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Consuming Books with Kindle & Audible

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I have always read physical books 📚. But recently, I started exploring other forms like Kindle and Audible. My previous experience I have always loved reading books. Wherever I’d go, I would always carry a book with me in my backpack. Somehow, I love the feeling of holding a book in my hand, turning pages that give a sense of accomplishment, and the smell of paper coming from books (I enjoy the smell of old books even more than the one from a new book). In college, I did start reading PDF books that were provided by our profs but never enjoyed reading on a laptop. So, my reading experience for pleasure was limited to tangible books. Jump to Kindle COVID gave a lot of opportunities to start something new. Two years ago, I bought myself a Kindle. Prior to this, I had never experienced Kindle in hand though I had been using Kindle mobile app since 2014. Reading books on Kindle was a completely new experience and I liked this change. I was happy with the amount of space I was saving ...

How I Messed Up My First Interviews: Chapter II

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This is in continuation of part one - How I Messed Up My First Interviews: Chapter I It was December 1st, the 'Day 1' of the 2015 placements, and Honda R&D happened to be the second company to have come after Microsoft. We were 4 students from the batch who opted for the Honda interviews. After a hiatus from my previous interview experience during engineering, I thought that this time I was prepared and would have learned something. I was excited for the interview although not much excited because I wasn't into two-wheelers as much as I was into cars. In a batch of 20 M.Des students at IIT Delhi, I too was amongst the 5 people who wanted to become an automobile designer. In our multi-disciplinary course, we studied product design for both tangible products as well as for digital products. We worked closely with Maruti Suzuki India R&D for more than 6 months and learned the entire process of car design right from research to clay modelling, but despite our efforts an...