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Rohan Sharma

Rohan Sharma

Founder, R's PlacePrep

Developer relations engineer working on developer tooling, AI infrastructure and open source. Built PlacePrep after watching too many capable students get filtered out by rounds nobody taught them to prepare for. Writes here mostly to think out loud.

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parable

The tale I never planned to tell :)

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·21 min read

A tale of a medical aspirant who ended up being an engineer

Four years of college, two career paths, a lot of failure and a few things that finally worked. The long version of how I got here.

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hr-contacts

1,800+ HRs, zero excuses

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·83 min read

1,800+ HR contacts in India for cold emailing (free list)

A free list of 1,800+ HR and talent acquisition contacts at Indian companies, with a simple guide on how to cold email recruiters the right way and land your first interview.

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remote-jobs

80 remote job sites, one pair of pyjamas

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·11 min read

80 remote job sites ranked by how much of your life they deserve

A honest guide to 80 remote job and freelance sites for freshers, with a quick table showing which ones are worth your time and how likely they are to actually hire you.

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ask-her-out

Don't keep regrets, send them this!

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·2 min read

I'm single, but my "ask her out" keeps helping strangers propose

Life doesn't gives you many chances. It's always to talk now than to regret later. Best wishes to you. But remember, her NO means NO.

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recap

The year 2025: growth, grief or pain?

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·13 min read

2025 in review: growth, grief, and the cost of momentum

A month-by-month look back at 2025 — two jobs, GATE, college, and what chasing momentum actually costs you.

recappersonal
recap

My 2024 unwrap: NOT a must read

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·6 min read

My 2024 unwrap (of course, it's not a must-read)

Wins, losses and everything that happened to me in 2024. Written mostly for myself, but you are welcome to read it.

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