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G Surendar Thina

Founder & Mentor; community builder helping college students

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Chennai, India
Joined April 2026
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Summary

Student-focused community builder and mentor who helps college students gain industry exposure before graduation through programs, meetups and 1:1 mentoring (INEA: Identity, Network, Exposure, Awareness). think-digital+2
Experienced customer operations and support engineer with progressive technical roles at Cloudera, working on customer success, escalations and premier support. gsthina+1
Founder and operator of student- and creator-focused initiatives (Think-Digital, High4Teens) and builder of productized HR/people-ops offerings (Hechaar), combining community work with early-stage product efforts. thecompanycheck+2
Active content creator and writer who publishes technical tutorials, career advice, and event/how-to guides — uses blogs, Medium and Substack to reach students and creators. gsthina+2

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

Try this to fix your resume

January 1, 2026

Substack post advising students on why resumes fail to get shortlisted and offering a checklist and practical fixes to show meaningful work rather than generic skills.

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My college, my rules, no classes, no professors!

January 1, 2025

Medium post describing an alternative vision for college culture and highlighting the Teedians Community as an 'evening college' model focused on self-governance and student-led growth.

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Proof of Work: Your Resume 2.0

January 1, 2024

Article arguing that candidates should show demonstrable 'proof of work' (projects, case studies) rather than only a traditional resume; provides practical steps and platform suggestions for building a public portfolio.

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10 Best Practices to conduct a Free Webinar

January 1, 2022

Blog post summarizing practical lessons and a checklist for running effective free webinars and workshops, aimed at educators and community organisers.

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How to Connect MetaMask to Angular Web using Truffle & Ganache

January 1, 2021

Technical how-to explaining steps to connect MetaMask with an Angular web app using Truffle and Ganache (developer-focused tutorial).

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Hobbies

Writing newsletters and blog posts, creating content for students, and mentoring. gsthina+1