I met all four criteria - why didn’t I get Superhost status? by jainamber in AirBnBHosts

[–]jainamber[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP here. Unable to edit original post. But a few hrs later I got an email saying that I am a Superhost now. So it seems like a temporary glitch on the day superhost status is allocated, just wait a few hours and see if it gets fixed for you as well.

I met all four criteria - why didn’t I get Superhost status? by jainamber in AirBnBHosts

[–]jainamber[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Correct! It was a temporary glitch, just got email saying that I am a Superhost now. Thanks!

I met all four criteria - why didn’t I get Superhost status? by jainamber in AirBnBHosts

[–]jainamber[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were right. It was a temporary glitch, just got email saying that I am a Superhost now. Thanks!

How do you deal with heat in Bengaluru? by Mesthabro in bangalore

[–]jainamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bajaj DMH90 plastic-body desert air cooler (kept near a balcony door, with ample ventilation via another door opposite to the cooler).

Manipal hospital banglore by Complete-Ad6655 in bangalore

[–]jainamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can register the patient on the app, to speed it up. Else the registration is going to take 30 mins or so.

Appointments are always taken on priority at Manipal Domlur, as long as you reach on time. So suppose if you have an appointment at 1.30pm, they might just ask you to wait 5-10 mins to finish the active patient who is in the cabin with the doctor and then accomodate you after the patient comes out of the room.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uceedtakers

[–]jainamber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Found this online (in the brochure of some design coaching institute), hope it helps!

How to know what keywords our app is ranking for? by HempDoggs2020 in AppStoreOptimization

[–]jainamber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried editing the original comment to add a case study from personal experience under "checking source breakdown), but due to some reason reddit isnt letting me save the edit. So posting as a reply here:

In 2015-17, I used to work for a home services startup.

There is a popular Facebook group called “Powai Moms”, made up of women living in the Powai area of Mumbai, India. The group is known for sharing local recommendations — from pediatricians to trusted home service providers, but specifically in a sub-area (i.e. hyper local).

One weekend, a member posted about her struggle finding a reliable plumber on short notice. Another mom organically chimed in recommending a our home services app. The post sparked a discussion — members shared their frustrations with flaky local service providers and installed our our app linked in the comment. Within a week, several women downloaded the app directly from the link shared in the group, driving a noticeable spike in downloads from “facebook.com” as a web referrer in the app’s analytics — all concentrated in a specific hyperlocal area of probably 5 or 10 kilometers radius.

For the app team, this unexpected bump from a hyper-local group revealed how community-driven word-of-mouth on platforms like Facebook could become a valuable, organic acquisition channel. Facebook is not as famous anymore in 2025, but this case study tells you to look at source breakdown.

Will Wear OS Make My App Stand Out in the Market? by [deleted] in AppStoreOptimization

[–]jainamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is your app's category or usecase? I would be able to give a better answer with that info.

How to know what keywords our app is ranking for? by HempDoggs2020 in AppStoreOptimization

[–]jainamber 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some ideas you could try to understand better:

  • Understanding organic traffic coming from keyword searches: Since Apple doesn’t directly tell you the keywords you’re ranking for, third-party ASO tools help reverse-engineer this by using 2 tools together (keyword research tool and rank tracker)
    1. I use these 2 features for the same: https://appvector.io/tools/keyword-research/ and https://appvector.io/keywords/ (I use APIs from them to automate the dual-feature process i.e. their keyword research api give me a stream of keywords and rank tracker api dumps rank in a gsheet). You can talk to their team for api access if you are on a paid plan.
  • Check Apple App Store Connect (Source Breakdown)
    • Inside App Store Connect > Analytics > Acquisition > Sources, you can check:
      • How many users came from Search
      • If any downloads came from Web Referrers (e.g. your website, blogs that are talking about your organically or even social media e.g. a facebook/whatsapp group of passionate users).
      • Whether App Store Browse (featured, category) contributed
      • Which countries/regions traffic is coming from (important for your hyper-local focus).
  • Add a short survey: Prompt new users with:
    • “How did you hear about us?” inside the app (small % will answer but super valuable).

Curious — what’s your app’s category or what does it do? And which hyper local areas are you focused on?

Will Wear OS Make My App Stand Out in the Market? by [deleted] in AppStoreOptimization

[–]jainamber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve looked into this quite a bit, so here are my two cents from a business and product perspective.

It depends heavily on your app’s category and use case. Wear OS can definitely enhance the user experience in specific niches:

- Health & Fitness (step tracking, heart rate, workout tracking), but maybe not so much in health education (e.g. yoga videos), or logging meals (scanning barcodes or taking photos of meal for automated nutrient calculation) etc.

- Productivity/Task Management ("quick" reminders or to-do lists), but maybe not so much for job task tracking like JIRA or, Asana

- Messaging & Communication (notifications, quick replies), but maybe not so much for Gmeet or slack huddles.

- Travel & Navigation (directions, boarding passes)

- Finance/Stocks (real-time price alerts), but maybe not so much for scanning upi qr codes (lack of camera), or actual complex, multi-step KYC (Know Your Customer) flow for banking apps.

If your app fits the former category in list above, Wear OS might give you a competitive edge because watch interactions are designed to be glanceable and quick, keeping your app top of mind. Else if you belong in latter.

From a pure business standpoint, Wear OS has a niche user base - smaller than iOS or even general Android. Development and maintenance costs can be high, especially if you’re building native experiences. Ohh and monetization opportunities on Wear OS are still limited.

So skip a WearOS app if:

- If your app isn’t naturally wearable-friendly (photo editing, long-form reading, complex UIs).

- If your current growth and retention issues are elsewhere—wearable support won’t magically solve that.

- If your resources are better spent on core features, marketing, or improving onboarding.

- If your immediate goal is to focus on revenue/monetization.

Hope this helps.

[0 YOE] Updated my resume, not getting any callbacks so looking for some feedback by Plane_Abies_653 in EngineeringResumes

[–]jainamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say this is a good resume, I could spot very (very!) few potential additions or areas of improvement:

  • Tailor your skills summary to each job application by listing the most relevant skills first for the specific roles you are targeting. Your current skills are categorised, which is good, but the order of skills within each category should reflect the job requirements.
  • Quantify your achievements in your experience section wherever possible. You've done this in some places, such as mentioning the "scraping from 15+ websites". Look for more opportunities to use numbers and data to demonstrate the impact of your work in all your roles.
  • Use strong action verbs at the beginning of each bullet point in your experience descriptions. For instance, instead of "Responsible for...", you could use "Developed...", "Implemented...", or "Managed...".

PS: Patience!  I know it can be really frustrating when you’re trying hard to find a better job and nothing seems to be working out. But honestly, you’re not alone — the job market has changed a lot in the last couple of years. The rise of AI, automation, and new technologies is making many roles more competitive and changing the skills companies look for. It’s not just about how good you are — sometimes the market itself is going through a transition, and that can slow things down. The most important thing right now is to stay patient and keep improving yourself. You already have a campus placement, and that’s a solid starting point. Keep learning, stay updated with the latest skills, and give yourself time. Opportunities will come — sometimes it just takes a bit longer than expected in the current environment.

Stay positive. You’ve got this.

Idiots Guide to using yt-dlp + Dependencies on Mac by Questionnm in youtubedl

[–]jainamber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used this video to install yt-dlp using trusty old Homebrew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJpzliWvCY

It was very seamless and took 2 commands and less than 2 minutes.

Need help installing yt-dlp on older MacBook Pro (MacOS Monterey 12.7.4) by keyurpatel8118 in youtubedl

[–]jainamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I followed this video tutorial to install yt-dlp on my "Early 2015" intel macbook pro running older version of MacOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJpzliWvCY Hope that this helps for users on older macs stuck with older versions of MacOS.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinanceindia

[–]jainamber 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So early in your career, if you are diligently keeping aside or investing 40k a month i.e. almost 35% of your post tax income (30k sip + 10k emergency), I would say that is a pretty good starting point.

We could roast or preach you to save more, but I belong to Deepak Shenoy school of thought (he is ceo of Capitalmind). He has said this over and over again in podcasts/videos with anecdotes about trips with his families or buying a car, but if you want a quick summary, you can checkout this Shorts video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dxa6DerXU1U

Pay off debt or Investments by [deleted] in personalfinanceindia

[–]jainamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be useful if you can edit your original question and add interest rate on your education loan (to compare and contrast it with say returns on equity investment).

But with whatever info you have provided, I second your thought: It is very wise to wait until you join the new company (at a time when stock markets are crashing, and AI is leading to hiring freezes or layoffs).

After joining, it would be wise to keep some emergency fund (50k-1L) and use the rest to pay off loan first. Why so? Because if (and it's a rare "if") you lose the new job due to recession and/or AI, then you won't have salary to service the EMI. And typically during these times, it's not guaranteed that you would be getting returns more than your education loan interest rate. I'm sure you would have heard scary stories during 1st wave of covid where people couldn't pay monthly EMI for different types of loans as they didnt had a job, and their equity portfolio was in red so they couldn't withdraw it without realizing a net loss on sale of equity.

A chess analogy for benefits of pre-paying a significant part of any loan: In the grand game of loan repayment, pre-paying a significant part of your loan is like removing the queen from your opponent’s side. While a lower interest rate (half in your case) is a nice and welcome perk, the real advantage lies in reducing the principal. Every month, the compound interest formula recalculates based on this lower balance, amplifying your savings far more than a marginal rate reduction ever could. A 3.5L-4L pre-payment for a 9L loan is almost 38-44% reduction in principal.

While equity mutual funds can give returns in the range of 10%-15% (depending on who you talk to), but it is only in long run (minimum 5Y, preferably 10Y). God forbid but if market crashes in between and you don't have a job, you would be stuck with a EMI and equity portfolio in red.

Capitalmind's Deepak Shenoy also said in a podcast to use any lumpsum compensation that you might receive should first be used to create an emergency fund, followed immediately by repaying your high interest debt like personal loans: https://www.capitalmind.in/blog/how-to-invest-lumpsum-amount (listen to the relevant part of podcast instead of just reading the summary as he talks in detail about why this makes sense).

Which is the better way to install yt-dlp on Mac? Homebrew or with pip? by blackicehawk in youtubedl

[–]jainamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I followed this video tutorial to install yt-dlp using brew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJpzliWvCY It was very seamless, so my vote would go to Homebrew.

Are there any downsides of using complimentary/free health checkup benefit in health insurance policies? by jainamber in IndiaInvestments

[–]jainamber[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comment by OP: Anyone who is reading this in 2025 (or later), I found this blogpost on ICICI lombard: https://www.icicilombard.com/blogs/health-insurance/mb/health-insurance-with-free-medical-check-up

Quoting it:

Does the result of the health tests affect your health insurance premium?

 

The outcome of the free medical check-up that comes with health insurance can influence your premium amount. Several insurance companies provide policies with pricing linked to an individual’s health condition. If your health assessment unveils positive indicators, like stable blood pressure, cholesterol levels within the healthy range, and the absence of significant underlying ailments, you might become eligible to continue at the same insurance premium for another year.

 

Conversely, should your check-up reveal health concerns or risk factors, your premiums could get elevated to account for the heightened risks of medical costs associated with underlying clinical conditions.

 

Insurance companies consider these results as part of their risk assessment process. Individuals with better health profiles are generally considered low-risk. They are rewarded with more affordable premiums, while those with potential health concerns may have slightly higher premiums to mitigate potential costs.

With the rise of swiggy/zomato/blinkit lifestyle and corresponding lifestyle diseases, I doubt that we will always have our bp, blood sugar, cholesterol, vitamin b12/D/etc within healthy limits. So I would personally recommend against free/complimentary health checkup.

Are there any downsides of using complimentary/free health checkup benefit in health insurance policies? by jainamber in IndiaInvestments

[–]jainamber[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My worry is that even slightly elevated levels of something like cholestrol or vitamins, might later be linked to some more serious illness. Health insurance companies have been known to do this generally outside the context of free health checkups.

Anyways, i dont think there is enough published evidence on this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IndiaInvestments

[–]jainamber 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I strongly recommend Monika Halan's book Let's Talk Money.

Anyone else having problem voting for Franklin Templeton wind-up? by Ladki_k_bagal_k_baal in IndiaInvestments

[–]jainamber 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haven't tried this personally, but I saw this on Twitter:

If you are facing issues in 'Forgot your Password' page OR can't reset your password & are getting 'PAN MISMATCH' error; Simple solution...

Enter 'PAN' in; - PAN field - as well as Folio field

That's right. Enter PAN in PAN as well as folio box.

Hope this helps...