How DegreePlus Daily Is Written
I believe readers deserve to know how the content they’re reading was produced. Here is how DegreePlus Daily is written, honestly and in detail.
I am the author
Every article on this site is published under my name, Chinnagounder Thiruvenkatam. I decide what to write about, based on what students and working professionals are actually asking. I direct the research. I review every claim before publication. I add perspective from my own experience as a publisher who has watched industries change. I take full responsibility for every word published on this site. If something is wrong, it’s my mistake to correct.
I use an AI research assistant
I use Claude, an AI research assistant made by Anthropic, as part of my research and drafting workflow. I want to tell you this directly rather than hide it, because transparency is the only honest way to publish in 2026.
Here is what Claude helps me do:
- Search and summarise current information across sources faster than I could alone
- Compare data points, salary figures, certification costs, and industry trends
- Draft initial outlines and structure for articles based on my direction
- Check the clarity and flow of my writing
- Identify gaps in my research that I need to fill
Here is what Claude does not do:
- Decide what topics this site covers
- Replace my editorial judgment about what helps readers
- Provide the perspective, experience, or voice in these articles
- Have the final word on anything published here
The expertise, opinions, and editorial direction are mine. Claude is a research tool. The way a previous generation of writers used libraries, research assistants, and fact-checking services, I use Claude. This tool makes me faster and more thorough, but it does not make me redundant and it does not make this site a generated product.
How I fact-check
Every claim involving numbers — salaries, certification costs, exam pass rates, employment data — is verified against primary sources wherever possible. Government labour statistics, official certification body websites, published industry reports, and named publications. Where a source cannot be verified, I say so in the article.
How I handle updates and corrections
Career information changes. Certifications get renamed, exam fees rise, industry demand shifts. I revisit each article on this site at least every 90 days and update anything that has changed. Every article displays its last-updated date. When I make a substantive correction, I note what changed and when, at the bottom of the article.
How affiliate and sponsored content is handled
If I ever recommend a product or course through an affiliate link, that link will be clearly disclosed at the top of the article. I do not accept payment to write favourable reviews. If a company sponsors specific content, it will be labelled as sponsored, clearly, not buried in fine print.
Your part in this
If you find a factual error, a stale data point, or an argument that doesn’t hold up, I want to know. Write to editor@degreeplusdaily.com. I read every email and correct articles when I’m wrong.
— Chinnagounder Thiruvenkatam, Publisher and Editor