It was my birthday this week! I was expecting the weekend to be a little chaotic but my whole week ended up being crazy.

Life and People

Fenil and Anunay dropped by the office one day to meet with their ex-colleagues (they were both at Dyte for a while). Had a small group hanging out, was a fun time catching up with everyone.

Yash and I met with Anunay a few more times throughout the week, had a work-from-cafe day on Friday. We were at Concu, which was pleasant other than an obnoxiously loud table that was annoying everyone for half an hour or so.

On Saturday (my birthday) we made the rather painful trip to Meco Kartopia for go karting. I wasn’t originally a big fan but managed to get the hang of it. The worst part of it is definitely the 1 to 1.5 hour long car trip to get to the place, and the lack of a cafeteria. I don’t think I’ll ever go back there, but am open to trying it again somewhere that is a more reasonable distance from me. We tried doing dinner at some of the upscale establishments like Burma Burma, but it being a weekend they were all fully occupied. I ended up just pushing through Yash’s suggestion of Element 3, a pure vegetarian place Yash and I have been to many times and everyone loved the food there. A lot of food related escapades were had, which as usual you can head on over to Yash’s weeknotes to take a peek at.

Work

My manager Rohan Arthur informed us that he’s leaving at the end of this month which was a bit of a shock. It’s a massive bummer to have such little time with one of the few leaders who have measurably improved me as an engineer and a person but I’ll focus on making the best of the time we have left. Still feels a bit unreal.

Games

I continued playing through bits and pieces of Chrono Gear when I could find the time. Akhil pulled me back into the dungeons of Marvel Rivals ranked queue where we managed to make a good run at our placement games. As of writing we’ve climbed up from Gold 3 to Gold 1, in touching distance of Platinum 3.