Going forward, if it’s just noise or an attempt to create engagement, we’ll probably smile, mute, and get back to building. Mute (getting blocked is an achievement as it seems) because we want them to engage in future to give us free marketing :P Will unblock all after a while don’t worry, we need your free engagement :P When we started TUF, it was just an engineering team building an easy platform for interview preparation. Today, as we’ve grown in both users and revenue, the team has grown far beyond engineering. As the focus is to build a product that is absolutely top notch. You will experience that in Sept. We now have people working across: - Growth (Sales & Marketing) - Product Design - Technical Content & Blogs - User Experience - Product Management - Problem Setting - Engineering One misconception I’ve seen quite often is that TUF is “just DSA.” It isn’t. Over the last few years, we’ve been quietly building an ecosystem that aims to cover almost everything someone needs during their interview preparation journey. There’s still a long way to go, but that’s the direction we’ve been moving in. Another misconception is that we only hire software engineers. We don’t. Every function that helps build a better experience for learners is equally important to us. As we continue to grow, criticism will naturally come with it. Some of it will be about our product, and that’s completely fair. If there’s something we can improve, we’ll listen, learn, and make it better. But sometimes, growth also attracts personal attacks or cooked up stories to gain attention that have little to do with the product itself. That’s part of building in public too. When competitors can’t find anything around your product, they will cook up stories, and try to get at individuals. A close friend and a founder I deeply respect reached out to me yesterday and gave me a simple piece of advice: Respond to criticism about your product. Don’t spend your energy responding to made up criticism about yourself unless it’s coming from the directly affected individual. That advice will stay with me. It’s a learning phase for me as a Founder. First time :) So going forward, if someone points out where TUF can improve, we’ll gladly engage. That’s how better products are built. At the end of the day, products are remembered for the value they create - not for the arguments they win. ZENKAI in Sept - you will love what’s coming ♥️🙏🏻🕉️