1. The 3-5 close friends who will pick up your call at 3 AM ten years from now. 2. The ability to learn a completely new domain from scratch in two weeks without getting overwhelmed. 3. Your health, emotional resilience, and communication skills. Keep your GPA above the eligibility cutoff (usually 7.5 or 8.0), but don't sacrifice your youth and friendships chasing a 9.8.

Never charge hourly when starting out — clients will question why a bug took 3 hours to fix. Charge per project milestone: - Milestone 1: Wireframes & visual designs in Figma (30% upfront) - Milestone 2: Functional staging deployment (40%) - Milestone 3: Production domain launch & handover (30%). Never deploy to their live domain until the final payment is cleared in your account.

CTFs are divided into 5 standard categories: Web, Crypto, Forensics, Rev (Reverse Engineering), and Pwn (Binary Exploitation). Start with PicoCTF: solve the 50-point web challenges (inspecting page source, modifying cookies, basic SQL injections), then learn Ghidra for reverse engineering simple binaries. The dopamine of finding your first flag is unmatched.

Rating breakdown: 1. Flavour & Seasoning: 9/10 (rich roasted paneer with tangy green chutney) 2. Crispiness of Paratha: 8.5/10 (flaky without being an oil slick) 3. Portion size: 9/10 (fills you up after a 4-hour lab) 4. Value for Money: 10/10. Conclusion: Undisputed top 3 comfort meal on campus. Always ask bhaiya for extra onions.

Question: 'Estimate the number of cups of tea consumed daily on your university campus.' 1. State clarifying assumptions (campus student population = 6,000; hosteler vs day scholar split = 80/20). 2. Segment by user personas (non-tea drinkers = 30%, light drinkers = 1 cup/day, heavy exam grinders = 3 cups/day). 3. Add faculty and canteen footfall. 4. Sanity check with canteen vendor batch sizes. Interviewers care about structured logic, not the exact number.

If you call `delay(1000)` inside `loop()`, your ESP32 drops incoming WebSocket packets and freezes HTTP server tasks. Instead, pin sensor polling to Core 0 with `xTaskCreatePinnedToCore()` and let the network stack handle incoming requests on Core 1. Dual-core microcontrollers should be treated like concurrent systems!