Manojkumar
Associate Product Designer · Bengaluru · writing since 22 Apr
Open to roles
Day 50 · public proof
How Manojkumar thinks, mapped · lit by their own logs · 7 showing
How they reason · the four moves
Evidence
argue from what you saw, not what you assumed
Alternative
name the option you didn't take
Assumption
surface what you're taking on faith
Tradeoff
state the cost of the call
How they work · the qualities founders read for
Curious
you ask, not just assert
Articulate
you write the full why
Ownership
you own the call & the miss
Showing — it’s in their logs; tap to see them allno %, no rank — evidence, not a score.
Milestones3 earned
Day 30 · May 14Day 20 · May 04Day 10 · Apr 24
About
**I don't design interfaces. I design decisions.** For most of my career, the brief was "make it look good." But, I kept asking a different question: why does this person as a user hesitate, click or leave from a website? What makes them to decide themselves? That decision, that single shift mad
UI / designUser ResearchUsability TestingFunnel AnalysisCard SortingCompetitive AnalysisUser PersonasInteraction DesignDesign SystemsInformation ArchitectureWireframesPrototypingHigh Fidelity UiDeveloper HandoffAccessibilityBehaviour Driven UxOnboarding OptimisationConversion OptimisationProduct ThinkingCross Functional Collaboration
🎓 MBA, Human Resource Management · Madras University · 2011
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Manojkumar · the character an interview can’t show
53 logs over 23 weeks — read from their own words.
Shown so far: Honest when it's not working.
Character · what an interview can’t reach
✓Shown
Honest when it's not working
2 stuck and 10 hard days, logged plainly instead of hidden.
Proof · from their own logs
22 Apr
The judgment behind it ↓
And the technical judgment holds up
Evidence5
Alternative5
Assumption5
Tradeoff2
About 2% of engineers on Proof reason across all four. Keep the tradeoffs coming. This is the easy read — an interview catches it too. The character above is the part it can’t.
The arc · they didn’t start here
Early
164
character whys
→
Lately
0
steady
Showed up · 43 days
2 stuck + 10 hard days, logged anyway. Nobody farms honest bad days — that’s why this counts and a streak doesn’t.
A hard day, in their words
Got stuck when I try to click the ‘Back to home’ CTA
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Recent logs30
Free write2 Jun 2026
Shared all of my ideas on CTC to Arul in a pdf format to his whatsapp number.
Free write1 Jun 2026
The "Applied Learning" Premium TierTwo-tier model:Standard (₹1,000/month): Live sessions + communityApplied (₹2,500/month): Above + monthly 1:1 with teacher + personal business application worksheet reviewedAnnual Business RetreatOnce a year, top 20 members (by attendance + engagement) get invited to a 1-day in-person event. They can apply everything learned across all 13 books to real business problems.Price: ₹5,000 – ₹10,000 for the day. Waiting list for next year starts immediately after.
Quiet day29 May 2026
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Free write28 May 2026
1. Publishing a 1-page Tamil-language business playbook for CTC this acts as a decision tool. Let me explain this with an example,"If you're facing X problem in your business → here's the 3-step approach from this book, adapted for Tamil SMEs"So, 13 books per year, literally you build a proprietary Tamil SME business toolkit nobody else has.2. Give every single member a digital badge/token that tracks:Books they completedConcepts they appliedPeer endorsements from other membersAfter 6 months, a member has a verifiable learning record something no other Tamil platform offers. These are the ideas I was thinking recently for Cost To Company.
Free write26 May 2026
Thinking of multiple solutions for CTC.
Solutions for more audience engagement, “Participation is the key”. Yes making the audience participate either in the way of filling forms (Google sheets) or direct live interaction (80-90% success rate) in between the session or after the session.
How can we face copycat/replicate issue
A copycat can steal the format in a day. They cannot steal your 500 hours of Tamil business wisdom, your member network, or your outcome data.
"Pause & Apply" momentsEvery 15 minutes, in between the session pause the teaching and ask something like this,"If you were running your team/business what would you do with this idea right now?"Members can type answers live in the chat. Teacher responds to 2–3 of them. This turns passive listening into active co-creation.
Member's personal business storyBefore teaching each book, collect one-line real problems from members: For eg. if a member says,"I can't get my employees to take ownership"During teaching, place those real problems into the teaching session. Members feel seen. Outsiders can't replicate your members' stories.
Avoided24 May 2026
because
Free write23 May 2026
Recently I’m applying a learnt technique in differentiating my thoughts vs AI ideas into my portfolio work.
Avoided21 May 2026
because
Free write20 May 2026
Attended the live session today. Today's session is really good, concept deep down with simple explanation and examples stands out from Pavithra. My thoughts/suggestion/questions on today's session:Question: How about sharing the presentation doc as a pdf. to learners? Will it be a good idea or bad idea?My thought: Giving more examples in simplifying the concepts (already a good sign) and makes it easy to remember the concepts of the book.My suggestion can be, can implement story telling method wherever needed.
Ask19 May 2026
Most of the features looks admiring because of the typography, design patterns and breathable spaces used. I also request you to add features and its purpose of it. Like it can be self explanatory, on what we are doing and why it’s been here.
of the typography, design patterns and breathable spaces used. I also request you to add features and its purpose of it. Like it can be self explanatory, on what we are doing and why it’s been here.
Free write18 May 2026
Continuation of yesterday’s points in finding the right solution:Building an eco system with cost to company. I don’t know how but this idea emerges day by day when we make use of it repeatedly.. why the name cost to company- does it connect the audience or the audience can connect with it?Research in cognitive psychology (such as studies from Harvard Business School Online) shows that peer discussion transforms learners from passive consumers into active problem-solving resources. Discussing a book's chapter live makes the information stick(this concept is similar to what Arul Murugan said to make the product sticky) Thinking of building an integrated system which combines online attendance (with that day’s CODE)+noting down the relevant questions from that chapter(taking notes)+feedback on the teaching methods or the teacher
Free write17 May 2026
Few ideas after today's discussion, For engaging factors:1. Rewarding the users with level concepts, like the user has completed level 1 and by making them answer few questions (4-5 qns. max) with four options for each will make them engage this platform.2. A quick reward will make them feel satisfied that they have learnt something useful today and quick implemented it by answering these questions from level 1. "Duolingo" (language learning app) is an great example for this.
Free write17 May 2026
Few ideas after today's discussion, For engaging factors:1. Rewarding the users with level concepts, like the user has completed level 1 and by making them answer few questions (4-5 qns. max) with four options for each will make them engage this platform.2. A quick reward will make them feel satisfied that they have learnt something useful today and quick implemented it by answering these questions from level 1. "Duolingo" (language learning app) is an great example for this.
Free write17 May 2026
My doubts regarding yesterday's hackathon:Whether the user has limitations for subsrcibing more than one learning/book?Do the teachers have backup?My solutions:The entire model is dependent on the teaching method of the teacher. So, I suggest we can bring an ideal method for teaching method, which we can keep it as a template. So, teachers can follow the template (success mantra) and implement the method. For eg: 1. Unique story telling technique.2. Adapting the great teaching habits and implementing it. (This acts like referring their friends for quality learning)3. Milestone badges for people attending the sessions without missing. (This can encourage that individual to continue with the platform) Also this is just my initial thoughts, ready to share my thoughts on this.
Free write16 May 2026
Attended hackathon meeting with Cost to Company today. It went like More than understanding their problem it also went like knowledge Sharing with the founder.
Free write14 May 2026
Preparing for a Product Design interview today. And also as an admin of the proof, invited for the Cost to Company - kickoff meeting @ Sat May 16, 2026. Clearing the queries of proof members regarding the hackathon and the purpose of logging in proof platform.
Free write13 May 2026
Today I updated my resume and was applying to jobs related to my niche.
Free write12 May 2026
Today because of travelling and applying to UX Design jobs I put my project on hold.
Free write11 May 2026
Working on the design system of my bank transaction flow project
Avoided10 May 2026
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