Lakshmikanth Devraj @DLK239

@TVMohandasPai @narendramodi Mohandas manuvaadi, u r one such cringe, unempathetic, idiot.

ನೋಡಿ, ಹಂಚಿ, ಹರಸಿ: youtu.be/0zt7iP03x0w?si…

I want to speak to all my juniors who wish to get into a Deep-tech startup. This is again, going to be a bit of a long read. I have written something like a roadmap, but it's not going to be short, and definitely not going to be easy. So listen up. 1 - Get extremely good at what you do. If it's mechanical, then design, analysis, DFMA, FEA, CFD, CAD/CAM, additive manufacturing, 3d-printing, composites, WHATEVER it is that you do. If you are into Electronics, analog, digital and power electronics, RF, antenna theory, Microwave tech, VLSI (this shit alone encompasses about a hundred more fields), Embedded systems (this shit too, alone encompasses about a hundred more fields), PCB designing, circuit designing, WHATEVER it is that you do. If you are from CSE, Low-level systems, RTOS, Linux and other OS, Computer architecture, drivers, DBMS, Comp Networking, Robotic software (this shit too, alone encompasses about a hundred more fields), and a lot more like these. And no, "good" here does not mean watching a few youtube playlists and making a weather app. Deep-tech startups operate in domains where failure has actual consequences. A bad PCB layout can fry a board. Poor thermal analysis can destroy a product enclosure. A badly written driver can deadlock an entire system. Weak antenna tuning can ruin an RF product. Garbage mechanical tolerances can make manufacturing impossible at scale. These companies survive or die based on engineering competence, because unlike many software-only startups, they are often dealing with hardware lead times, manufacturing costs, compliance, testing cycles, thermals, EMI/EMC, field failures, reliability and physics itself. That is the thing most people miss. Deep-tech is not aesthetic engineering. It is consequence-heavy engineering. You are expected to know WHY something works, WHY it fails, HOW to debug it, HOW to optimize it and HOW to build around constraints. Constraints are the entire game here. Power constraints, memory constraints, cost constraints, weight constraints, manufacturing constraints, latency constraints, thermal constraints, certification constraints, supply chain constraints. The engineers who thrive in these environments are usually the ones who can work inside limitations instead of crying about them. And another thing - stop looking at fields in isolation. Real-world engineering is interdisciplinary as hell. Embedded engineers eventually deal with hardware. Hardware engineers eventually deal with firmware. Robotics engineers touch controls, software, electronics and mechanical systems all at once. RF engineers need signal processing knowledge. Linux developers end up understanding boot chains, toolchains, drivers, device trees and hardware bring-up. The deeper you go, the blurrier the boundaries become. 2 - Produce undeniable proof of your skill. Talk is cheap lads, anyone and everyone can get that part done. But you have to put your money where your mouth is, and stifle any and every doubt on your capacities. It can be a youtube video, a blog, a consistent series of progress updates on twitter, articles on medium, ANYTHING. But the fact of the matter is, resumes aren't enough anymore. You need to have ATTENTION to your craft, and Social Media is the best way to get that under your belt. And when I say proof, I mean REAL proof. Not a perfectly polished portfolio copied from someone else's GitHub. I mean build logs, debugging sessions, architecture diagrams, failure analysis, teardown posts, oscilloscope captures, kernel panic investigations, thermal measurements, stack traces, PCB revisions, manufacturing defects, simulation outputs, optimization journeys - REAL engineering artifacts. Because the biggest green flag in deep-tech is not perfection. It is evidence that you can survive complexity. Most startups are not looking for textbook toppers. They are looking for people who can enter chaos and still make progress. Someone who can sit with a broken board for 11 hours and still keep debugging. Someone who can trace failures methodically instead of randomly changing things and praying. Someone who documents their process. Someone who can communicate technical ideas clearly. Someone who can take ambiguity and convert it into execution. This is why social proof matters so much. A person consistently posting deep technical work publicly creates asymmetrical trust. If I see someone spending months building drivers, optimizing boot time, designing custom hardware, reverse engineering protocols, implementing RTOS scheduling or bringing up boards from scratch, I already know they are serious. Half the filtering is done automatically. And here's the funny thing - most people are terrified of posting because they think they are not "expert enough". Meanwhile the internet is filled with confidently incorrect people farming engagement with surface-level content. Deep-tech founders LOVE seeing genuine builders, even if the work is imperfect. Authenticity and depth are rare now. 3 - Apply through any and every way possible. Now, coming to the job market. This shit is a Call of Duty Free for all lads, and it really is every MF for themselves. Talk to current and ex employees, try and get a referral, e-mail them on the mail ID in their careers page, try and DM their founders on twitter - USE ANY AND EVERY TACTIC THAT YOU HAVE UP YOUR SLEEVE TO GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR LADS. Because here's the brutal truth - deep-tech hiring is nowhere near as standardized as people think. A lot of genuinely great startups do not even have proper hiring pipelines. Some don't have HR teams. Some founders personally review applications. Some hire because they saw one cracked engineer post something insane online. Some hire because a trusted engineer vouched for someone. Some roles never even get publicly posted. People underestimate how much persistence matters here. One cold DM may get ignored. Ten thoughtful messages over time may not. One detailed mail showing genuine understanding of their product may stand out massively from the sea of generic "Dear Sir/Madam" spam. If you are applying to a robotics startup, READ THEIR PAPERS, watch their demos, understand their stack, study their product constraints and then reach out intelligently. Most applicants never do this. Also, stop treating networking like some fake corporate ritual. In deep-tech, networking is literally just engineers finding other competent engineers. That is all it is. If you consistently post meaningful technical work, contribute to discussions, help people debug issues, write blogs, contribute to open source or show interesting experiments, people start recognizing your name over time. Opportunities compound from visibility. And finally, understand this properly - deep-tech is not an easy path. The learning curve is brutal. The domains are insanely deep. The debugging can be soul-crushing. The hours can get ugly close to deadlines. Hardware failures will humble you. Software failures will humble you. Manufacturing will humble you. Physics itself will humble you. But if you genuinely love engineering, there are very few things more satisfying than building real systems that interact with the real world. Not dashboards. Not pitch decks. Not "AI-enabled blockchain synergy platforms". Real machines. Real systems. Real engineering.

Companies like Ramp and Stripe are building software factories using a unified context layer.

The towering intellects of Kannada literature have left us with legacies as profound as the ancient inscriptions we revere. KP Poornachandra Tejaswi was one such extraordinary soul who seamlessly bridged the gap between complex human philosophies, nature, and the everyday lives of ordinary people. Walking away from the urban clamor, he built a universe of his own in the lap of the Western Ghats at Mudigere, proving that true literary genius doesn't need a city's validation. Though he was the son of the legendary Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, Tejaswi sir carved his own magnificent, independent path. Whether it was through his deep socialist concerns, his passion for photography and farming, or his unparalleled works like 'Chidambara Rahasya' and 'Karvalo', he observed the world with a brilliant, unfiltered lens. He didn't just write stories; he documented the intricate dance between humanity, deeply-held beliefs, and the natural environment. Watching this documentary brings back the absolute magic of his 'Mayaloka'. It is a beautiful visual journey into the life of a man who was deeply connected to his roots, living a life of absolute simplicity, intellectual honesty, and an insatiable curiosity for the world around him. His life serves as a monumental lesson for the modern generation on how to stay incredibly grounded while letting your intellect soar. A fantastic archival tribute to a true icon of our soil! youtu.be/CFyRaM5FxQQ?si…

In this 2015 interview, the host — a Tsinghua University professor — expressed genuine curiosity about how Elon Musk was able to found SpaceX without prior experience and knowledge in aerospace, especially given that rocket science is one of the most demanding hard sciences — and that Musk was serving as both CEO and CTO. Musk explained that deep expertise can be built outside formal academic programs — by reading extensively, conducting experiments, and speaking directly with experts in the field.

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I told my therapist, "I have everything I thought I wanted, but I still don't feel happy." She didn't give me comfort. Hearing her, my whole body went still. Here's what she just replied:

URGENT: Requesting @NMC_IND & @MoHFW_INDIA to reopen the resignation window for NEET PG. Many candidates from Chhattisgarh & those selected in INICET are stuck due to overlapping schedules. Don't let seats go to waste! @ShashiTharoor , @aiims_newdelhi , @vishnudsai

URGENT: Requesting @NMC_IND & @MoHFW_INDIA to reopen the resignation window for NEET PG. Many candidates from Chhattisgarh & those selected in INICET are stuck due to overlapping schedules. Don't let premium seats go to waste! @ShashiTharoor , @aiims_newdelhi , @vishnudsai

As we await an official update from the Govt, @detresfa_ has eyes on possible Indian missile-inflicted runway damage at Pakistan’s most protected airbase, PAF Mushaf (a.k.a. Sargodha). The base houses F-16s, JF-17s etc.

5/5 forgotten. Link to the video clip where Farooq Saab expresses his gratefulness: youtu.be/39zp0cMTS70?si… Link to full video of the Dec 2021 launch: youtube.com/live/9BjxIqfJf…

My letter to Prime Minister @narendramodi avaru on his leadership during #OperationSindhoor. @PMOIndia

Did you know one of the world's boldest scientific journeys began right here in Bengaluru? At the highest point of the city, a tiny marker kicked off a 100+ year mission that mapped a subcontinent—and measured the height of the tallest peak in the world!⛰️✨