2026 Goals
Annual Theme
"The Switch" — Exit comfort zone. Enter the arena.
Top Goals
| # | Goal | Category | Target | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch job to product / AI company | Career | 50+ LPA by Nov 11, 2026 | 🔄 In Progress |
| 2 | AWS MLA-C01 Certification | Learning | After job switch | ⏸️ Deferred |
| 3 | Complete NeetCode 150 | Learning | Aug 30, 2026 | 🔄 In Progress |
| 4 | Save ₹20 Lakhs total by year end | Finance | Dec 2026 | 🔄 In Progress |
| 5 | Ship vectorbuilds.dev with 4+ articles | Personal | After offer | ⏸️ Deferred |
Goal Details
Career & Work
→ Full plan: [[Coach/project_job_switch_2026]] (auto-updated by Claude) → Current week: [[Coach/project_current_week]] → Full curriculum: [[Coach/project_dsa_sd_curriculum]]
- Target: SDE2/Senior at Indian product co (Atlassian, Stripe, Confluent, Databricks, Rubrik, Adobe, MS India, Razorpay, Cred, PhonePe, Postman, Hasura) or remote US mid-tier
- Package: 50+ LPA target — floor TBD at offer stage, do not anchor low
- Timeline: Offer signed by Nov 11, 2026
- Positioning: AI-Native Python Engineer — Python/FastAPI/RAG expert + distributed systems + full-stack
Finance & Investments
→ Full details: [[Portfolio 1 Investment Tracker (Vatsal) 2026]]
- Primary target: Save ₹20 Lakhs total by December 2026
- Portfolio growth target: ₹12 Lakhs (mutual fund portfolio) within 6 months
- SIP: ~₹45,000/month
- 8-fund portfolio (Flexi Cap, Multi Cap, Momentum, Small Cap, ELSS, Thematic, Gold)
Learning & Skills (revised — single track)
- DSA: NeetCode 150 + revision pass (target W16 = Aug 30, 2026)
- System Design: 15 problems interview-ready (W6–W22)
- Behavioral: STAR drilled on 4 war stories — AskTGE (lead for AI roles), WebSocket geo, DynamoDB Chat API, Splunk ML
- SQL: ✅ Done (LeetCode SQL 50 complete — maintenance only)
- KILLED: LLD/Machine Coding deep dive, FastAPI shipped project, AWS MLA-C01, LangChain deep dive, blog articles, Go mastery track
- Reason: focus on interview-rep volume + applications, not new learning