Guides
Original explainers on careers, AI and learning in Indian tech. No affiliate links, no course pitches, no recycled listicles.
Everything on this page is written and edited in-house. Each guide is built from what we see while indexing thousands of listings, tools and repositories every week, which sources publish real openings, which techniques survive testing, and where people lose the most time. We update them as the ground truth changes and date every revision.
Careers · 11 min read
A practical, step-by-step guide to finding, applying for and converting tech internships in India: where the real listings live, how to read a stipend, what to send, and how to follow up.
Careers · 9 min read
Job descriptions are marketing documents, not specifications. Here is how to decode requirements, seniority signals, compensation language and red flags before you apply.
AI · 12 min read
A working engineer's guide to prompting language models: structure, context, evaluation, failure modes, and why most viral prompt tricks do nothing measurable.
AI · 9 min read
AI tool directories list thousands of products and rank almost none of them honestly. Here is a framework for evaluating an AI tool before you pay for it.
Learning · 12 min read
What actually works for self-taught developers in India: sequencing, how long each stage takes, which credentials matter, and where the path genuinely stalls.
Learning · 10 min read
A practical path to a merged pull request: choosing a project, finding work that is genuinely open, writing the patch, and surviving code review.
Careers · 10 min read
What actually happens to your resume after you press submit in India, and how to write one page that a parser, a recruiter and an engineer can all read in under a minute.
Interviews · 12 min read
A realistic preparation schedule for Indian tech interviews covering data structures, systems, projects and behavioural rounds, with weekly checkpoints and honest guidance on what to skip.
Careers · 9 min read
Recruitment fraud targeting students and freshers in India follows a small number of repeatable patterns. Here is how to verify a listing, an employer and an offer letter before you share anything.
AI · 10 min read
A repeatable, one-hour evaluation for any AI product: how to design a test set, what benchmark numbers actually mean, and which failure modes only appear in week three.
Learning · 10 min read
A structured thirty-day method for picking up an unfamiliar language or framework: what to read, what to build, how to know you have actually learned it, and the traps that waste the month.
Careers · 11 min read
What actually changes when you work remotely for a foreign employer from India: engagement models, payment routes, compliance basics, and the working practices that decide whether it lasts.