Archive - Good Surfer

writing well: a must-have skill that no one taught you

Forget that hip new technology! To take your career to the next level, learn... how to write well.

Feb 10, 2021 •

Nityesh Agarwal

July 2020

Expect "equal pay for equal work" at your remote job

Tough questions you can ask the HR of a remote company that offers you reduced Cost of Living (COL) based salaries

Jul 11, 2020 •

Nityesh Agarwal

May 2020

Untold lessons of tech trends in China

From "Silicon Valley's China whisperer" - Connie Chan

May 20, 2020 •

Nityesh Agarwal

April 2020

A new startup model for ambitious people who want to improve the world

It's being pioneered by Ghost, the not-for-profit... startup!

Apr 18, 2020 •

Nityesh Agarwal

March 2020

The long view with a call for optimism

Information with a long half-life and figuring out the green in this unprecedented sea of red

Mar 29, 2020 •

Nityesh Agarwal

January 2020

How to build and maintain communities

Whatsapp/Facebook groups or passionate open-source communities or even offline ones

Jan 9, 2020 •

Nityesh Agarwal

December 2019

Can you work sane hours and still be insanely successful?

Basecamp and its founders - DHH and Jason Fried have set the precedent

Dec 24, 2019 •

Nityesh Agarwal

Self-learning is difficult and frankly, quite lonely. Here's how to make it easier.

I suggest that you Build To Learn

Dec 10, 2019 •

Nityesh Agarwal

October 2019

Write articles and create your own website to publish them

Why start blogging and How to use a central publishing website to get SEO on your own blog

Oct 26, 2019 •

Nityesh Agarwal

You can DM impressive people online and befriend them

Books recommended by Naval Ravikant as a guest on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast

Oct 9, 2019 •

Nityesh Agarwal

September 2019

There's a sea of non-enthusiastic programmers who liked coding as a hobby

Stagnating technological progress, blog of Alexey Guyzey and podcast with the creator of Humans of NY

Sep 19, 2019 •

Nityesh Agarwal

Use social media to - amplify motivation & be more empathatic

Daniel Gross' blog and a work of art showing how easy it is to spread false information today

Sep 11, 2019 •

Nityesh Agarwal

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