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I have built technologies, products, teams, and companies. Most recently I built at-scale technologies and teams at Facebook in Silicon Valley. Prior to that I co-founded Two Big Ears, an AR/VR audio tech company, which was acquired by Facebook.

This is where I write about what I think.

Decision Time Machine

A nice side-effect of remote work is more documentation. Even stale documents can serve as a time machine.

June 29, 2022 路 1 min 路 Varun Nair

Move fast, ship things

Shipping code and validating assumptions is what matters. People-sized solutions are a misfit for team-sized problems and debt.

December 6, 2021 路 2 min 路 Varun Nair

Letting Go

Good leadership and delegation is about letting go.

August 3, 2021 路 3 min 路 Varun Nair

First Time Manager

First-time people managers are typically part-time managers with a full-time job. This is a short list of principles that I developed over time and benefited from. It might help you too.

June 28, 2021 路 2 min 路 Varun Nair