50 years ago, Concorde flew people from LHR to JFK in 3 hours. Today, the same trip takes 8. Our grandparents saw humanity go from no phones to the moon in one lifetime. The paradox of our age is that technology accelerates, but society drags the future down to its own pace.

I was reading about Lockheed in WWII — they built the P-80 jet in just 143 days. The urgency forced them to do what was thought impossible. No time for debates or perfect plans. It makes me think: if pressure expands possibility, how do we create that urgency in everyday work?.

“Follow your passion” is bad advice. I didn’t grow up dreaming about aerospace or have an engineering degree. But at @lataerospace, I went down the rabbit hole, got super obsessed with planes, and the passion has come after. I’ll be sharing my obsessions and learnings here.

At this point I’m convinced that finding great aerospace engineers is 10x harder than building the damn thing. Nobody uses/updates their LinkedIn. If you know someone who’s actually cracked, tell them to hit me up or tag them. We’re building crazy stuff @lataerospace.

BluSmart genuinely seemed like that one startup no one hated. Passengers were chill, drivers were finally respected, and the founders? Happy—for their own… unique reasons lol. If everyone looks happy in a business, you’re probably missing a chapter.

The system didn’t fail us. It served exactly who it was built to serve. If we want a different kind of graduate, we need a different kind of market. One that rewards thinking — not just following.

We created a system where:. Toppers get rewarded with government jobs or tech MNCs. Rebels get labelled as distractions. Exams decide your self-worth. And everyone learns to optimise for safety, not insight. We don’t have a talent problem. We have an incentive problem.

Why does this matter?.Because every time we ask “Why don’t we have more innovators?” or “Why don’t Indian students start companies?” — we ignore the obvious. The incentives were never aligned for risk-takers. They still aren’t.

From school to college, we’re taught one lesson over and over again:.Play it safe. Don’t stand out. Memorise. Repeat. The cost of being wrong is always higher than the reward of thinking differently. That’s not a bug. That’s the system working exactly as intended.

Most people think our education system is broken. But broken implies it was meant to produce creativity, courage, or curiosity — and failed. That was never the goal. The goal was compliance at scale. And by that metric, it’s been incredibly successful.

Unpopular opinion:.The Indian education system didn’t fail us. It did exactly what it was designed to do. It produced low-risk, high-discipline workers who could follow rules, respect hierarchy, and avoid uncertainty.

building aircraft that can land in a parking lot. backed by @deepigoyal. at @lataerospace we’re hiring engineers to work on stupidly hard & insanely cool stuff — hybrid propulsion, aero, battery systems. shoot us a note: engineering@lat.com.

In 10 years, we’ll look back at 2024 and realize that “work-life balance” was just a clever way to keep average people from competing with the obsessed.

Elon Musk made everyone want to be a founder. Sam Altman is making everyone want to be a venture capitalist. The first trillionaire will make everyone want to be a scientist.

Merit doesn’t need a bureaucratic manual - great teams form when you optimize for talent, not checkboxes. So, not having a DEI policy is the best DEI policy.

have been reading more about the jet engine space in India - who are the coolest folks working in this field? .@Firezstarter1 @FighterPiloting @FrontlinerUV @alpha_defense.

we have a ton of features: from a career mentor in your pocket to matching you with startups for projects.

RT @harshitmul: if you’re a student, comment or DM me if you’d like to get early access to our platform and test it out .

if you’re a student, comment or DM me if you’d like to get early access to our platform and test it out

RT @harshitmul: any university student wants to beta test our platform? we have a very efficient job board, application tracker, the world’….