http://amitklein.com Figurin' it out... Wed, 16 May 2012 17:34:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://amitklein.com/2011/12/28/relationships-are-more-important-then-deadlines/ http://amitklein.com/2011/12/28/relationships-are-more-important-then-deadlines/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:43:04 +0000 Amit Klein http://amitklein.com/?p=1973 Two years ago we were late on delivering a project, and one of the developers came up to me and told me his launch-critical piece of functionality was delayed… again. Blame it on fatigue (I’d been up for about 30 … Continue reading →

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]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/07/18/steal-this-product-idea-3-get-together/feed/ 11 http://amitklein.com/2010/04/30/my-ignitemumbai-talk-on-happiness/ http://amitklein.com/2010/04/30/my-ignitemumbai-talk-on-happiness/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:30:13 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=876 Last weekend I gave a short talk as part of the inaugural meeting of IgniteMumbai. It was a really fun experience, the organizers did a great job and the crowd was really into it. The talk was short, but the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/01/30/3-month-recap/feed/ 4 http://amitklein.com/2009/01/30/codechef-launched/ http://amitklein.com/2009/01/30/codechef-launched/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:27:14 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=408 For the last 2 months or so I’ve been working on setting up an India specific, online coding coding contest: www.codechef.com. The goal of the site is to identify top technical talent, promote our brand and foster technical competition. It’s … Continue reading →

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