sheet 02 · seven cities, one unwritten
the voyage
- 01
Mumbai
19.08N 72.88Ewhere it opensBorn here. A small school in a small neighborhood; as far as I knew, the whole world was brown and spoke Hindi. Video games were the first hint that it wasn't.
- 02
Lagos
6.52N 3.38Ethe world gets biggerFriends from every single continent. The world turned out to be much bigger than my neighborhood. Also: a lot more video games.
- 03
Mumbai
19.08N 72.88Eback, and buildingThree schools in a few years. Somewhere in the shuffle I stopped just playing games and started building them. Scratch, no-code tools, then Unity and C++.
- 04
Dubai
25.20N 55.27Ethe detourA few years of figuring out what I actually like by trying everything else. Video editing, sneaker reselling, whatever was shiny that month, and an honestly heroic amount of Fortnite.
- 05
Mumbai
19.08N 72.88Eon my own termsFinished school where I started. Built some apps, tried a startup or two before I knew what the word meant, and played football until dark with friends I still have.
- 06
Madison
43.07N 89.40Wthe best yearsThe best four years of my life. Met my girlfriend, found my chosen family, worked and traveled and built everything I could. Graduated with distinction. Had fun with distinction too.
- 07
San Francisco
37.77N 122.42Wthe work gets realStarted working for real at Cylerity, went solo for a while as a bootstrapped founder, and now I'm building at Composio.
- 08
Home
COORDINATES UNKNOWNthe unwritten chapterThe last chapter. Not drawn yet.