A few weeks ago, I became a Google Developer Expert for AI at the age of 47! Someone said I’m TOO OLD for this so I thought I'll post here to share my perspective on it. @GoogleDevExpert is a recognition given to people across categories such as AI, Cloud, Flutter & more based on their knowledge & community contributions. Less than 1500 GDEs globally! I've not been very active on @X and I probably wouldn't have posted it all - if it was not for an interaction which left me questioning how people judge on age - in addition to ethnicity, skin colour, religion, gender & more! At a recent event, I got introduced to this 20-something CEO who claimed he knew it all, a self proclaimed expert building the next BIG THING on AI. Then he asked me what model I thought was best for few-shot learning in multilingual NLP. I said: “Depends — are you optimising for inference latency or token accuracy on code-mixed datasets?” He blinked. Paused. Then changed the topic to the fact that he's about to hit 100K subscribers on YouTube teaching AI. He didn’t know what few-shot meant. Didn’t understand what code-mixed datasets were. But had plenty of opinions — including that I was too old to be in AI. And add to that, his YouTube fan following - probably all AI generated content. So here’s to the late bloomers. To the second careers. To everyone who’s been told they missed the bus. 🚫 You’re not too old. ⏳ You’re right on time. 🔥 Keep learning. Keep building. Keep showing up. At 47, I became a Google Developer Expert in AI - my knowledge matters, not my receding hairline. And I’m just getting started. @googledevs @GoogleAI #GoogleDeveloperExpert #GDE #AI #GenAI #GoogleDevelopers

How life works — once rejected by Google, to now invited by Google! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Nearly 20 years back, I interviewed with @Google - I was rejected in the final round after a long & rigorous interview process. I promised myself - I will never set foot in a Google office ever again. And last Saturday, I was invited to the Google Hyderabad office to conduct an AI workshop for nearly 200 attendees as a @GoogleDevExpert. I delivered a session followed by a workshop on AI Agent Development. #AILabs #Google #AI #GDE #GoogleCloud #GoogleDeveloperExpert #AI #AIWorkshop

Some days are about speed. Others are about direction. Both are progress. #Mindset #Growth

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I'll figure it out. This is my favourite line as a founder for solving a problem that I don't have a solution for.

For the last decade, I learnt from & admired these experts in the Cloud ecosystem - @Werner, @jeffbarr, @rseroter, @stephr_wong, @scottgu & several other OGs from companies such such as @awscloud @googlecloud @Microsoft & others. And last week, I was named on the "The Top 25 Cloud Voices for 2026" by @knackforge along these great leaders. When I moved back to Jaipur my hometown several years ago to be closer to my family, my manager back then told me - "You are destroying your own career". Today, I can proudly say that I'm the only Indian on this list & I feel so proud to represent India. 🇮🇳 It's not often that I'm lost for words - Feeling deeply honoured and humbled 🙏 @CopadoSolutions @vanshivtech Blog Post here - lnkd.in/gDP8UBwc Full list here - lnkd.in/gPMvYYnh #CloudCatalysts #CloudExperts #Cloud #AI #DevOps #GoogleCloud #AWS #Microsoft #TeamVanshiv

20 people dead on the spot, including several children. Several others injured critically! So many innocent lives lost, others battling for life - people who had no fault! Dear @CMORajsthan @BhajanlalBjp - How long will keep allowing such lawlessness to prevail in Jaipur & whole of Rajasthan? There's no fear of Police, no respect for traffic rules & zero accountability. As a native Jaipuri & Rajasthani, my heart aches seeing such incidents time & again Please take action sir - make our roads safer, enforce rules, and act before tragedy strikes again.🙏 #Jaipur #JaipurNews cc @nitin_gadkari @PMOIndia [Viewer Discretion Advised for Video]

Overnight success takes many years of hard work and intentional struggles. Overnight wealth creation takes years of research, calculated risks and patience. Building a strong network takes years of unselfish giving and value creation. Stop looking for shortcuts. Do the work. @ValaAfshar

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I hate airline lounges- always over-flooded with people, too noisy & average food + people causing nuisance after free drinking like there's no tomorrow. However, Encalm Lounge at Hyderabad Airport is SERVING MAGGI today!🍜 Well done @EncalmIndia ! My faith in humanity has been restored!😀 #Maggi

I am packing my bags & moving to the beach- some of us have been saying this for years. This man did it!👇

When you are from Rajasthan and you travel to a beach - and you are missing home! And then all of a sudden - you see a camel and you feel it's home again!😄 #Beach #Rajasthani 🐪🏖️☀️

Guess the city! First time traveller here & excited to explore this beautiful place. ⛱️

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Dear @X Algo You go absolutely berserk when Indian Men's Cricket Team wins any match. Yet, I'm not seeing much posts about today's fabulous victory by Indian Women's Cricket Team. Fix it - this is a win for the ages! #IndvsAus #CWC25

Dear Indian Men's Cricket Team, When you are chasing a game and you get to a 100, you just get on with the game like @JemiRodrigues - NO theatrics, NO fancy poses, NO drama, NO chest thumping - just focus on the next ball and the target to be chased down. An absolutely stunning knock- she was just focused on taking India over the line - 50, 100 or any other milestone did not seem to matter! Well done Jemi - You've made India proud & set a great example in selfless batting! 🇮🇳👏 Well done Indian Women's Team - upwards & onwards - let's bring the cup home! #Cricket #IndvsAus #CWC25 #India #JemiRodrigues

My eldest tuned 18 yesterday. And now I definitely feel like a grumpy old man🥸

Dear @BCCI - When can your broadcasters start doing such real time analysis in a Cricket match instead of showing condom and supari advertisements? #Cricket #INDvsAUS #IndianCricket

Harbhajan - Turbunator Harmanpreet - Herminator Time to unleash the same fury on Australia that they've suffered in India in the past! Come on Team India! I truly believe we can pull this off. #CWC25 #INDvsAUS