I’m a mediocre engineer who does systems work and never had experience in the typical user-facing software space. I’ve contributed to software that scales but never really had a chance to experience the vibe of serving millions of users. Recently, one of my friends explained to me the kind of events they track in their startup. I felt sick after hearing about the kind of events that they track, which are typically very personal to the user. Companies collect data ranging from the user’s...
