<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Career on Hrushikesh Dokala</title><link>https://hrushikesh.dev/tags/career/</link><description>Recent content in Career on Hrushikesh Dokala</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hrushikesh.dev/tags/career/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>from intern to swe 2</title><link>https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/career/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/career/</guid><description>&lt;p>im sharing this purely from my journey of going from a software engineer intern in jan 2025 to swe 2 in sept 2025, which is not a regular curve for most of the engineers, but what actually mattered was the principles and practices that i followed. im not setting the expectations, this won&amp;rsquo;t work for everyone, but these principles compounded fast for me and can give you a real jumpstart early in your career.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>interview experience @atlan</title><link>https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/atlan-interview/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/atlan-interview/</guid><description>&lt;blockquote>
&lt;p>this is post the OA and the screening round.&lt;/p>&lt;/blockquote>
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&lt;p>the unique hiring process of the atlan.com, validates its candidates on the technical expertise and understanding of the systems and not just the DSA like FAANG. I was given the task of designing and building a highly scalable logistics platform for goods transportation. This platform would allow users to book transportation services, connecting them with a fleet of drivers and offering real-time availability, pricing, and vehicle tracking, over a week of time.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>