Manish Barnwal

...just another human

Things I have learned (So Far)

Today when I opened my blog on Quora, I saw a draft of this post that I had written some six months post to my first job. The learnings I had moving from college to corporate.

Things I have learned (So Far)

I graduated from my college almost six months ...

The Big Data Problem

Big data has become a sensation these days. Anyone and everyone wants to use this in their discussions. When I was still in my college and preparing for campus placements, I had attended almost all the pre-placement talks that companies gave to its prospective candidates.

American Express was one such ...

My first attempt at public speaking

Having graduated from college, it was just 6 months into my new job that I was asked to give a tech-talk on Introduction to Data Science. Imagine the thrill and fright of a fresher when he is presented with a situation like this. The first thing I asked my manager ...

Understanding HIVE for data science people

I have been working as Statistical analyst for the last 1.5 years and fortunately I got to work on Hadoop on one of my initial projects. Hadoop sounds scary to a lot of people and I am no exception. In this post, I would make an attempt to explain ...

Pre-Placement Talk Snippets

I'd attended PPTs (Pre-placement Talks) of almost all the companies I'd interest in during my placement time. Many students find attending PPTs a waste of time. I was not one of them.

I liked attending PPTs. I felt they gave me continuous motivation to be consistent in my ...

The Placement Season

The placement season is back. Nothing new, it comes every year but may be...this is new for you and I'm talking to those who're about to witness probably the most important phase of their college life.

First things first. I'll start with a disclaimer - "Everything written ...

Beautiful Sadness

As I woke up this morning, it took me a few moments to realize where I was. I looked around, gained my consciousness and a thought thundered into my mind –I was not in Kgp. Not anymore. Life at Kgp is now a past, a past which will always be ...

My stay at IIT Kharagpur -A synopsis

Mathematics has always been my favorite and when I got Mathematics & Computing, IIT Kharagpur I was on cloud nine. I did a quick Google and landed to the official site of our institute. That was the first time and also the last time when I had paid close attention to ...

Happy Women's Day

Today is 8th March, just another day except that today is women’s day. Women’s day started as a Socialist political movement but over time it has changed to a day when it’s celebrated as a sign of respect and love to women across the world. Women’s ...

The Walmart Interview

Now that you are reading this, I’ll assume that you are someone looking for an opportunity of placement or an internship. Go ahead and read. You have a long journey to cover.

I was offered a job of Statistical Analyst at WalmartLabs. Let me guide you through their placement ...