#about #about # Who are you? I'm Ishaan Gupta. I'm a writer. I was born and raised in Delhi, India. I started writing when I was 14. I started writing about my mental health, my angst, and used writing as catharsis. After school, I studied mechanical engineering at DTU, Delhi. While I went into engineering reluctantly, I couldn't be happier about how things turned out. There, I found more writers, wrote for our college newsletter, and eventually stumbled into SEO content as a way to earn pocket change. Everyone around me was either coding or preparing for a consulting job. After browsing both, I took a bet to try to make it as a writer. To this day, it's the stupidest, riskiest, and the right-est thing I did. When I decided that I had to build a career in writing, I took on internships, started my personal blog, and a daily creative practice. I did all of it at once over 9 months of 2021. By the end of the year, I had - Published 50+ blogs - Published 150+ comics - Worked with 6 clients for SEO content - Landed my first full-time job at HOWL as a copywriter (here's where I met my favourite managers ever. More on them soon) By the end of 2022, I had - Graduated mechanical engineering (within the standard 4 years, phew.) - Been promoted to a Creative Strategist at HOWL, after having helped on a bunch of pitches and creative campaigns - Shifted to do content marketing at Pesto Tech (always wanted to break into tech startups) - Did SEO content for VC-backed startups Then, I resigned from my work at Pesto in May 2023, and took a break. Not only did I now want to specialise, I always worked on a lot of fun projects across branding, copywriting, and consulting with all things content marketing. # What is this? As of writing this, - My personal comics are on Instagram - My professional opinions are on Linkedin - My portfolio is on a static doc link (*and* outdated) - My personal blogs/essays are on Medium If you've followed in any one of those places, you'd only know one of my interests. I wanted to consolidate this. My work flows into my life. And my life flows into my work. So, this. I'm building this to be the biggest repository of my work, my thoughts, and my life. # Are these essays, blog articles, or small notes? A mix of all. I try to get to the point. If it's a fleeting, individual thought, it'll be shorter. If it's been fermenting for a while, I'll have more to say. # How can I get in touch with you? Get in touch with me to talk about writing, marketing, branding, creativity, startups, or AI. Or get in touch with me if you'd like to pay me to do something you like from here. 1. My contact number: +91 8851560373 2. My WhatsApp: https://wa.me/918851560373 (**I reply fastest here**) 3. My email: [email protected] (I don't check it enough, though.) 4. My Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishaanistyping/ 5. My Calendly: https://calendly.com/gupta-ishaan/30min 6. My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deadlinemisser/