Feature Delivery vs Code Quality

In this era of competitive startups, MVP’s (Minimum Viable Products) and features are delivered in…

What does Fitts’s law mean for web apps?

According to Fitts’s law, the time required to move a pointing device to a target is a…

A Day of Dev @ Recruiterbox

My day typically starts at 8:00 AM where in check my slack and email (yes, old habits die hard) to decide my day.

I arrive at office around 10:30 AM but definitely before 11:00 AM because our daily standup happens at this time and if someone is late for it, those are…

Product design — Magic vs Delight

“SURPRISE, Magic” — Shouts my 4 year old daughter when she unwraps herself from the magic blanket that she thinks makes her invisible.

That is what I wanted to shout when I read Fred Wilson’s experience about Tesla’s “Auto headlight” feature. It…

Because — We care

“Why would you allow someone to create an interview in the past?” — Anenth

“The experience of adding a comment to the interview should not be very different from giving feedback for an interviewer?” — Vasu

“What happens if an interviewer suggests a change…

4 simple steps to join the team at Recruiterbox

1. Be clear about “What you want to do?” (at Recruiterbox)
When you are applying to Recruiterbox, spend some time thinking about “What you want to do?”. Not in terms of what would you be in 3 years or 5 years but more in the line of I love coding…

Why i joined Recruiterbox

Its been a little over 7 months since I have joined Engineering Team at Recruiterbox. I am going to write a series of blog posts about my experiences, primarily there are three themes in which i will write them in, Why, What and How. Why I joined Recruiterbox, What do i do and how…

Engineer to a product manager

I was always involved in making product decisions at recruiterbox.com but I recently transitioned into a full time product management role. The last few months have been nothing less than awesome — I feel I have been able to make more impact on the lives of our users in the…

Improving recruiterbox.com for humans (without making the bots angry)

My learnings and ‘unlearnings’

It has been 6 months since I joined Recruiterbox. Before this, I spent almost 9 years being employed by large service companies, executing myriad enterprise projects, primarily as a .NET developer.