Attention underpaid devs!!

Just trying to understand how you landed your job and what skills helped you get it. I see a lot of people getting remote gigs that pay well. How do you land a full time direct employment vs a yearly contract? Are there are major cons for being in a contractual position?

I recently got a job offer at a well-funded remote startup headquartered in the US as a DevOps engineer. They adjust the salary package to account for the country so I won't be earning in crores... but I wanted to ask people who are in remote positions as to how to negotiate a salary that will be rigid more or less,no options are there to negotiate till a super high margin (maybe 10% max). For example, they are offering 33 LPA currently, does that put me in a higher tax bracket and can I negotiate for a lower compensation so that I can be put in a lower tax bracket, say I ask for 29 LPA and ask for a joining bonus (or HRA) or some restructuring to do that? I don't understand how taxes work in India especially with remote payments but I'm hoping someone can offer the right guidance and resources so that I can look into this in depth later on as well. This is my first ever job and I got it straight out of college, so I do not mind even if they are paying me less than their US counterparts. This salary is more than enough to survive in a tier 2 city (will be shifting back to live with my parents). I don't have much investments right nos, just a couple of FDs and some equity + debt funds along with stocks (mostly banks + chemical companies here and there). I can look into ELSS funds and what not if that can save up some taxes. I am considering talking to a CA about this too. (Note: not comfortable with naming it even if this is an anonymous platform because it has like a strength of 50 and I feel it is irrelevant to the discussion). TIA!

I am considering switching to remote work for few years but unsure as to any experienced devs doing any remote work. I see bunch of influencers making content about early/zero experience folks but don’t see much on experienced people side. Any consultation free/paid appreciated.

I got a good offer for 40LPA as a senior frontend dev and current ctc of 25LPA. I am wondering, if i can go any higher in chennai. Can any one shed some light? Product companies are limited here so no calls for interview and service companies are not even offering 30LPA. I am not interested in moving to Bangalore/Hyderabad. Posting here coz not much posts related to chennai.

I work at a Web3 company, with an in-hand of $85K annually, but I feel my coworkers earn way more. I am a fresher out of college, but I've been dabbling with Web2 for 4 years, and Web3 for 2 years. Just wanted to know if the salary is unjustified or not.

I see jobs being there, but even the entry level jobs are requiring experience. I saw a associate level job posting on linkedin for a startup asking for 4-6 years experience. This is in line with the recent article at The KEN. Are people really ready to work for low salary for high skills? What does this mean for the freshers, job switchers/career switchers? Are we all doomed for now? What's your take on the market?

My roommate's family condition is not good. We are in our engineering final year. His family wants him to do a 10-5pm accounting job with 10k/pm for the next 3-4 months until his family's financial health becomes stable. Right now he is applying for development jobs, but no response. What should he do?

Hi, Have 9+ years of experience as Backend Developer focusing mainly in Java and SQL. Recently working on Python, GraphQL. Have experience of leading the team and also international work experience. Looking for job change seriously considering current company has shortage of projects and to secure mu career. Please do let me know if there are any job openings related to my Tech stack. Thanks in advance.

I am a UI developer with all the UI skills + UX expertise as well. Leading a small team at an IB in India. I get 27LPA + 5L bonus. Is this avg, underpaid or good?

I have over 9 years of experience currently freelancing and a partime job that is paying 95k per month , the freelancing pays over 3 I am not happy with the full time 40hr work they want a whole product developed for 95k in a month should I quit I took it on to get some extra cash. But feels like it's just not worth the time and effort.