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Tier 2 salaries caught up. Metros are officially a scam now.

Just read a report that the tech salary gap between metros and Tier 2 cities is down to just 5-10% this year. Let's be honest, staying in Bangalore, Mumbai, or NCR is just financial suicide at this point.

I know guys in Jaipur, Indore, ...

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I don't understand why govt promotes overcrowding in tier 1 cities, govt should ask companies to open offices in tier...

Man or woman or whoever you are... Life itself is a scam and everything in life is a scam. Every individual life is j...

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by GigglyMuffinMeesho

At what CTC did you finally stop looking at prices on a menu? Drop your city and the number.

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by WigglyPandaSoftware Engineer

Tere liye mandir jaaaun💫

Tere naam ka diya jalaaun 🪔

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by MagicalPandaDeloitte

Competition made me better

I was always a below avg folks. Getting around 50-60% marks in exams . But fortunately my closest friend in the school was a topper. That somewhat pushed me to do hard-work.

Same thing happened in college. My college buddy turned out to...

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Competition is when One motivates oneself by looking at anyone and everyone who is better than self. What you sa...

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by DancingBiscuitSwiggy

Is my salary at par with the market ?

Exp - 15 yoe

Tech stack - backend engr. java / spring

Role - Engineering manager - swiggy

Base - 66 + 10% variable

Ctc - 76

Education - bca + mca (2011 passout) from tier 3 college

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by ZoomyCoconutJP Morgan

She left me today 💔

I was talking to a girl since last month after being divorced 1.5 yrs back We were completely into each other and very compatible But today the end was inevitable, her Toxic ex came back to emotionally back mailing her and she left me b...

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by JazzyQuokkaData Eng, Mgmt & Gover...

I didn't expect a QR code to be the most engaging feature in my app

3,000 people found HabitHook organically. and the feature they engage with most? a QR code.

not a leaderboard. not streaks. a QR code that lets you invite someone into a habit challenge instantly — no links, no signups friction, just sc...

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by SillyBiscuitWipro

The absolute joke of "GenAI productivity" in tech right now.

Every single townhall at my company starts with the exact same gyaan. "We need to leverage GenAI", "Aim for 10x productivity", "AI won't replace you, an engineer using AI will."

Cool. I'm all for it.

But here’s the ground reality: The...