First Year Reflection After Quitting My Job

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:59:20 +0530

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.

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First Year Reflection After Quitting My Job

First, the TLDR version