2021 boom really made people believe they can walk on water. Most people out of college bagged 20-30L, but that time is gone.   
  
 You’re fine buddy. There are many with 2-3 YOE stuck at 5-6LPA.

Umm it's not like that. I see why you said this. But no, I don't expect 20LPA+ at this level. But I feel I deserve a little more due to my skills. 
  
 In any case thanks for commenting your thoughts. It helped.

Software Developer

Product Marketing Manager

You are doing good. At least spend one more year and switch for SDE2 roles for better compensation or you can get better pay at the same level by switching.

Thanks. Yes that's the plan. 
 Thanks, at least I got reassurance that I was thinking the right thing.

Software Engineer

7.2 is base,  right? 
 Btw which company?

Yes 7.2 is the base. 
 CTC and In-hand is the same. So yes. 
  
 Can't share the company name sorry ://, is a BLR based startup.

Operations Engineer

Many MNCs don't give this much to even 3  YOE people.

System Engineer

TBH you are underpaid, but there is nothing to feel bad about. We all have been underpaid at some point in our lives. So chill. Keep Switching.

Operations Manager

I'll keep it short. I'm 22 M. Joined a startup last year July as Intern (got paid 15K/m)  Got PPO, joined as FTE this June, 7.2 LPA (60k/m).  Fyi, I work as a Software Engineer (Mobile)

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I'll keep it short.
I'm 22 M. Joined a startup last year July as Intern (got paid 15K/m)

Got PPO, joined as FTE this June, 7.2 LPA (60k/m).

Fyi, I work as a Software Engineer (Mobile)

Am I underpaid?

Am I underpaid?- Grapevine

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

2022 Grad here.

I currently work as a Backend Engineer at a mid-stage AI startup in Chennai.
I interned with them for close to a year before I was converted to a FTE.

Current CTC -11.5 LPA
Working as a full time employee since June 2022.

Underpaid or Not

That’s right, Spill the beans! 💴💰

Example format
- Salary Per Month : 1,03,000
- Profession : SDE Backend
- Experience : ~ 2 Years! 

Looking forward to see if I am overpaid, underpaid or average paid 👀

What’s your In-hand Salary Per Month ?

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I want to understand if you are also satisfied with your compensation?

How much do you really earn? Honest Answers Please 🙏

2.4 lakhs/month. 
      
 Not a developer. 
 Not in Tier 1 city.  
 Not in FAANG or whatever it’s called now. 
 No loans or EMIs for now. 
  
 Married to my GF of six years. She earns 1.3 lakhs/month. 
  
 Guess, I could say I am extremely satisfied.

UX/UI Designer

Product Manager

Exp: 5.6 years
CTC: 13LPA
Netive Android Developer

Am I being underpaid?

Android Engineer

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I am a software engineer with 3 YOE. I am working in a service company getting 9LPA. Although I do have advantages like unlimited holidays, flexible timings etc. And WLB is also good most of the time (except launch or demo weeks). I am a decent full stack developer.

I am underpaid but how much?

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I work for a Series A start-up in Bangalore. I have 5 YOE and my current base is 21 LPA and ~5L worth of ESOPs a year.

Seeing Grapevine salary charts, I feel I might be underpaid. Should I negotiate or look for other opportunities or is the base I am getting now alright?

Am I being underpaid for SDE 2?

I’m a final year student based out of India, and am currently doing the last month of my internship at a SF based startup. As the only DevOps engineer, and being quite skilled at at (at least according to myto YoE), I was getting paid around 2 LPA per month as a part time intern for the past 6 months. 

I recently got another 3 month internship offer from a foreign company, and I’m taking it since I don’t want to get stuck at remote job in India, and explore some abroad companies as well before I settle. Pay there is also quite good, but I don’t wish to take FTE there as I have to live in India only (family reasons, rural background, younger siblings and their study, etc.)

Now when I finally start my job hunt in the final days of my winter internship, what should be the pay I expect from Indian / Remote companies? Considering I was getting paid a fair amount as mentioned above even in a part time role. Or was I overpaid and I should keep my expectations low or equal to it in a Full Time Role?

Need a reality check: Am I getting overpaid?

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Current job: Tech consulting, Functional business analyst 
YoE: 1 post mba, 4.5 pre mba (product marketing manager, startup)
MBA from Tier 2 college. 

Pay: ~14L (wfo/hybrid in b'lore)

Business Analyst

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

Hey y'all, 

I'm a T shaped Engineer with specialisation in MLOps/Devops at a hardware+software stealth start up.

Experienced in full stack, ML deployments, AWS, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin and handling scale.

On paper YoE: 8+ 
3 years was with family business ( in tech), 
so if that is ignored 5+ YoE across the board in ML. 

The perks I get are work life balance and unlimited leaves and leaves compensation if any public holiday falls on a weekend.

Currently being paid 32lpa base, no variables.

I'm confused if this is good pay since I have a varied set of skills. The company has spoiled me by making me "time rich" so I don't feel like leaving. (Especially since I was burnt out when I desperately left and joined the current place) 

I know friends who do just backend getting paid 45 lpa but with no work life balance. And often times in discussions with them I feel like I can do their job easily (because of the varied skillset).

I'm Fortunate enough to be in a place that did salary corrections even though other companies are laying off and appraisals are incoming in Q1.

I'm confused, what's a good number that I deserve?

Am I being paid right?

Am I underpaid? 13 yoe, 17LPA, MSBI, SQL technology

Data engineer

Am I paid correctly or do i deserve more - 6.8 LPA ? I work at twin Startup(profitable ) as a developer primarily focused on Angular Development with total of 1.6 + 4 months here , I am fairly proficient at my work with minimal to no supervision , with good monthly reviews .

Honest Opinion Needed

Those who are earning more than 1 lakh per month. Share your journey how you reached there and also some tips.

Big bucks boys

I started at a pre-rev startup for 10K per month internship as an app developer when I was in my 7th semester of engineering. By the 8th semester, i became a full time employee for 6LPA. That was about 12 months ago. I have great rapport with my CTO and CEO. I received an offer for 8LPA from a well known company, my current employer matched it. I received a counter offer for 11 LPA (10+1). Even though I like the people i don't feel overly optimistic about this given the market circumstances. Should I make the switch? Really very confused.

I'm really confused

Founder

Comment down below your CTC and Experience and let others judge you that you need a switch or not.

Mine is 7 LPA, Newly joined at Deloitte USI.

CTC Thread

Just saw my friend with 12LPA posting 50LPA to make others feel underpaid🤣🤣…don’t believe everyone here. 
 If you feel you are underpaid, switch. Seeing some unrealistic number? ignore.

Software Test - QA

I work as a software engineer (Backend) at a startup ( valued over $200m). 
Most of my revolves around designing and building applications using python based frameworks (Django, flask, fast api). 
Integrating AI models to the backend, not so exciting but yeah I do.
Also, deploying them in Google cloud and setting up the cloud infrastructure. 
Occasionally I do write load testing scripts using Gatling.
At times I feel like I'm not doing any deep tech work and I'm bored. Most of the days I have zero motivation to do anything. 

How's the life of people doing deep tech at work?
What am I missing? What should I focus on?
I wonder if I'm underpaid at times (18 lpa) (exp - 4yrs).

How should I move forward with regards to my career?

Feeling like I'm stuck

Here is my background:-
1. Started Working as a full stack intern at a startup at 10K per month in April 2021. (Let's refer to this startup as A).
2. Joined A as FTE at 8LPA in Jan 2022.
3. Graduated in June 2022.
4. Salary got increased to 12LPA in July 2022.
5. The startup (A) was acquired in Feb 2023 by a big fintech and salary was increased to 18 LPA (14.4 Fixed, rest variable).

Considering my experience and salary, should I think about a company switch?

Honestly I do think that my learnings have become stagnant lately, I want to explore new tech which I am unable to do now.

What do you all think?

Please give me your honest opinion 🙏

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Share your progress - the journey.
- Where did you begin and where are you now?
- What motivated you to go the extra mile? 
- Where do you see yourself in the next few years?
- What did you do differently then the rest of the pack?

This can serve as a motivation to those of us who wants to improve and as a appreciation for some of us who made themselves a stellar career.

Eager to hear your stories. 🔥

What has been your career/salary progression so far?

2018 - 7.2LPA ( Services startup ) 
 2019 - 15LPA ( Hike ) 
 2020 - 21LPA ( Switch ) 
 2021 - 27LPA ( Hike ) 
 2022 - 33 LPA ( Hike ) 
 2023 - 72 LPA ( Switch ) 
  
 Sorry. Should have posted mine first :)

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