About

I'm Naman. I'm a software developer at Google, based in Bengaluru. I'd love to tell you I'm there to change the world, but honestly, they pay well and the problems are decent — in that order.

Most of my day is code and parenting — roughly in that order during work hours, reversed after.

I started this blog because I kept having the same problem: I'd read something, or build something, or argue with someone about something, and then spend the next three days thinking about it in the shower. Writing it down turned out to be cheaper than therapy and more productive than the shower thoughts.

Naman's Log is where I think out loud about the things that occupy my brain — software, business, books, psychology, and occasionally the low-level chaos of raising a kid. I don't have a niche. I have a recurring set of obsessions.

A few things about me that don't fit on a resume

• I read a lot — Flowers for Algernon broke something in me that never fully healed, and Shoe Dog is the reason I can't stop thinking about business.
• I think about business the way some people think about sports — constantly, unsolicited, and with strong opinions about other people's strategy.
• I'm fascinated by psychology — why people want what they want, do what they do, and convince themselves it was rational afterward.
• My drink is a Tanqueray with Sprite and ice.
• I'm a father of a boy, which has taught me more about negotiation and sleep deprivation than any job ever did.

Get in touch

If something I wrote made you think, or made you disagree, I'd like to hear about it — namanjain2050@gmail.com.