Zain Rizvi

This page contains instructions on how to propose and implement feature changes to PyTorch. Over half the commits made to pytorch every week come from the wider open source community. Sometimes...

Most tech companies have an established career ladder. They all follow this general form: Junior engineer: Take this tightly defined feature & build it Mid-level engineer: Take this vaguely...

I’ve gotten offers from Google, Stripe, Facebook, Microsoft, Patreon, Oracle Cloud, & many more, and spent over 12 years as both the interviewer and interviewee while working at Google,...

I started practicing PARA and Zettelkasten two years ago. Here’s what I’ve realized after twenty four months of practice: Change the system, not yourself There’s a common mistake...

The smell of fresh pine sawdust filled the air, with more floating up as I sanded the last rough corner of the stool. My toddler was happily sanding her own block off to the side. Woodworking was a...

I was fumbling in the dark. Groping blindly. It seemed so much simpler a month ago. “Hey, could you integrate this tool into our service?” my manager had asked. “Sure,”...

Am I fighting a hydra? Every time I work around a problem, two others appear! Just how twisted can time zones be?!? And I thought this project would be easy. Take a deep breath…Phew. Alright,...

My aunt has a problem She loves joining Zoom meetings, but they’re all hosted in different time zones. It’s hard to remember if she should add 4 hours, subtract 3, or what. She’s not...

My sister Sana just wanted to earn some money before returning to college. She was looking for a covid-friendly job on craigslist, something to cut down on the student loans she’d have to take...

Sharing a hard truth about our industry. I wanted to reject this for the longest time. But I finally had to change my mind. User focused design is wasteful. Every business knows this, but...