Hi, I'm Sameer

Here are a few more things about me:

• Born in Mumbai, India and moved to California in 2015.
• One thing I keep updating on this website is my book notes. While I mostly post about my non-fiction reading here, I love reading fiction (Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn and the Stormlight Archive are my favorites).
• I’m always interested in product strategy. If you’re looking for a great book on the subject – start with Good Strategy/Bad Strategy and Understanding Michael Porter. I also recommend reading the full Steve Jobs interview (although I highly recommend listening to the full interview on Amazon too).
• I’ve been practicing meditation for years now. Lately I’m focused on breath work but previously, I’ve experimented with TM and a 60-minute daily practice.
• Some weekends I spend tinkering on ideas like AI Summaries. Right now, I’m prototyping a mental-model decision framework; subscribe below if you want to hear when it is ready.
• Inspired by Derek Sivers, I keep a now page updated every so often in case you’re curious what I’m up to right now.
• During the week I’m at Affirm focused on how we expand into new international markets after helping build and launch the ads platform. Before that I was at Twitter working on the ads product and wrote a couple of pieces here on elevating conversations and improving platform health.
• Lifelong Chelsea fan; here’s the old Chelsea tracker I started back in 2021 when we were on a tear.
• I love hearing from folks that visit this website - please reach out over email or drop your address in the newsletter below if you have any thoughts / feedback.