by Rajan Singh | Jan 7, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
When I landed as a 1st year student in IIT, I imagined that the all-India toppers would be obsessive bookworms. But not only did they study the same hours as everyone else, the were also involved in a lot of extra curricular activities. In that case, what explained...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 6, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
Back in the days when LinkedIn had a 1300 character limit for posts, writing was a real pain — I often had to edit out even seemingly essential stuff to fit the character limit. Today, with a 3,000 character limit, your creativity is no longer stunted by these...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 5, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
LinkedIn posts from many successful Civil Service aspirants reminded me of the feeling one often gets on clearing the exam — that you have arrived at the final goalpost. That there is nothing more to be done — life will now be on cruise control. No it...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 2, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
During my consulting stint in New York, I had two Jewish colleagues who observed Sabbath and would leave office sharp at 5 pm on Friday. And for the next 24 hours they were unreachable. And this was in a firm where late nights, long hours, and fast email response was...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 1, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
When I applied for my MBA, my monthly government salary was comparable to one day’s cost of my MBA. But thankfully, that year, Wharton constituted a $40,000 Emerging Economy Fellowship. So, on an online discussion forum, I asked one of the admissions officers...
