https://sauvikbiswas.com/tags/startup-tales/ Recent content in Startup-Tales on Sauvik Biswas Hugo en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://sauvikbiswas.com/posts/tales-from-a-startup-opinion/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://sauvikbiswas.com/posts/tales-from-a-startup-opinion/ <p><em>(In the voice of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@InternetHistorian" target="_blank">Internet Historian</a>) &ldquo;Opinion? What are opinions?&rdquo;</em></p> <p>I&rsquo;ve seen enough engineering and product fights. You probably have too. It usually starts with a proposal and ends with it being held hostage in meeting-room limbo because two brilliant people have two diametrically opposed, deeply passionate positions.</p> <p>And sometimes, it gets even worse. They will discreetly coerce a junior engineer or PM to adhere to what they think is correct. It’s an underhanded tactic, but it happens all the time when people value winning an argument over building a product.</p>