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Building Sahaj Hyderabad: A Journey of Community, Growth, and Purpose

A little over a year ago, I landed in Hyderabad with a single mission—to set up and grow Sahaj’s presence in the city. I had a hotel booking for a few nights, but beyond that, I had no office, a couple of Sahajeevis hired remotely, and no idea where to start.The journey began with a hunt for a co-working space, one that would resonate with our engineers across India—the kind of engineers we wanted to hire in Hyderabad. I must...

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The Cost of Culture: Transparency

Why most people believe they want transparency — but actually don’t.Transparency has been a cornerstone of Sahaj throughout my journey here. It is not just a value we champion but a principle deeply embedded in how we operate. But transparency is not as simple as it sounds — it comes with its own challenges and costs.Examples of transparency include sharing all business related data openly internally such as salaries, revenue, forecasted incoming work and people etc.Trust is essential at Sahaj. We believe in empowering...

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How versatility paved the way for a woman to emerge as a tech leader

Mine isn’t one of those stories that start dramatically; I wasn’t writing code when I was ten or building robots in my early teens. A stroke of luck led me to computer engineering over two decades ago. My first brush with programming languages was in university where I learnt C & Pascal, how the world has changed since and so have I. I stepped into the IT industry in an inventive workplace where my education grew obsolete quickly. I had...

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Citizens of The Great Barrier Reef — A story of scale, complexity and collaboration for conservation

The Great Barrier Reef, Australia’s iconic ecological site, is not only important to the continent but to the planet as a whole. With over 3000 individual reefs stretching over 2000 kms and home to 25% of the world’s marine species, it is the world’s largest marine ecosystem. However, it now faces a serious threat. Climate change, rising sea level temperatures, pollution and Crown of thorns starfish attacks are just some of the threats that expose the reef to bleaching, and...

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Psychology of learned helplessness to tackle issues in engineering teams

It is common for teams to struggle with tech debt. It is a raging topic at many tech conferences. Every time it is discussed, folks responsible for the success of their teams listen with rapt attention. They take back the learned ideas to their teams, attempt with renewed vigor, fail, and then go to other avenues, looking for the elusive elixir. The cycle is almost self-perpetuating. Very few teams manage to transform a spaghetti code into a modular and well-composed...

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