Is he right ?

Recently I went through a post on Reddit where a woman(Indian) had asked for opinions of how people of the sub(the sub is dominated by westerners) perceived Indians. Apparently the common answer from women for Indian men was: they are unhygienic, stink a lot, super desperate and were the majority of the population in blind dating scenarios. So essentially non-datable. The common answer from men for Indian Woman was: overly ambitious, obnoxious, highly opinionated to the extent any deviations from their thought process was not perceived well by them. Not non-datable but not preferred either. Of course, the answers will be highly skewed considering a very limited audience but just the commonality in a lot of comments caught my attention. People who have been abroad or have regularly interacted with a lot of foreigners, has this been the experience?

I have completed all rounds of interview in Accenture after salary discussion now HR saying that in 1st round while interviewing video lighting was not clear so they want to take another round for that , did it happen to anyone or just to reject they are doing this?

So as I preparing for GRE for masters next year and i graduated like 2 months back , I was sitting yesterday and was reading news and other stuff and I observed that so many startups are raising money from VCs , idea is not anything but it's an execution which will help to define the direction. I am going for masters with money in fall 2025 with the goal of getting a well paying job in product roles and earn good amount of money before coming back to INDIA, I know market is tough but it may be improve by the time I'll graduate Now second this is that i know startup ecosystem of India is on all time high, although there is a drop but its for those startups who were just burning VCs money without knowing their product market fit in a good way and failed to onboard users at the right time because we Indians are price centric in many ways and needs of user change with time. I am not confused or anything like that because I am looking for ways to build good long term wealth and everyone knows that going out of India for 8-10 years is a good accelerated path but other side of my mind is saying that you can also try for starting up (I have 2-3 good ideas) . Both involve risks although the risk to reward ratio is different in both options Would love to hear the thoughts of my fellow GRAPEVINERS, especially founders, product managers or people who experienced both at some point in their lives I am 23 :)

Hi, So I've working in a pre-seed stage startup for 1 year 3+months, Company is still in process to get it's next round of funding, hence my increment is still in half-backed stage. The base was increased from 20L to 30L(promised), Which was my least expected number to stay in the team. To this I retaliated with my background, skills and lesser pay for the last year. but CTO has told me that this is max (or little more) I can get in the current market. Since the last 3-4 years trend being 2+ years experienced, IIT, GSOC and with leading the backend team, even in this recession market I believe to be paid near or fully 40L base + ESOPs. Help me if you're active in the job market as seekers/recruiters, if the CTO is right here.

If I would summarize success or failure in my life it has always been about being at the right time at the right place or being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I have seen people possessing the same skills yet failing to succeed just because they weren't there the moment they were needed. Even guys with below average skill succeed because they said the right thing at the right time. If one can analyse the situation and make the right call then they have already succeeded. Right or Wrong?

Once, I was an ardent follower of the famous YouTuber Dhruv Rathee’s words, videos but off late, I have been seeing too much of his anti BJP propaganda videos. Also, people are talking that he is funded by AAP. Though he is good with the facts, figures & logics but now I am confused after seeing a lot of videos on how he is just brainwashing the public on the basis of the research done by some anti national people, living across the globe. What is your views on this?