Work

So, it’s been a year since I quit my job at Microsoft. I wanted to reflect on it, you know kinda like what we do in scrum retrospectives so that the next sprint can be better. First, the TLDR version Learnt a lot, especially on the business front like digital marketing, brand positioning, managing finances, ad spends/budgeting, ASO, SEO, etc. Went for some family trips which I had planned for long time but couldn’t attend to, (Singapore/Malaysia) and some South Indian temples. Caught up on my video game backlog and finished some really good video games which I wanted to complete since some time. Tried and learnt a whole set of AI tools from coding to creative writing to video and image generation and learnt a lot of best practices on how to build with AI. But despite my best efforts, I couldn’t really move the needle in terms of revenue. ...