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engineering and MBA background, not that smart, but a hard worker. havent really accomplished anything in life. wanna enter IT field am i too late or can i push myself to do the impossible?? be brutal and unforgiving. i wanna see the reality of my FAQed up life

Management calls it an “All Hands Meet”, but the only hand that is meeting is the hand of the management to the cheek of an average employee. Probably attended 4 dozens of AHMs in varying market conditions and quite surprisingly EVERY AHM has the same format. A distinguished anchor adding fake enthusiasm starts the AHM with a delightful note thanking the leaders. The Sales or Delivery head will come and show us numbers and tell you we are the best of best. If our numbers are up, they’re going to go on about it for 30 minutes about how it is the team work, efforts and togetherness that helped us achieve this. If the numbers are down, they’re going to tell us we are still in a much better position and we are working in stealth to do much more. After all the “we is greatest of all time” bs, a People’s team representative will take over. They’ll boast about how we hired better, some random survey to show everyone is upskilling continuously (somebody was forced to take an online course), another random survey showing we are 157% AI Enabled (everybody was forced to give an unlimited attempts MCQ tests) and another survey about how 80% of the people are happy to work here. (Options were: Very Very Happy to work here, Very Happy to work here, Happy to work here, Delighted to Work Here, OK to work here). They’ll spend another slide about how we are the epitome of DEI. And conveniently skip anything about promotions or hikes. After 40 minutes of this exercise where we have established we are God, but a little better comes the god forsaken QnA. Every. Damn. Person. You know would’ve asked about compensation and promotions. But somehow they dig deep to find two questions which are absolute BS. Questions like: “aRe wE rEaDy fOr aRtIfIcIaL iNtElLiGeNcE”. 52 minutes done. Then one question about the hikes. “Uhh, so are we going to get the hikes? If yes, when are we going to get the hikes?” Then the Head of HR (who is in the room), who reports to the CEO (who is literally sitting next to them), tells us that they are evaluating macro parameters and doing industry analysis to bridge pay parity and give equitable hikes to top performers while still giving inflation-linked hikes as a base line to everyone. They’ll tell you they’re waiting for management to allocate a budget and they’re working with the CFO (the person sitting next to the CEO) to create a payment plan and that they’ll get back to you as soon as they have the clarity. 🫡 This entire AHM could be one single email. It would’ve saved hours of mental frustration. The only thing I learn from the AHM is that the company has money, but they won’t give it to you because yolo and I also learn the art of speaking a lot of words without conveying anything. 🫡 Relevant Video: Doublespeak, how to lie without lying? https://youtu.be/qP07oyFTRXc?si=0UUcLTfRH7wwCGiq Very useful if you’ve to get into Management.

Hey everyone! I have been trying to get Tech jobs from the UAE since May but didn't get even a single one. Not sure, what is wrong. I am applying for jobs via LinkedIn, Byat, GulfTalent, NaukriGulf, etc. popular platforms but not even getting rejection mail also. Can you please suggest the appropriate way to get solid leads? Even any geniune paid consultancy also works? Thank you!

e.g Nims Purja, climbed 14, 8000+ meters high mountains in 7months, the second best record was 7 years. that was his absolutely crazy dream, which everyone said wasn't possible. (watch 14peaks on Netflix to know his story) what's your crazy dream ? could be related to anything at all

Hi everyone I am 23F and will be graduating from college in May and will be starting my first job at a MNC in Bengaluru. As of now (internship period) a significant amount of my spends go on shopping, pg-rent, monthly investments and dining out on weekends (no utility bills as of now). Post my full time job I am also really keen on traveling (mostly outside the country). Please recommend what all credit cards would be suitable for me in order to maximize my rewards. Also make a bunch of UPI payments here and there. thanks in advance for helping a kid out here :)

🏃🏼‍♂️Ever feel like we're all just chasing numbers at work? But here's a thought: what if these numbers aren't the full story? 💡Charles Goodhart (British Economist) noted that metrics picked to represent progress often backfire by driving the wrong behaviours. People optimize blindly for the metric itself, losing sight of the intended outcome. 👉🏼So by all means, use metrics judiciously to track outcomes. But don’t let metrics become the outcomes themselves. 📀Form a growth loop. 1️⃣ Set metrics 2️⃣ Execute Ops 3️⃣ Measure Results 4️⃣ Optimize Ops - based on data REPEAT! 📈Remember, it's about 'what matters', not just what's measurable. Let's focus on the real value behind our work, not just the numbers that represent it.