Siva PandetiThorns on the wayThe weather was beautiful on that summer Sunday in San Francisco. I spent the day with my son. By the end of the day, I was exhausted. My…Jul 20, 20181Jul 20, 20181
Siva PandetiinNextdoor EngineeringHow to trick Airflow to reduce wasteful processing?At Nextdoor, the data team uses Airflow to orchestrate data transfer between various data sources and data lake, our central data store. In…Apr 24, 20173Apr 24, 20173
Siva PandetiDid Chiranjeevi win back his fans?Khaidi no. 150 movie mania. Tremendous “Boss is back” buzz. Fiercely loyal fans. Is this all real? Political ambitions sure did misfire…Jan 14, 2017Jan 14, 2017
Siva PandetiBeyond engineering and medicine…“What will you become when you grow up?” asked my dad. If my answer was anything other than engineer or doctor, my father would have been…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Siva PandetiHow big is your dream?Normal people have normal dreams and abnormal people have abnormal dreams. Being average means just that. The leaders, the creme de la…Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
Siva PandetiWhy is Dhoni better than Sachin?Sachin was lauded. Dhoni was adored. But can one of them be better than the other? As a tribute to Dhoni, who has relinquished his…Jan 5, 20173Jan 5, 20173
Siva PandetiTo code is to sculpt!Do you code? Do you create software products? Do you sculpt, paint, cook or dance? Are you a photographer, poet, musician, or a make up…Jan 3, 2017Jan 3, 2017
Siva PandetiAre you managing your time like an asset?Do you own an asset? Perhaps a home, a car or a computer. Does it generate positive cash flow? Perhaps you own a business, a rental…Dec 26, 2016Dec 26, 2016
Siva PandetiWhich mountain will you conquer in 2017?Mark Zuckerberg just completed his 2016 challenge by building an Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant to control lights, speakers…Dec 21, 20161Dec 21, 20161
Siva PandetiPlanning your careerReading How to win friends influence people by Dale Carnegie a decade ago, I did not quite understand or take away major learnings from it…Oct 25, 2015Oct 25, 2015