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A Great Meltdown from Within
OpenAI, AI-Startups and the great middling future.
Nov 20, 2023 • 
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April 2022

How I quit my big tech company job to build my own startup
A year ago, I quit my well-paying job at Uber as a senior software engineer. I was well on my path to a lucrative promotion and compensation bump. But…
Apr 12, 2022 • 
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September 2020

How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
If you are an average 30 yr old engineer, let's say you want to retire reasonably by the time you are 60. A year wasted at a poor job or role is…
Sep 28, 2020 • 
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Welcome
Welcome to Valley Girl Newsletter by me, Apoorva Govind. I’m a senior engineer at Uber Eats. This is my personal blog, where I mostly write about my…
Sep 23, 2020 • 
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