Software Engineer 2

Pranoy Tez

I work on data center and platform software at Microsoft. I'm building PrepWithTez and ShipWithTez to help engineers land jobs and ship real products. Views are my own.

Pranoy Tez

Now

  • Building PrepWithTez, job search mentorship for software engineers
  • Building ShipWithTez, courses on building and shipping real products
  • Creating AI experiments, including dashboards and insights from free, publicly available data
  • Writing short notes on engineering, career, business, and music

Products

Previously

  • T-mobile : Software Engineer; microservices, ios apps and reliability work
  • MBA (Quantic): focused on product, go‑to‑market, and finance
  • M.S. Computer Science (SFBU): moved to the U.S.; been writing code ever since

Mentoring & 1:1s

Top 0.1% on Topmate

I run short, tactical sessions on:

  • Breaking into U.S. tech roles
  • Interview strategy & portfolio polish
  • AI upskilling and practical workflows
  • Visa pathways (EB‑1A / O‑1A / EB‑5) resources & navigation

1:1 with me

Operating principles

  • Build intentionally. Ship when ready, document the process.
  • First‑principles > vibes. Measure, then decide.
  • Consumer‑grade UX. Open‑source spirit, best-in-class polish.
  • Time in the market. Compounding beats hacks.
  • India‑rooted, global ambition. Build for real problems, export the solution.

Writing

My observations on tech, career, business, and AI. Every post starts as a markdown note and now renders directly on the site.

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Resources

Interview prep resources and tools are now consolidated on PrepWithTez.

Legacy guides on this site remain available while migration wraps up.

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