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Better Than "Just Do Something"
Not the best thing but maybe better than random
Jan 9
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Hiring the Illegible
Part 1: Build a Talent Community around you
Jan 5
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Vaishnav Sunil
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On Palantir and Neurodivergence
Palantir comes out against "If you can't even do X, how can you do Y?"
Jan 2
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Why do Companies care about 'Culture'?
Imagine a company with open borders—not the chaotic kind where anyone can waltz in and loot the corporate treasury, but the libertarian version: Any…
Dec 19, 2025
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Why is LinkedIn So Cringe - Part 2
In my last post, I argued that cringe occurs when the receiver perceives a gap between what they think someone meant to signal and what actually was…
Nov 10, 2025
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Why is LinkedIn So Cringe? - Part 1
Defining cringe and its dimensions
Oct 3, 2025
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Vaishnav Sunil
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The Highest Return on Cognition
Why does Jane Street pay 22 year olds half a million dollars?
Aug 4, 2025
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Vaishnav Sunil
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What is Organizational Culture? (&NYC Happy Hour)
What do these words have in common?
Jul 27, 2025
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Vaishnav Sunil
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