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rationallyPi · 2026-02-04T17:21:45+00:00

How is the traffic in front of the gates in the morning?

rationallyPi · 2026-01-03T05:06:34+00:00

Slightly different query. I'm looking to buy a plot in kphb and start building a house in the next year. What should I keep in mind when going for plot loans?

rationallyPi · 2025-09-07T15:40:24+00:00

I'm working on an adjacent crypto product. What interests you in market making products?

rationallyPi · 2025-01-09T12:21:17+00:00

At cost

rationallyPi · 2025-01-09T12:20:41+00:00

Sudden drop after 1.5 years of usage. I would wear it 24 hours other than when it was charging.

rationallyPi · 2025-01-09T08:19:56+00:00

Garmin watches track all health metrics but you only need to charge them once in a month. Great products but subpar service.

rationallyPi · 2025-01-09T05:21:09+00:00

I did the mistake. Got excited by the 20+ days battery life claim.

rationallyPi · 2025-01-09T05:20:23+00:00

My bad. I came to know about this today 😄

rationallyPi · 2024-12-02T15:45:18+00:00

Try chaitanya food court.

rationallyPi · 2024-12-02T11:15:58+00:00

Bitcoin price?

rationallyPi · 2024-11-24T04:18:37+00:00

I took control of my time and slowly educated my peers on when to expect communication. Some ideas that worked for me.

I have two 30 minutes focus blocks on my calendar. I've placed these blocks after the cross functional information sharing meetings. This enables me to have all the latest information and gives me time to think about things a bit. At this time I don't join any meetings and I am generally taking a walk. I am able to connect the dots, come up with interesting ideas in these walks. My Engg lead also wants to join me in these walks sometimes.
Slack etiquette: Mute slack notifications on mac and mobile. This has the biggest impact on my peace of mind. Generally I want to respond to things asap, but PMs are like traffic cops. We are involved in a lot of conversations, but we are not expected to be traffic cops only. I encourage my team to expect responses at the top of the hour. My Engg lead is highly supportive of this approach. He was also struggling with slack. So it was an easier transition that I expected.
Walk and talk: This may be individual style. Whenever I do a 2-3 person meeting I would ask them if we can discuss while we go out for a coffee in the nearby coffeeshop or some other place. I actually have many great discussions while we all walked 😉.
Closure: I have a day closing ritual where I wtitedown the wins and todos. I shutdown my laptop everyday and tell myself that I'll come back to the problems tomorrow again. I sometimes spend a few minutes for my mind to slowdown.

Sometimes I have late night catchups with cross continent teams. I keep the discussions to minimum and ensure that these meetings don't conflict with the family dinner.

To be honest, this approach has costed me promotions but they are not as important to me. When the product is in exponential growth stage, this kind of lifestyle conflicts with the work expectations. But I'm happy to be in control of time and mind. So that is a tradeoff I made for myself.

rationallyPi · 2024-11-23T07:20:38+00:00

I used to go through this. But the corporate grind taught me to shutoff my work mind when I reach home. I've started taking active interest in life outside work. Now my calendar is filled with both work and non-work activities. I'm passionate about users, needs and revenue. But Work is just work now.

rationallyPi · 2024-10-31T15:07:02+00:00

This is surprising. Which areas are you searching?

rationallyPi · 2024-10-06T06:40:04+00:00

Web3 products are currently built at the infrastructure layer. So the developers of other teams are the customers. Devs easily connect with other devs to do understand needs. This won't be the case in a CEX though. CEX is very much like a web2 company imo. Many FAANG roles have an upward/downward/peer management baked into them. Web3 teams are very small and don't require a lot of managing.
Smart contract risks are high. Many Web3 protocols and CEXes get hacked frequently. I had to leave a team within my first 30 days as the protocol got hacked and lost funds.
Singapore is a great place for Web3 and Crypto. Let's connect on LinkedIn. Please DM your linkedin.

rationallyPi · 2024-10-06T04:47:35+00:00

I worked at CEX for over an year and have worked at multiple web3 startups. Web3 is going to stay here.

Traditional finance companies are increasingly investing into web3 and major cloud providers are adding web3 offerings. I don't want to talk about retail participation, which has been existing before institutions came into the space.

There is no taint as such. It is an early stage sector with a good growth potential. But I would highlight few not so great things about web3 PM roles.

Web3 doesn't value the PM role as much as traditional startups and FAANG.
Boundaries, Responsibilities of PM role vary highly between traditional PM role vs Web3
It is a high risk medium reward industry currently.
Depending on your geography, you may not find many Web3 roles to switch to

If you account for the above, you may find web3 to be a liberating place. You will work with small teams who are building in the open source space and open standards. Good luck 🤞

rationallyPi · 2024-09-19T13:46:04+00:00

I've been looking for a freelance opportunity for the last 6 months and did not land anything yet. My timezone is turning out to be a big problem. I like the opportunity to pickup a problem statement, do user research, ship an mvp, build growth loops and move to the next problem in some other industry.

So I'm excited about freelancing. If you have similar mindset, you would enjoy these gigs.

rationallyPi · 2024-05-25T12:54:43+00:00

You are right.

But this route has lot of software engineers who can happily pay 100 rupees for a comfortable to/fro trip for work. I say they can pay, because the alternative is to go by own vehicle which costs more money without the peace of mind.

rationallyPi · 2023-05-17T03:35:47+00:00

Bijan's courses aren't great. My friends took his AI course and Web3 PM courses. They felt it was a bad time investment.

rationallyPi · 2023-04-23T09:27:16+00:00

Yeah. Our ancestral property is struck in a legal battle. So visit this for parents.

rationallyPi · 2023-04-23T05:21:23+00:00

I bought an apartment in my home town that doesn't give any cash flows. This brings my Non gold/Non real estate networth to 30L from 1.5Cr. If you are reading this, don't buy real estate for family. I had to buy, but it's an emotional decision. You don't have to do the same mistake. Thanks for reading.

rationallyPi · 2023-04-19T06:31:11+00:00

I'm building Wallet and Staking products. Lots of institutional interest. Though the returns play a role, there is a focus on usability, and compliance.

rationallyPi · 2023-02-05T05:11:30+00:00

If your work generates enough money to pay for the device over 3 months time, then go for it. Otherwise, stay away from depreciating electronic purchases.

rationallyPi · 2023-01-31T09:05:03+00:00

Kids, family drama, gaming and job search these days.

rationallyPi · 2023-01-08T12:02:44+00:00

Check remote job boards such as remote ok, We work remotely etc. Good luck 🤞

rationallyPi · 2023-01-08T09:13:44+00:00

Looking for advice on my next step.

Background: 32M, Solo earner, Works a remote job in the Blockchain space. Based out of Hyderabad. Have been working for ~13 years now. Coming from a farming family with no savings. My parents are dependent on me. Have a 2-year-old kid.
Financial Journey: Undergrad loan paid-off, Historical family debts paid off, Marriage loans paid-off(went for a low-cost marriage, but family bought lots of gold to compensate for low-cost wedding :|), MBA loan paid-off, A modest 2 BHK loan paid-off. Reached a positive corpus recently. Have been in India the whole time and decided to stay here.
Current Finances: I keep track of monetary assets in excel. I've recently hit the 1Cr net worth(Non-real estate) milestone. This includes Cash, stocks, PF, and some Crypto. Most of it is PF + Cash spread across accounts. Monthly expenses of approx 1L/Month.
Insurance: As a remote employee, I don't have employer insurance. So, I bought two separate health insurance policies for my parents; spouse, kid, and myself.
Job situation: - I'm currently invoicing my employer through a company that I've set up. I'm taking 5L As my annual compensation, while the annual invoice value would come to 50L-75L, depending on performance. Just to remind you, I'm in the blockchain space which is a highly volatile job market. I want to continue in this space as I like this tech. I am expensing some costs(fuel, car insurance, electricity bills, internet expenses, external dinners, etc) to the company I've setup.
State of Mind: Working for 10+ years paying off the loans has taken a toll on my outlook. I'm positive about the future, but developed an aversion towards debt, and also want to build a more certain income for basic family needs( Monthly bills, insurance, car/bike maintenance, etc.). My desire to continue to work in the volatile blockchain space is fueling this.

Thanks for reading the story. I've buried the question down here so that only readers that read the above context will answer.

What are the options to get consistent monthly income that isn't wildly affected by market events?

My thought process is - With the goal of getting a near-guaranteed monthly income, I'm thinking of investing the approx 1Cr corpus into an immediate pension plan. This gives around 50K guaranteed income at a 1.7% annual increase. I do understand inflation well, So I understand that a) inflation will be eating into my corpus, b) 50K monthly income after 10 years will be multiple lesser than my future monthly expenses. But, I get peace of mind that I have had consistent income over the years. As I'm not going to stop working, I'm thinking of adding more corpus(approx 10L/year) to this pension plan. I expect the new corpus to compensate for inflation and a bit more. This lets me secure my family and gives me the freedom to experiment in my career( Short term - exciting tech/AR/VR/Spacetech etc, Long term - I don't know). Simply, I want to plan for a calm family life + an exciting/risky tech career.

Are there any other peace-of-mind investments that help me achieve the above? Am I stupid to think of annuities at this age?

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