90,000 Hours

By  Rahel Philipose, Vidhatri Rao

You’ll spend 90,000 hours at work in your lifetime. How do you make that time count?


90,000 Hours is a weekly newsletter that helps you navigate today’s changing world of work, where the traditional 40-year career is gone, entry-level jobs are being replaced by artificial intelligence, and staying relevant means constantly reinventing yourself.


Written by Rahel Philipose and Vidhatri Rao, the newsletter features conversations with the people creating, breaking, and rewriting the way we work.

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21 Jan, 26

The next tech bet is the small city: Mangaluru to Vizag to Nagpur

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These stories are about the changing tech landscape—and of how work is slowly but subtly shifting away from our choked big cities

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14 Jan, 26

From superpowers to plant health—the interview questions that reveal the most about you

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Founders are relying on off-script questions to judge candidates

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07 Jan, 26

Why everyone wants to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer

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The unique blend of skills that this role demands is what AI startups are looking for in their race to deploy their models and agents

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30 Dec, 25

Careers are transforming. Help us tell that story

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Give us your doubts, interests, fears, and frustrations. We are all ears

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16 Dec, 25

Taste is the new career superpower

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AI has undeniably sped up our work, but often at the cost of originality, leaving results feeling templated

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02 Dec, 25

Inside the early-career ‘hope gap’: no training, no mentorship, and all-round chaos

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Young employees are stressed, without the time to learn, specialise, or hone their craft. Where do they go from here?

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18 Nov, 25

From CAs to doctors–everyone is automating away hours of work

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We asked 200 professionals how much time AI saves them and what they do with it

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04 Nov, 25

Still in builder mode–what happens when founders join companies?

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Founders come with a certain wiring: they move fast, think in first principles, take ownership instinctively, and constantly scan for problems to solve. That mindset doesn’t switch off just because their title changes

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21 Oct, 25

Inside India’s great back-office glow-up

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Once considered mere back offices, GCCs have become some of the most influential workplaces in India over the last decade—and some of the most beautifully designed

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07 Oct, 25

When Anthropic says no to Claude, and Google says no to Zoom

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Inside the AI tug-of-war in hiring, and what companies now expect from candidates

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23 Sep, 25

Six careers, one playbook: lessons from embracing the unfamiliar

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Kirthiga Reddy, founder-CEO of Verix, speaks on careers as jungle gyms, building culture, and the new rules of hiring

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09 Sep, 25

What 100+ IT professionals told us about their jobs, KPIs, and uncertainty

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Once a reliable employer where people could build decades-long careers, India’s IT sector is now undergoing a tectonic shift

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26 Aug, 25

How Indian students are reimagining the American Dream

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A playbook of hard-earned lessons from Indian students in the US

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12 Aug, 25

Forget engineers. AI is now everyone’s headache—and opportunity

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A growing number of organisations are compelling all their employees to keep up with advancements in AI

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29 Jul, 25

Rewriting the rules of networking, one pickleball game at a time

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The startup world is quietly staging a revolt against traditional networking

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