🚀 Day 1 of #30DaysOfAI

I’ve officially kicked off the 30 Days of AI challenge by Streamlit, and I’m excited to learn and build consistently over the next month using Streamlit and Snowflake.

📅 𝐃𝐚𝐲 1 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞

Today, I built…

Growth doesn’t always come with a title change. Sometimes, it just shows up quietly.

I joined my team in Feb 2023 as an intern — new to the product, new to the ecosystem, and honestly, still figuring things out.

The early phase was simple:
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𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁.

𝖭𝗈 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄.
𝖭𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽.
𝖭𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖼𝗎𝗍𝗌.

𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗅𝖺𝗉𝗍𝗈𝗉, 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖽𝗈𝗎𝖻𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝗎𝗍.
𝖨 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝖫𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽𝖨𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇.

𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀:…

𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝟮 𝗔𝗠.

Here is the list of 𝟯𝟬 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 that separate a Senior Engineer from someone who just knows how to code. If you can't explain at least 25 of these, you aren't ready…

𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗜’𝗺 𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁.

Most engineers get overwhelmed by System Design because they try to learn concepts in isolation.

Consistent hashing.
Sharding.
Gossip protocols.

None of these truly clicks until you see them break — or…

Some wins don’t stay on paper.
They show up in moments like this.

This Eid, I got to do something that means a lot to me —
make sure everyone at home wore something they truly loved.

Every outfit in this picture… was chosen and taken care of by me.

Not…

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵.

Not because of what I did.
But because of what started happening as a result.

I stopped trying to chase opportunities.

Instead, I focused on:
 • getting better at my craft
 • sharing what I was learning…

𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝘀: 𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱. 💻🛤️

In backend engineering, we never "deploy" to production without a robust safety net. Today, I applied that same logic to my personal life by taking delivery of my new 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗫𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝟭𝟮𝟱𝗥 (𝗗𝘂𝗮𝗹-𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗕𝗦).

The…

🏆 Honored to win the AI Builder Award at Yubi! 🚀

We recently had a company-wide AI Spotlight with a massive influx of innovation, and I’m incredibly proud to have taken home one of the top spots.

This award recognizes the spirit of AI-native thinking—using…

🏆 Different games. Different rules. Same lesson.

Over the last few years, I've participated in:

🥉 3 Hackathons → 3 podium finishes (2 third places, 1 second place)
🏆 AI Spotlight → Winner
🏆 Bingo & Banter (a fun office activity) → Winner

Yesterday's one…

🚀 CGI is hiring: AI Fullstack Engineers!

Looking for your next opportunity in AI? 👀

📍 Location: Hyderabad
💼 Experience: 3+ years
🤖 Preferred skills: GenAI & Python

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