Five Years as a Startup CTO: How, Why, and Was It Worth It?
I can’t believe it’s been five years since my last post…
Five years since I decided to join an early stage startup as the CTO / “the tech guy”.
Five years since I took my last train to the office in Manhattan. …
Full-time to self-employed and what happens next
It was so quiet and beautiful…
I was laying on my back in the pile of fresh snow somewhere deep in the woods of the Beaver Creek mountain about 11K feet above the sea level and watching the treetops slowly move in the wind… …
3 essential life hacks that I learned while steelhead fishing
I was standing balls deep in the cold water and constantly casting my rig with half-frozen fingers. More often than not the line would move downstream a few feet and then snag something on the bottom.
The morning weather was gray and gloomy with a few drops of rain here and there. …
Simple financial strategy even geeks could apply
It’s Tuesday, 4.26pm here in New York and it’s raining outside. I was supposed to send out my weekly newsletter this morning last week, but guess what, I didn’t have anything to send…
The truth is I still run way too many things and at times my days feel quite disorganized and crazy, …
What if American Dream is a lie?
“Why can’t you just relax and enjoy life, man? Why always push yourself to the limits? You are good!”
Autumn is in the full swing here in New York. That means beautiful yellow, orange and red trees, pumpkins, ghosts, hot apple cider, cold weather and of course “Russian Bath” …
Transition to a big tech company. Part 2 (Lessons Learned)
“Listen, I don’t want to waste a lot of time here so I’ll try to keep it brief. I get you don’t have much experience supporting distributed mission-critical data stores at scale and honestly looking strictly at your resume I would never consider you for my data team, …
Transition to a big tech company. Part 1 (Why)
“Hey, Sergey, we have some news for you. Let’s meet and discuss over a cup of coffee later today?” – that was the text I received from my recruiter Lauren after going through three rounds of interviews with HBO. Not going to lie at that point I was anxious to hear the final verdict. …
Yes, you can cut your sleep, but should you?
Around this time last year I was in Boise, Idaho among the group of high profile entrepreneurs that flew in for the Russell Brunson’s hands-on training, inner circle meeting and viral video lunch party.
That was the time when I was still “high” …
Every day is a battle
It was still dark when I woke up this morning. The SleepCycle app that I use as my smart alarm clock showed 6.05am, even though I set it for 6.30am. Apparently, the app decided to wake me up a bit earlier while I was in the light REM sleep phase. …
Live to work or work to live?
This last week in New York was all about the new storm named Florence which was supposed to do a lot of damage to the coastal areas. Many people are worried (understandably) and just want it to pass as soon as possible.
There is another group out there, …