Vaisagh Viswanathan

Programmer, Scientist, Geek, Entrepreneur. In charge of all things technology at impress.ai. Previously a researcher on simulating crowds and traffic

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

@raghul_5 @anindya_again @raghul_5 it is.. what the fifth season guy told us one day was that they used to own mustard but we now own Kolkata beckons and we do much more authentic food there and all.. not sure about authenticity, the biriyani was quite good...

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

@anindya_again @raghul_5 The ownership actually changed or something... The original owners now own Kolkata Beckons down the road...

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

@togelius A point by point response and rewriting of the argument were the main things I had to do. Went from 2 rejects and a borderline to a 3 accepts.

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

@togelius "I would also like to take
this opportunity to apologize to the authors and to the editors for my earlier negative tone. I had not intended it
and hope to learn from the experience. " Getting this was one of the high points of my brief academic life.

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

Btw, I think all three are amazing books and you should read them if you are founders/product managers.

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

Advisors can be confusing.

I recently read "Understanding Michael Porter : The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy" -- and learned that it was bad strategy to try to "compete to be the best". Essentially strategy expert says don't engage in win-lose battles.

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

As I said, advisors can be confusing. :D

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

https://t.co/Iw7rN2VrdD

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

@dan_abramov It typically makes me feel relaxed and gives me an incredible high on completion. I can ride on a high from a successfully solved engineering/programming puzzle for weeks. It does help that in my role, I get to work on what I consider the interesting problems ...

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

It also makes you want to pull out your hair less talking to a 2 year old or equally opinionated co-founders ;)

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

Patience is an underrated skill. Because with the right strategy and metrics — it can superpower your execution. But if you’ve got the wrong strategy or insufficient metrics, you could be lost in an irrecoverable rabbit-hole. 🧵

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

On the other hand, I’ve worked on projects where I had too much patience and wasted resources on a pointless problem. That’s when you need (a) strategy and metrics that tell you how wrong you are or (b) friends, partners, co-founders who can give you a reality check.

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

I know there is a younger version of me out there building things without a care in the world and I don't want to lose out to him.

[Vaisagh Viswanathan @vaisaghvt]

Pacing yourself as founder - CTO of an early stage startup while being an involved father can be depressing. There's always something I could build/fix in my "free" time. The guilt trip involved in time spent with family when I could use that time to build is hard to fight.