Moonlighting and working on side project. Many of my friends are also moonlighting :)

Some of them are doing trading, and others are working on some or the other startup idea

Software Developer

I think several people in tech work on side projects. It’s just not spoken about as much.

Product Marketing Manager

I’d like to have a side hustle in the near future for some extra money… but not sure what to do just yet + how to go about getting clients

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I work at my uncle's business on the side. He gives me cheques and gifts time to time.

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Hey, I am earning 7 lakh per annum after 5 YOY. I have an offer letter of 11 lpa. I know I can be offered packages up to 14 lpa in a couple of weeks. I am underpaid in my current company. 

However, I don't want to make a switch right now. I am very sure about it. The job is pretty good. My manager is a kind and learned man, I am learning quite a lot. Plus the job is not hectic and it is allowing me moonlighting (secretly). I earn around 1 lakh per month through moonlighting.

How should I request/urge/encourage my company to offer me a hike of 25% to 30%. The company will most likely offer me a hike of 10% to 15%. 

I will make a switch after 6 months (2 years of experience with this company). There is quite a lot of instability on my CV. My main idea is to be here till 2 years and increase my base here to 9 lpa. 

I am a good or maybe exceptional performer. My performance was rated 4.50/5

Please help! 

Problem statement: How to negotiate.

Salary Help: How to negotiate for higher salary

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I have been working as engineering manager in a startup. I was promised remote job but now company calling to office location. In current year, the company didnt give more then 5% salary growth and keep promising growth in the future as company grows but do founders or top management really care about employees? 

I seen one of my ex company its happening but not sure if founders really keep their promises about employees will get salary growth as company grows. I feel they take lavish salary but keep the employees underpaid.

Let me know your thoughts or your own experience. Work life balance is good though so I don’t want to really leave the company it actually it happens

Does employees get salary growth with as startup grows?

Engineering Manager

Fractional executive is an experienced C-suite executive — CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, CSO, CTO, or CMO — who works less than full-time. The work arrangement might call for the fractional executive to be on the job a few hours each day or a few days each week. They often work for two or more companies at the same time.

BC Moonlighting just got formalised for the senior management. 🙂

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Corporate Strategist

As a fresh graduate there are no jobs in software developer, and the ones that r there are paying peanuts.

My friend has an offer as an intern and a full time somewhere else.
Does it count as moonlighting legally if u are doing both?
Since one is an internship 

I feel like i get it, he needs to pay his bills and he doesn't owe these guys anything, they wanna pay peanuts, they expect a person to live off of it, ofc they would look for other op.

And it's not a forever thing, the internship ends in a month and a half.

Is he an asshole for this?

Views on moonlighting

Hi all, I recently received an offer from a startup. They have included esops in that but the strike price will be the current price. Is that a common practice? I though the esops granted have a strike price of 0 or very close to that. 

If i take them at current price then I only make money from the next upwards valuation only.

Need your advice Viners!

Esops strike price?

Growth Manager

I've resigned and our co-founder gave me an offer, where I'll be officially released but I have to work after office hours & will get paid accordingly (for temporary period) 
I'm sorta inclined towards the offer, I'll get some extra money + the work load isn't much, I can do it along with my day job. 


Now what are the factors I should take care of while finalizing this decision? How to make sure my bgc remains clean or something?

How the payment will happen? Ofc they will propose me something, but I wanna be prepared from my side as well. 

Thanks for reading, and I appreciate any input, about anything I've written or about moonlighting in general. 


PS: I'm also okay declining the offer, except the fact the company will suffer, which I don't want to (as we are very small team), and I genuinely want it to be successful.

How to moonlight?

I want to take up another job with the current one. How do I do it? Shall I just start applying to other companies? How will I provide relieving letter?

Want to do Moonlighting

Software Engineer

I got three job offers for SDE2. I accepted the offer (30LPA) with the lowest pay but loved the interview process, loved how they didn't waste my time (offer rolled in 2 weeks). Even their Google reviews and Glassdoor has 5 stars. Early stage startup, but they have a tech product with a very bright future (seed funded). And culture is amazing, founders are bright.

Second offer was from a mid-sized fintech startup (series C funded). Offer was for 34 lakhs. The interview process was okay but that set me off was that they wanted to conduct another design round after my final Hiring Manager interview as their team categorised my interview as "Weak Hire". They even told me that to my face. 😂 I cleared the subsequent design round but the whole process was lengthy (1 month).

Third offer is from an AI company with horrible glassdoor reviews. They took 2 months of time to finish the entire interview process. Even the product doesn't seem like it will survive in next 4-5 years. Offer from them is 42 LPA.

I got laid off a couple of months ago, so instead of higher pay I went to the company where I could learn more, get good peers, and increase my skillset. I hope that this decision makes sense. I tried to negotiate with Company A but they were unwilling to go beyond 30, I did mention I have other offers which are higher. 

I didn't include the joining bonus and ESOP components in all companies, but they are there.

Please help me decide if I made the right choice

Senior Engineer

I want to stay at my current company and negotiate a higher salary as the culture and growth opportunity is amazing.

The salary is the only negative for me.

Want to understand if anyone has done this before and if y'all think this would work?

Also any suggestions you may have?

I have an offer for 40L and I'm currently being paid 28L

Senior Product Manager

Looking forward to some nice stories from the community. Some positive, some not so positive - what made you take a pay cut?

Have you ever taken a pay cut for a job? Share your reasons 💵

I take a pay cut every year due to inflation. Involuntarily, of course.

Is Moonlighting common at Start-ups?

How is the work culture at Start-ups, in my startup where i am working, the work culture is too bad, it seems no one cares about the company. 
Everyone has their own priority and they are using the company for their growth.

Basically the title, I know it’ll be different for startups vs large companies but I’m still curious about what you know

How to negotiate for higher salary in your current job ?

Program Manager

Why AMA?-
New to GV. I see potential here; trying to gauge audience and perhaps I can talk about a thing or two; can definitely learn from ya’al otherwise.

Primer Qs (from some successful AMAs outside of GV)-
What tech has better future?
Is Ai going to kill our jobs?
How to increase Tc 5x, 10x, 20x+?
Startups vs big corps?

Background, Tc stuff-
Decade+ yoe
Started with <10Lpa. Crossed >10Lpm.
Life is fun and no amount of money is enough.
I’ve seen it firsthand that the investments and luxuries grow at far bigger rate than your comp, Can’t complain though.

A Staff engineer :: AMA

I know I deserve more, as I have been constantly delivering more than what's expected out of me. But I still feel - I'm not compensated well for my hard-work and skill. 

My take-home is 20+LPA, and I have 6 yrs of experience.

And moreover the workplace is not challenging anymore for me as an individual contributor. Most of my time rn is getting spent in training other people. 

I have contemplating to ask for a hike. Or should I just switch?

Should I ask for a salary hike?

Am I being overpaid?
I am a backend engineer with 7 years of experience. I've been rejected by multiple organizations during salary discussions. They mentioned they can't provide such a high salary. Are my expectations inaccurate?

Current CTC: 45 LPA
Expected CTC: 54 LPA
Designation: Team Lead, Backend

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Damn! For the first time, I'm seeing a post related to Overpaid. God bless you.

Team Lead

How do you guys dissociate from office shit once you log out and not let your job be your personality. I am glad I joined grapevine so I can write about  all the shit that goes on and try and have an actual life outside office. 

In the name of hustle we have actually reduced the importance of living life to the fullest.

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