✔️

Growth Manager

✔️- Grapevine

I have seen 5 post of the Bombae razor ad on this platform, and how people found it 'offensive'
Ask yourself  - if it wasn’t one of the thoughts when you saw her picture, apart from being happy for her achievement 

I am a woman, and I am ashamed that society made my mind think facial hair as abnormality.
Class 10 to 12 are a hormone ruckus, that's where problems start, probably for men too

The agency made money, don't attach too many emotions to ads. 
Last month someone 'died' to raise awareness

Double standards of people, here and other social platforms

Corporate Strategist

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Those who are earning more than 1 lakh per month. Share your journey how you reached there and also some tips.

Big bucks boys

Software Engineer

Welcome to News Discussion's Private Community

Hello Grapeviners, in this week's update - we squashed a bunch of bugs and added some features (please do update your app? 🥹) 

Here’s three new features we def want to mention: 

More Feeds: 
Now you can browse 4 different feeds from the filter menu on the TOP LEFT of the app:

- Popular (Recommended)
- Recent
- Top of the Week (New)
- Top of the Month (New)

Comment Peaker: 
Many threads on Grapevine get busy with sometimes 25+ comments. Now when replying to comments - the new peak feature helps you see the comment in context as you are replying (so you don't have to relocate the comment you are replying to as you type)

Improved Design for large devices: 
We realized Grapevine kinda sucked on large phone screens. We redesigned and fixed this 

Lastly, Thanks for the constant feedback. Please don’t hesitate to Email, DM or reach out with feedback. We will implement everything we can 🥲

A better reading and replying experience on Grapevine

Founder

Hey guys I’ve never travelled solo in my entire life. Where and How should I start?

There are few questions I’ve like:
1. How to handle accommodations?
2. Concern about the safety and security.
3. How to decide which places to visit. I mean can’t roam around uselessly, must have a list of places to visit.
4. Whom to believe, in the sense that, a lot of people are ready scam you when they find you are new here, how to handle that.

If you travel solo very often, then suggest some pointers to keep in mind.
So, guide me here plzz.
Thanks 🫡

How do you plan solo travelling ?

Software Developer

I’ll go first: collapsible comments 

Hope someone from Grapevine team reads it!

Let’s make a wish list of features that we want to see on Grapevine

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Thinking of referring people here to G India.
Please +1 in the comments and I will reach out via DMs to help understand your profile.

Googler here. Does anyone want referrals to Google?

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I work at an early stage B2B fintech startup as a lead engineer and very often have to wear a product hat. Revenue is our most important business metric and user adoption is our most important product KPI.

(a) I've been struggling to identify new features to build that will enhance our product and lead to a lift in revenue.

(b) Even when a problem is served on a platter by our B2B clients, I'm struggling to identify the best way to build a feature to solve that problem in a way that's coherent with our existing product.

(c) I am okayish at designing delightful user experiences but want to do way better here for our B2B clients' users.

I'm willing to work very hard and improve in these aspects (I've done that before and achieved great success in other domains). What would you recommend I do? What should I learn? How should I approach this journey?

Early stage B2B product management

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Hello Bs & Gs, 

Thanks for a positive response to the last post: https://share.gvine.app/EDm3me9JnJSnD3d17

A quick note for today. Over the years, being a generalist, I've realized that it's very tough to know when we're bringing the right impact or not. 

In the case of Devs/Designers/Other specialists: The output is quicker and tells the story - an amazing UI/UX, or building well working products. 

For generalists, the feedback loop is much longer, it's very unclear what it will amount to (especially at startups), it's the reason why being a generalist is looked down upon, by some people. 

My realization has been this: over a 1-2 year period, when you look back at your work, it's the picking that determines how you feel about what you did. And also how others feel about how you did.

PICKING: Knowing what to work on. What to A/B test. What 0 to 1s to pursue. Should you prioritize product idea A or product idea B. Should you experiment with growth channel A or growth channel B. 
EXECUTION: Taking what you pick from 0 to 1. Knowing when to take it from 1-10. Working to make it happen. 

Eventually, most days are execution days. Whether you do good work depends on how well researched & well thought out the 'picking' was. 

So pick well, don't under-invest in that stage. Take out time every now and then to course correct. 

Know what to pick.

The Generalist - #2: Execution is 99%, Picking is 1%. Know what to pick.

Currently at over 45L. 
Jumped from 9L 1.5 years back. 
Is it possible to go 5-6X from here?

I'm in tech.

What path should I follow?
Build a SAAS, become an influencer, join a FAANG?

How to 5X from here?

Remember this guy

Product Owner

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Hey Folks, 

Happy Friday! 
Hope the week was awesome for most of you and bearable for others. 

Grapevine had about over 600 posts in the last week. Thought of sharing some of the best ones to make for a nice weekend reading.

Here’s a recap of the best moments on Grapevine: 

1) Linkedin Gyaanis should be Banned by @AvgRasmalaiEnjoyer : Some of the funniest stuff we read this week, some harsh truth bombs were dropped all over 💣
https://share.gvine.app/9NpDNLwGMsQXbwhy9


2) Is rags to riches real ? Anyone on Grapevine changed his financial status drastically ? by @RashOrient64 : The most heart warming comment section ever, some of the most inspiring stories of growth and people who have made it in their own way 📈
https://share.gvine.app/EpFH97nngeJMtL1f6 


3) Comment “Overpaid” and get some gyaan by @salt : @salt does it again with the meme of the week 🥴
https://share.gvine.app/i16Rgyqt2htruBUU6

4) Recruiters are Wylin by @BlandMetal88 : Nothing much to see here folks, the best of Linkedin Cringe continues to be pretty cringy 😬
https://share.gvine.app/MkNJUEDf9Yb5yQc18


5) Where are you working from? by @ElomDusk himself : Top Poll of the Week, almost 76% of the users are either purely working from home or hybrid - I think this might be why we see continued activity on Grapevine 🤣
https://share.gvine.app/UFFRTPKF3M9APbuD9


There’s more, but I’m calling it a week. Feel free to share your best moments in the comments below or add if I ended up missing something major 🙈
Have a great weekend everyone! :)

My Favorite Posts this Week

@Micheal_Scott Petition to build a Readers Digest feature where the best posts of the week are curated by the Grapevine team. 
  
 Hit “❤️” button, if you think it’s a good idea.

Product Manager

I have been working as influencer marketing manager where i have a job to build bridge between influencer and brand for paid brand promotion as freelance. I'm looking for influencer managing company or agency to be there influencer marketing agent or manager as freelancer. I'm looking for freelance work. If someone can help me to contact marketing companies for this respective or related field to work. I'll be highly grateful.

Thank you

Want to work as freelance Influencer Marketing Manager

I will continue with this series for people who like this kind of content, drop "+1" in the chat and I will tag you the next time I post content.

Imagine you have a very complex situation with varying degrees of randomness. How do you evaluate the probability of certain outcomes? 

One way is a deterministic way which is to sit down and try to compute probabilities of events.
Another way is to simulate these interactions with various seed values and see how these outcomes vary. This is called a Monte Carlo simulation, where we use random sampling to model and analyze complex systems that involve uncertainty.

Let's set up a game and apply a Monte Carlo simulation to it.

You(Hero) and Me(Villain) engage in a strategic coin flipping competition over a series of rounds. Before each round, both of us independently decide whether to flip a coin or pass the turn to the opponent. 

The outcomes are as follows:

1. If both players decide to flip, a fair coin is tossed, and the player who called it correctly gains a point.
2. If one player decides to flip and the other passes, the flipping player gains a point without the need for a coin toss.
3. If both players pass, no points are gained or lost.

We can simulate it by making each decision random:
1. Hero and Villain both independently choose between 0 and 1 for deciding whether to toss or pass. We use 0 as Pass and 1 as Toss.
2. If both pass then we let the scores as is.
3. If one passes and not the other, then we add +1 to whoever decided to toss.
4. If both decide to toss then, we do a random coin flip where 0 = Heads and 1 = Tails. Hero can randomly choose between Heads or Tails. The Villain takes the opposite position.

First is the Monte Carlo Simulation and the difference between potential outcomes for 1000 rounds and 20 simulations, which is the graph shared.

Daily Series #2: Geeking out → Monte Carlo Simulations

Welcome to Data Scientists's Private Community

I will continue with this series for people who like this kind of content, drop "+1" in the chat and I will tag you the next time I post content.

I assume you guys know some basics of Texas Hold'em Poker. Flop refers to "the dealing of the first three face-up cards to the board"

Now, let's look at the table and their positions:
1. Blinds: First to act every street after pre-flop.
2. Early positions: Under the Gun(UTG)
3. Middle positions
4. Late positions: Button and Cut Off

The order for a 10 person game would be: Small Blind(SB) → Big Blind(BB) → Under the Gun(UTG) → UTG+1 → UTG+2 → MP1 → MP2 → MP3 → Cutting off the Button (CO) → Button (BTN) and then order repeats ...

Some insights:
1. Blinds see the flop at a discount because they are compelled to play but are at a disadvantage because they are first to act.
2. This means that more money is made in late positions because they have more information to act on.
3. However in short stack situations, where effective stack size is small then early positions are better because you have the opportunity to go all in before someone else can as you can maintain Fold equity(Equity from Aggression).

So, Expected Value or E(V) is how do you determine whether you should call or fold basis the size of the pot and your contribution to it basis the number of outs(potential winning hands) you have.

E(V) = Win % * Win Amt - Lose % * Lose Amt

For example:
Villain(V) [UTG+1] = $500
Hero(H) (MP1) = $500

SB/BB + Ante = 20/40 + 10
Here, Ante is the bet everyone has to make every hand. This is to make the pot worth playing for everyone.

Pre-Flop: $140
H = A 10 (suited Hearts)
V = ? (Unknown)

1 Fold
V raises $120
H calls $120, 5 Folds

Flop: $380
The flop is 8 Heart, 3 Heart, K Club
V = $370 (All In)
H = ? (Do you call or fold?)

Solution:
A call is positive E(V)  if:
 Win % > Call Amt/ Pot after Call 

You have a strong hand if you can get a flush here. 
which means you need one of the next two cards
Heart Heart Club | Heart* | Heart*

Which means:
Win % = 1 - (Odds of 2 cards not being Hearts)
= 1 - (40/49 * 39/48)
= ~ 36%

So,
370/1120 = ~33% is  Call Amt/Pot after Call

Since, 36% > 33% Hero should call.

E(V) = 36% * (380+x) - x * 66%
E(V) cut off at 0,

x = $404

You stand to make $ if you decide to call that bet. You can raise any amount till $404 for a positive E(V) after which you should mathematically fold.

An easier way to calculate this is to use 2% if you can only see one card after flop and 4% if you can see both cards.

That way, Win % here would be = 4% *  9 = 36%
9 outs because, 9 cards that are Hearts are left in the deck.

Daily Series #1: Geeking out → Poker Math

We at YCreator are looking for a Principal Angel Investor with a preference for early-stage venture investing (Pre-Seed) to join and disrupt the Global Creator Economy Markert. 

The Big Picture:
Before making investments, angels need time to understand the field and do some planning. Here are three “big picture”
Current Market/User Problem:

1) 70% of Creator Discovery is done through an agency model with no financial transparency!
2) No Full Stack Solution for Creators and Advertisers!
3) With no Inclusion for Creators to upskill 

We want to power change, We want to power Creator Commerce Globally 

Drop a comment if interested !

Any Angel Investors around?

Hi there! I am having two years experience in manual testing. I want to switch to automation now (Selenium + Java). If anyone have a vacancy, please refer me.

Automation tester

Software Test - QA

Welcome to Moving Abroad's Private Community

Please share tips, research on their prospective countries

Anybody moving?

Strategy & Operations

It’s clear to me that this isn’t good for me. My interaction with the outside world and being in the present is inversely proportional to how much I use IG/smartphone.

IG is obv the strongest drug, but in general want to be more conscious about what I do on my phone, when Inuse it.

Looking for genuine advice. Please help 🙏🏻

People who reduced IG/Smartphone usage, how did you do it?

Simple Shirley, Uninstall 
  
 If required, login from web only 
  
 I've set timers for 19 apps in my phone by digital wellbeing 🤷 
 It'll help in long run

✔️

Discover More

Misc on

by Karilyn Olive

Unnamed

Double standards of people, here and other social platforms

Software Engineers on

by Karilyn Lee

TCS

Big bucks boys

News Discussion on

by Anise Denver

Grapevine

A better reading and replying experience on Grapevine

Adulting on

by Dezi Carmden

Javis

How do you plan solo travelling ?

Misc on

by Matilda Nadeen

Accenture

Let’s make a wish list of features that we want to see on Grapevine

Business Roles on

by Aaron Taye

Google

Googler here. Does anyone want referrals to Google?

Product Managers on

by Kendall Lee

Startup

Early stage B2B product management

Indian Startups on

by Jordon Carmden

Series A Startup

The Generalist - #2: Execution is 99%, Picking is 1%. Know what to pick.

Misc on

by Jordon Olive

Freelancer

How to 5X from here?

Bangalore on

by Aaron Olive

Stealth

Remember this guy

Office Gossip on

by Isaiah Lee

Grapevine

My Favorite Posts this Week

FAANG on

by Jordon Carmden

Deloitte

Want to work as freelance Influencer Marketing Manager

Software Engineers on

by Anise Olive

Gojek

Daily Series #2: Geeking out → Monte Carlo Simulations

Data Scientists on

by Dezi Vernon

Gojek

Daily Series #1: Geeking out → Poker Math

Indian Startups on

by Jordon Gabriel

Stealth

Any Angel Investors around?

Referrals on

by Coy Carmden

Stealth

Automation tester

Moving Abroad on

by Coy Gabriel

Infosys

Anybody moving?

Misc on

by Jordon Lee

Citymall

People who reduced IG/Smartphone usage, how did you do it?