look at this list https://t.co/y9x6EJKmN8

[Senthil V S @siliconsenthil]

@CChid108 @mysaltapp Congratulations @CChid108 👏 🎊