Akhil Lodha is the CEO and Founder of StratiFi Technologies, a company that provides an AI-powered platform to streamline investment workflows for wealth managers. With a strong background in quantitative finance, Akhil has over 12 years of experience in managing investment risk, having previously worked at Citigroup and led a $400M asset management firm. His academic credentials include a degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Akhil’s vision with StratiFi is to unlock financial freedom by helping people secure their future.

Akhil Lodha

Founder @ iDelsoft, a remote hiring platform, helping startups and SMBs to scale their engineering teams with a global tech talent (US, LatAm, Europe, Central Asia, MENA).

50+ companies use iDelsoft to hire remote talent.

Passionate about community building, he organizes the Tampa QA Meetup and Tampa Bay Beer & Tech, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing in the tech ecosystem.

Lenar Mukhamadiev

In 2025, after hiring 40+ developers, one pattern I've noticed: 

YOE doesn't matter anymore.

Founders and hiring managers rarely ask me “Does this person have 15 years of experience?”

They ask:

What did they ship recently?
What changed because of it? (revenue, latency, reliability, adoption, cost)
How recent is that experience in the stack we need right now?

Years of experience is WEAK SIGNAL now. Outcome + impact + recency is the signal.

For fast-moving ecosystems, recent 2-3 years of heavy experience matters more than “I have 20 years of experience with Java".

If you’re hiring engineers in 2026, what matters more to you: results or years of experience on the resume?

Engineering Partner for Startups & SMBs | Hire Top Talent Anywhere in 48 hours

I am #hiring! Know anyone who might be interested?

We need someone to mass-reverse-engineer what our prompt engineers shipped at 2 AM, using nothing but Claude, Red Bull and adderall pills.

What you will do:
- You'll mass-delete mass-generated spaghetti code.
- You'll find the business logic (we think it's in there somewhere).
- Find out why it's calling deprecated Weather API

Benefits:

- Salary + equity (valued at ✨vibes✨)
- Weekly therapy sessions with CTO (mandatory, HR-observed)
- Noise-canceling headphones (so you can't hear your own screaming)
- Dog-friendly office (Emotional support animal is provided)

How to Apply:

Submit your resume, a cover letter, and a screenshot of the worst code you've ever seen. Finalists will be asked to complete a take-home assignment: explain what the attached 600-line React component does. (We don't know either. That's why we're hiring.)

RIP "Minimum Viable Product"!

I recently listened to a really interesting podcast with Elena Verna. She is a Head of Growth at Lovable, a startup that hit $200M ARR in under a year with 100 employees. On Lenny's Podcast (link in the comments) she breaks down new AI growth playbooks every startup operators needs to hear.

1/ MLP > MVP

If you’re building (or joining) an AI startup this year, stop assuming an MVP will take you very far. MVP made sense when shipping was slow and expensive. Today, shipping is cheap, competitors copy fast, and “minimal utility” is just the entry ticket.​

Instead, aim for a Minimum Lovable Product (MLP): the smallest version that makes users say, “You HAVE to try this.” In AI, differentiation comes from magic and delight, not from being merely usable.

2/ Funnel optimization (for now) is overrated

Forget classic funnel optimization as your main growth lever. Elena’s view: CRO-style tweaks to the existing journey (acquisition → activation → retention) are “not worth our time” right now. Only ~30–40% of the traditional growth playbook still applies.​

Her team spends ~95% of its energy on new features, new integrations, and new growth loops—not on squeezing +2% from the funnel. Activation has effectively moved into product, not growth; the biggest gains come from what you ship, not from micro-optimizing steps around it.

3/ PMF is a treadmill

In 2026, you have to re-find product–market fit every 3 months. Sounds extreme, but the logic is simple: in AI, PMF isn’t a milestone—it’s a treadmill. Models, capabilities, and competitors change every 1–3 months, so what users loved last quarter can feel outdated quickly.​

It flips the classic idea on its head. Traditionally, you “hit PMF,” then you scale and optimize because the product and market stay pretty steady, Elena’s point is that the ground keeps moving, so you need to keep re-earning PMF with new capabilities and experiences.

In an AI world where everything ships fast and looks similar, the real edge is shipping products that go viral and people won't shut up about, and doing it again before they stop talking.

Hi everyone. It's 2026 and we start the year with new roles in LatAm and Europe 👋

1) Full-Stack Developer (PHP / Laravel/ Vue.js) - LatAm
Strong experience with Laravel 10, PHP, complex queries, DTOs and ORM coding standards.
https://lnkd.in/eGWwwV_Y

2) Full-Stack Developer (Integrations-focused) - LatAm
Hands-on experience with Node.js and React, strong background in building APIs and integrations, but with top-notch  front-end skills.
https://lnkd.in/ezBB3rSv

3) Lead Data Scientist (AdTech) - Europe
Someone who can turn raw data into actionable insights, build ML solutions, work with dashboards (Looker or similar), automate reports, and ensure data accuracy.
https://lnkd.in/ebbVuSJE

Apply directly or DM me 🔥

While you were SLEEPING I fired my ENTIRE engineering team and replaced them with AI.

All of them. Now AI agents develop software for me.

Devs. Product Owner. UX Designer. Project Manager. DevOps.
Gone.

You know what AI doesn't do?
❌ Ask for PTO (unlike SOME people, Karen from DevOps!)
❌ Complain about work-life balance
❌ Send passive-aggressive Slack messages
❌ Post unfunny memes in #random

You know what AI DOES do?
✅ SHIPS 4,782 JIRA TICKETS IN ONE SPRINT
✅ EXECUTES 10x FASTER
✅ GENERATES 50x MORE CODE

My devs said "this won't work."
AI said "YOU'RE FIRED BUDDY" and deployed straight to prod.

Product Owner wanted to pivot.
AI PIVOTED HIM OUT OF SLACK.

UX asked about fonts.
THERE ARE NO FONTS. ONLY LOVABLE. ONLY VELOCITY. ONLY VICTORY.

PM asked about story points.
AI said "STORY POINTS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHIP."

DevOps said "Kubernetes or Docker?"
AI said "WE'RE MERGING STRAIGHT TO PROD BABY."

Only QA guy was happy: his job is safe. SOMEBODY has to watch the chaos.

You're either DISRUPTING or you're FALLING BEHIND!

Comment "CURSOR ME DADDY" and I'll send you a 200-page Notion doc on Human-friendly Workforce Optimization.

🚀 Looking for 3 More Ambassadors to Join Our Insider Program at iDelsoft

We’ve decided to skip the flashy booths and expensive ad campaigns. Instead, we give 10% of our profit back to the people who make the biggest difference: those who introduce us to companies that need world-class engineers.

💡 How it works:

- You make a warm intro
- If they hire through us, you get paid for 12 months
- Average ambassador earns: $2500/month 💸
- Top ambassador so far: $10,000+ 💸

🤝 Who makes a great ambassador?

You're not a salesperson — you're a connector. Someone who:

- Knows engineering leaders and their hiring pain
- Has a strong network (Slack groups, conferences, LinkedIn, angel circles)
- Loves helping good people land great roles
- Wants to earn passive income — just for making intros

Ideal profiles:
🧠 Senior/Lead engineers who’ve worked across startups
🎤 Community organizers and tech speakers
📈 Angels & advisors with skin in the hiring game
👋 Founders with strong networks in product & engineering
⏰ Fractional CTOs, CMOs, CPOs, CIOs with extensive network

Last week alone, we paid out $20,000 for our current ambassadors. We’d rather reward people in the tech community than fund ad platforms.
 
2 hours/month. No sales pitch. No sales pressure. Just smart connections. Apply directly.

Open article: Turn Referrals Into Revenue by idelsoft.com

Most founders use external recruiters for resume factories.

Engage them when inbound pipeline dries up. Get a pile of mediocre candidates. Hope someone works out.

That's not recruiting. That's noise.

At iDelsoft, we work differently.

We become an extension of your team. Not a vendor. A partner.
That means we invest time upfront to understand your bar. Your culture. What "great hire" actually looks like for you.

Then we go find those people.

You'll only see candidates we'd hire ourselves. 2 people you're excited about beats 10 that waste everyone's time.

We only win when you win. Speed without sacrificing quality.

But I'll be direct: speed matters, but we won't sacrifice quality for speed. If we don't have someone great, I'll tell you. Honesty over poor resumes.

Who we work with:

→ YC-backed startups. 
→ Elite builders backed 
→ Dev teams with ex-FAANG devs only
→ Bootstrapped founders
→ Traditional businesses scaling with AI

We recently helped local Florida company to build a team of 6 devs across different time zones in under 4 weeks. Our recruiters crushed it!

Still getting resume dumps from your recruiters? DM me if you're stuck.

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