Arpit Rai

Been using Microsoft Teams over the last few weeks. This has to be the worst designed Microsoft product. How does Teams even compete with a product like Slack? Is free of cost the only USP of Teams?

What is up with companies choosing to go with the hybrid model than complete remote or complete work from office. Hybrid seems like the worst of both worlds than the best of both. aboutamazon.com/news/workpla…

Braze doubled their revenues from $100 million to $200 million in 18 months. What a dream run! I wonder what helped put this flywheel in place given the over-crowded marketing automation space. braze.com/resources/articles…

Good lord. What is extent of data fudging in UP? Regardless of Ajay Singh Bisht's administrative prowess (or lack thereof), these numbers just don't make any sense given UP is the most populous state in India. Also, UP managing things better than South and Maharashtra. Sure!

Can't believe I got the done with my Dad's vaccination in literally 5 mins at the Kohinoor drive-in. Reached at 11.10am and was done by 11.15am. Great job @mybmc! Very well organized.

It’s just heartbreaking what’s happening in India. On the ISB alum email group that previously used to have job opening emails, request for contact emails etc. now only has desperate pleas for help. Don’t even have words to describe how sad and heartbreaking the situation is now.

Started using Headspace app almost everyday to help me fall asleep quickly. Wish I had discovered it earlier. It makes to so easy to get rid of all the mental chatter so that you fall asleep quickly. headspace.com/

Joining that fancy new startup? Should you take a salary cut and compensate that through a higher ESOP package? Here’s my take on valuing ESOPs as part of your total compensation. arpitrai.medium.com/valuing-…

Didn’t expect to be hit with something profound and deep by reading the comments on a random YouTube video - “There is no freedom child, only bigger prison”. Here’s that random video: youtube.com/watch?v=zm00-6Tt…

It's amazing how China has gotten away with causing so much misery to almost everyone in the world with absolutely no consequences.

5 SaaS companies filed for IPO yesterday. Wow! forbes.com/sites/elanagross/…

After working in a company that communicates primarily through Slack, I realize that Slack can be very very difficult to manage. Slack’s tag line of “Where work happens” could not be more inappropriate. This essay badly needs a rewrite: blog.usejournal.com/how-slac…

Morgan Housel with another gem "People grew apart financially at the same time they became connected digitally, which exacerbates tribal instincts and exposes you to people who don’t see the world as you do, who become easy targets for criticism and blame" collaborativefund.com/blog/h…

Taking offense has got to be people's favorite pastime in India. Bigger and better since 2014. How scared would you be if you were a stand-up comic today. scroll.in/article/967694/why…

How Intel got blindsided and lost Apple’s business marker.medium.com/how-intel-…

Coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. Drive through a city while listening to local radio. driveandlisten.herokuapp.com…

Got back to writing after almost 5 months! Just published a post on the first 30-60-90 days in a new Product Manager job. This was based on my learnings of transitioning into a new PM job at ThoughtSpot. medium.com/@arpitrai/first-3…

FiveThirtyEight on why the world shut down for Covid-19 but not for Ebola, SARS or Swine Flu. fivethirtyeight.com/features…

Some great advice I came across recently. Optimize for today rather than next week, next month or next whatever. Instead of saying I'll start running next week onwards, I should actually run today itself. This helps stop postponing and get going quickly with so many things.

Indian government’s SOP succinctly put by @pbmehta. Politics driven by a constant need to find new enemies. indianexpress.com/article/op…