For founders
Technical advisory
Technical strategy, architecture decisions and building an engineering team that scales with the company.
Clarity is the rarest advantage a leader can create.
Field notes on judgment, leading people and building things that last, for founders, operators and the teams they lead. A new note every day.
- Years building
- 12+
- Engineers & leaders worked with
- 200+
- Field notes published
- 6
Fig. 01 · Focus10 × 10
Latest field notes
Short essays on how great leaders think.
-
Strategy is choosing the problems you want to have.Strategy as choosing your problems: how leaders name the trade-offs of growth, a high hiring bar and craft, and plan for them before they arrive.2 min read
-
Ownership is three things handed over together: the outcome, the authority and the context.Effective delegation for engineering leaders: hand over the outcome, the authority and the context together, with a five-step ownership handover.2 min read
-
Most people collect knowledge. The best let it compound.Why learning compounds: how leaders build depth in one field, turn it into judgment, and grow faster than people who only collect knowledge.2 min read
In their words
What people who have worked with him say.
“An efficient leader is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Pallav. … I was particularly impressed by his ability to handle even the toughest projects effortlessly.”
“Pallav and his team have often ideated proposed approaches that are more tech-efficient and quick-to-market. This has greatly helped in meeting critical business deadlines and capitalising market opportunities.”
“He possesses great leadership skills and inspires and motivates his peers.”
About
Pallav Sharma is a co-founder and CTO who turns ambitious ideas into products built to last.
For more than twelve years he has designed, built and scaled software across education, developer tools, digital commerce and customer loyalty. Today he helps founders make decisions that hold up for years, designs systems that scale, and builds teams that raise their own standards.
Work with me
Four ways to start a conversation.
For events and shows
Speaking
Talks, podcasts and panels on judgment, leadership and building things that last.
For investors and boards
Board and advisory roles
Board, advisory and investment conversations where technology shapes the outcome.
For everyone
Follow the notes
A new field note every day on LinkedIn and here, by email and in the RSS feed.
Follow on LinkedIn →Contact
Choose a topic and write a few lines.
support@pallavsharma.com