How N26 Helped Me Save a lot of Money

Magic happens once you learn to save money! ✨

Introduction For many years, I was earning sufficient amount of money to live well. However, at the end of each month, I always struggled to figure out where my money went. I hadn’t thought about saving at all until 2018, just before my marriage. When I decided to get married, I did not have enough savings to cover the expenses. So I had to borrow a large chunk of money from my friends and family. That was the time I realized the importance of saving money. For all the loans I took, I had to struggle and it took me more than 2 years to pay fully. During that time, I had to live a very frugal life. That was a hard but important life lesson for me. ...

March 25, 2025 Âˇ 13 min Âˇ Anis Khan

Lookback at my 4 years at trivago

Soft skills are often more important than technical skills

Today marks my 4 years at trivago. When I started, I expected to learn a lot technically compared to my previous jobs, especially since trivago operates on a much larger scale. But things were different than what I expected. In my previous job, I was wearing multiple hats. Even though I was a Backend Engineer, I also made basic dashboards for internal customers and occasionally wrote some JS and CSS for the front end. I had to take care of some of our infrastructure as well. ...

October 16, 2024 Âˇ 3 min Âˇ Anis Khan

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āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ⧍ - āϏāĻĢāϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϞāϏ

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November 25, 2021 Âˇ 11 min Âˇ Anis Khan

āϜāĻŦ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ?

āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ā§§ - āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

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September 23, 2021 Âˇ 10 min Âˇ Anis Khan

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September 6, 2021 Âˇ 6 min Âˇ Anis Khan