Everyone seems to be starting some trend here. I wanted to ask few questions, been thinking a lot about life lately 

You can share if this doesn’t resonate

Everyone seems to be starting some trend here. I wanted to ask few questions, been thinking a lot about life lately 

You can share if this doesn’t resonate with you or that I might overshare

Can we start a Vulnerability series? I think this community can help

Can we start a Vulnerability series? I think this community can help- Grapevine

What kind of posts we make in this community

Hi folks, 

I'm Aadit, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. We're one of India's fastest growing consumer internet companies and are today present across 10+ cities in the country. 

I'd love to chat with you folks about my journey in building Zepto, my thoughts on the quick commerce space, organization building, amongst other things.

Ask away!

I'm Aadit Palicha, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. Ask me anything!

Founder

About the series - Asking questions that you generally don't find answers easily or think they are too basic to be asked
Idea originated here - https://share.gvine.app/utBVxDbxRZxLFgzS9

Expanding the question - Most founders have worked high profile roles before going full time in building something of their own. The uncertainty in finances, in most cases reduction from the lifestyle their salary allowed them to maintain, how do they navigate that?

[Startup Series] Q1. To founders, how do you manage with deflated lifestyles?

Consultant

There have been many times I have thought if I only I were richer, would have supported A / B. 

Please don’t give gyaan such as start small, don’t wait etc. The intent of the post is not that - not how do I do X or where do I start. The intent behind this question is to understand what do people on the platform feel strongly about.

One of the things that bothers me is that research and scientific pursuit are not free of biases based on where the funding for it comes from. Example - for years oil and fat have been vilified while sugar has not been researched much. EV research being funded by big oil. Big pharma funding research on diseases and there being conflict of interest. How do we build a system that’s truly pursuing knowledge for the sake of moving the species ahead? I don’t have a clean answer but wonder about this often. What scientific findings / research conclusions can I take at face value ? This is a cause I feel strongly about. 

What is yours?

What cause do you feel strongly about?

Growth manager

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

So I left my job at one of the big 4s few months ago. Will discuss the reason some other time.
But one of the issues I'm facing right now is that I never felt good in the corporate environment.
Bosses shouting at you for your mistakes, you feel threatened to stand up against your own boss since they unfortunately have too much power.

You need to take permission for leaves. People can be rude to you and you need to maintain your calm.
The corporate politics.

Then I left big 4 for some reasons. Took a short break.

And now I'm working in one of the Indian firms. They have such policies that your TAT cannot be more than 5 minutes. You cannot log off before 8 pm. If you login after 5 minutes of the actual login time, then you would be marked as absent. Sometimes you're given deadlines which are very difficult to manage and hence you remain stressed out with your work. You don't have the freedom in your work and need to do everything as it has been told.

So I don't really feel good in corporates. I feel there is too much pressure and it is just making me feel more and more sad. I don't feel myself anymore and I feel like a puppet.

Does anyone else feel the same?
How do I deal with this feeling?
It scares me to think about how I have just started my career 3-4 years ago and need to work for the significant years of my life and I don't want to wake up  and sleep with this feeling EVERYDAY.

I think this is the first time I'm talking about it. If anyone would like to share their thoughts, or guide me regarding how do I feel better, or anything you feel I'm doing wrong and could be improved, then I'm all ears. Let's talk it out.

I'm feeling sad in corporates

External Audit

When I was in college - I had nothing to lose - I used to make attempts that would result in failure and rejection of some kind every week

As I got a decent job it got much more embarrassing to fail or get rejected so I just gave up on trying riskier things

This is typically how potential goes to die

I agree, the cost of taking risks is much higher at my age (31) now, but the cost of not taking risks is also quite quite high

I want to break out of this cycle. Take on more risk. Wanted to see if people here had any advice about their relationship with risks

What is your relationship with risk?

Business Development Manager

The obsession I regret the most in my life is the all or nothing behavior.

Where, 
- I'll apply for a job only after knowing everything there is to know for a role.  This is why I used to see people with half my knowledge applying and getting jobs and moving ahead in life. I used think it's so unfair that they achieve in all aspects of their life and I in none...
- I'll date someone only when I know I am the perfect version that I envision for myself 
- I'll only take photos when I am in my perfect shape. If I don't have 8 abs, I don't deserve photos!
- I'll stop questioning whether I am good enough only when I achieve everything else I am a loser

I just was very cruel to myself for my own imperfections!
This instilled a fear in me that shattered my spirit, self confidence and self worth.  I ended up being afraid to pick anything up. 

If I couldn't stay course in something and for some reason I wasn't able to do something for a day or 2, my perfectionism mindset said, that's it, I am a failure and I thought, nothing can be done now and gave up

This resulted in I procrastinating in things. 
Why to work hard, I am never gonna make it...
I have 100 things to do in life else I am failure but I don't have time to do all that in this lifetime. Perfectionism results in not doing anything!

After meeting people, self introspection and podcasts from people, I realised its okay to mess up, its okay to fall down. I should dust myself off and continue! 
It is so hard now to change yourself after years of disappointment. You need so much positivity and letting go of perfectionism. You need self love and kindness... 

TLDR -
Don't be like an OCD person obsessing over things to go exactly the way they want!
Don't reject yourself due to failures/setbacks. Dust yourself off and move ahead!
It's okay to be imperfect as long as you promise to be consistent!

[Controversial Opinion] Don't chase perfectionism chase consistency. Period!

Software Engineer

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.

Corporate strategy

Hey Grapeviners
Is there anyone on this platform who has worked as a full stack dev/architect/ backend engineer for a mobile app which caters to users ranging in few hundred thousands to millions..

I want to connect with someone to understand few things for an idea I want to purse..

Would love to have an open discussion with an enthusiast!!
Please comment here or reach out to me at codenerdai@gmail.com

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