The Hustling Engineer

The Hustling Engineer

How to Index Your Career Database?

How to avoid repetitive decision making

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Hemant Pandey
Jun 28, 2025
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In engineering, we add indexes to databases to speed up searches.

Without them, every query triggers a full-table scan — slow, expensive, and frustrating.
But with the right index, answers appear instantly. Queries become lightweight. The system flows.

Now here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Most people manage their careers like unindexed databases.

Every decisi…

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