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TECH NEWS : A product designer quit his job on the first day due to a manager's expectation of unpaid overtime and dismissal of work-life balance as 'western deve

Man quits on Day 1 after manager calls work-life balance 'Western Behaviour': Shares this resignation letter online - Times of India

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I was persuing cse from a decent college in pune . In my last year i.e.2023 , I was placed in a startup in pune with CTC 5 lpa but it had bond of 2 years ,so I rejected that offer .I ended up getting my college placement account banned because according to them I was already placed ,so I started looking for jobs off campus,but I never thought it's going to be this hard to look for jobs off campus. Applying to multiple companies in a day ,resume getting rejected and then applying again .for some where I get shortlisted, they keep on asking questions from things which are not even mentioned in my resume although their jd don't even mentioned those skills .In some companies where my interview was 10 on 10 (according to me), still they rejected me and when asked they used to say ,they found more suitable candidates.
I graduated in September 2023 , and I am still looking for job , trying to upgrading myself everyday to get better.
I never regret my decision of not accepting that job. I don't know if I am getting any job or not but I am gonna be more strong and better with each passing day .
Regards .

Good or bad decision?

I am 22 years old , graduated from a tier 2.5 university , just getting started with my first job as SWE( Data science) at a top USA based MNC from the Bangalore office. I have plans to pursue masters after gaining 2 years of work experience. Interested to pursue masters in financial engineering or quant related discipline. 
Should I give CFA to increase my chances of selection in those courses ? Also any recommendations or resources to get into quant area.

Decision to give CFA

Software Engineer

Can I get some genuine advice from people who changed their technology after 10+ years? I have 10 yoe as an MQ admin. I don't see many requirements for MQ now and would like to change to data engineering. Is this a wise thing to do? Are there any reliable courses available?

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SDE1, SDE2, staff engineer

What exactly do you do/code and how does work change as you progress up the flagpole?

Software folks of GV, help a non software simpleton understand what exactly you do?

Generalist

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A bold move 👏🏻👏🏻👌

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I'm a 30Yo with 7years in the same industry however at only 6LPA. For someone with this much experience i surely deserve more hence i started looking out for opportunities and got a 9LPA offer. When I put down my papers the current company has promised appraisal but are not confirming how much will I get and when will it start from. And now I'm stuck because the new offer is running out and my current company is simply binding time. I'm really clueless and ffs i really need to start making good decisions. #Salary

Decision Making

Operations Manager

Been in Bangalore for 6+ years and love everything the city has given me. 
This city ( more like people here) taught me what software engineering and product sense is, how to entrepreneurs function, whats a 100X coder like. 
Made many memories, weekend trips to nearby places were so nice. Dated, moved in and then married my girlfriend, adopted a dog. So Bangalore has given me a lot. 
But in hindsight it takes a way a lot also - 
1. Everybody is in constant work mode, even in parties its just about who is doing what
2. Everybody is in loot mode here - i have seen locals pay less for veggies/fruits in front of me, then the veggies apparently have lead in them
3. Rents/builders/brokers/roads - we all know whats up with them 

Though it was nice initially, now i feel like even after earning so much ( ctc > 1cr) if i just spend it all here ( monthly expenses ~2lacs same is with all my married friends), what is the point even.

Hence making a move to slow life now, where you get a house with garden for 25k and fresh veggies and you can actually develop some relationship with community. 

This urge to always outperform in career is not really needed, we all eventually work towards savings and hence if i earn less but spend even lesser, its more or less the same thing for me.

But i dont want to live in a matchbox, travel 1 hour to meet a friend, eat a roti for 150bucks and be in constant anxiety about climbing the ladder. 

All i want is to focus on health, and sit in a garden in some sunshine with my wife and my dog and enjoy a cup of tea. 

So yes, I AM DONE. Moving to a tier 2 ( more like tier 2.5 town ) 

Happy to answer any questions if anybody has any.

Done with Tier1 cities, moving to tier 2 town with family - A rant

So are you fed up with Bangalore or just the career rat race? 
  
 Both are different. 
  
 Also, costs can be low in Bangalore, spending 2L/mo in married life isn't a feature of the city, it's the feature of your circle. 
  
 Not all high earners have to be HENRYs

Investment Manager

A friend of mine was dating a girl, convinced his parents to offer marriage. But girl chickened out last minute, married one her father had chosen. This really fucked him up, he was determined to get married anyhow, whom didn't matter. 
1 Yr later, found a girl parents found, got pregnant before first anniversary. Over 3 years, their marriage has seen divorce, domestic violence and 5 star hotel celebrations (oscillated to extremes of good and bad)

I'm seeing another such case.
Office colleagues were dating, he proposed marriage, she declined. He said stuff that shouldn't have been said, she threatened POSH (did not complain officially)
2 months later, he has found someone to marry through arrange marriage route 

Break ups are bad, but half of the problem were you. Instead of working on that, people take it on ego

Rebound marriages are the worst

Consultant

How is the work culture at Head Digital Works?

Need help to decide

Visionary move by Lord Bhavish

Investor

Where did you work and how much money did you make?

Asking as it looks like a lot of promise of ESOPs and wealth creation has failed employees in this bloodbath slow growth, layoffs, and job changes.

"ESOPs made me rich af"

I have had ESOPS in 2 companies 
#1 - company got acquired ..I got 45 Lacs IN ESOP ...thats 1.5X of my last annualized salary  ( so additional salary for 18 months) 
#2 - Company became unicorn ... I quit and company bought my ESOPs . Got 2 Cr
That is 3X of my annualized salary

Company 1 - I had joined at very early stage ; Company 2 - I joined at mid-stage

UX/UI Designer

Hey everyone! I'm currently working as a senior analytics guy (overall work experience of ~5.5 years) and am looking for a switch. Here are the 2 options that I have for now:
1. Amazon (BA II) offering a fixed of 32L, to join in Hyderabad for a team where majority people sit out of Seattle.
2. Bolt (a startup based out of Estonia, primarily dealing in ride sharing, food delivery and others) offering ~€70k annually as fixed compensation (relocation sponsored).
Currently a bit confused as I haven't heard really great reviews about Amazon, but at the same time don't know how the move to relocate internationally for the first time will work. Did a light research on salary and cost of living in Estonia, and found out that this is a pretty good number to get. Does anyone have any idea either about how WLB is at Amazon or at Bolt? What would be a better move here?
(Bolt offering the role of an Analytics lead)

Help me decide where to switch

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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.

Corporate Strategist

So I recently gave an interview to a company, cracked it and got offered 50% hike but I was very hesitant joining there because they said they'll demote my role to a Jr Engineer, because they said my code wasn't as good as they wanted. 

The task was to add a new feature in their codebase, all I did was used the existing transformers, methods and I just wrote a new one for the feature they requested, it worked flawlessly without a single issue.

So, their existing code had issues and they counted that into my assessment and said they'll reduce the salary promised on their job listing by 40%.

So I first said yes, I was just looking that hike my my salary, later to omly realise, I keep seeking for validation when working there rather than working for shipping features.

So, I actually turned it down.

Did I do the right thing?

Did I do the right thing turning down a 40% hike offer

Getting an offer of 30LPA as a SBA at GamesKraft. But the thing is, I just joined Swiggy like 7-8 months back. 

(I was just randomly interviewing tbh. Just to ensure my skills are still at par with the market in case something bad happens.)

But the salary hike is a good one. It will probably take me a good ~2 years (ATLEAST) to reach there if I stay at Swiggy. What should I do? My esops haven’t even vested yet. And I can always interview for a hike in case my salary progression gets stale later, right?

And the work here is good. I am getting to learn a lot, plus it’s wfh. And Gameskraft had the tax issues with the betting thing. IS IT WORTH IT? Am i being greedy? Do i make the jump? Or do I be patient?

Is this worth it?

Product Manager

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Sorry for the long post!

Hi, I'm in India. I completed my bachelors in biotechnology and am in the first month of masters in genetic engineering. Initially I had no plan to join masters in India, instead I thought of pursuing MS abroad. As I could only apply for programs for September 2024, I thought a gap year would decrease my chances of getting into any program and would not look nice on my resume. As time went by, I panicked and got into genetic engineering masters. This is where I came to know it is a research-oriented program unlike biotechnology and must do a PhD afterwards. I don't even know what the career scope for genetic engineering might be. Now, I'm in a dilemma that I should continue my masters for two years and do a PhD abroad or do any internship for a year and get into masters in biotechnology abroad (specifically US) for September 2024 and directly go for an industry?! Any suggestions are welcome!

Confused about MS vs PhD

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I have come across a lot about this in conversations with other PMs. What is the point then if product decisions are always CEO decisions? 
I would really love to hear takes on this. 
What do you think?

Do PMs finally always give in to what the CEOs want?

I'm considering dropping out of my MBA to pursue a startup idea. Am I crazy to leave a 'sure thing' for a risky venture?"

1. You don’t need to/shouldn’t promote someone just because he/she joined your company at early stage to leadership role if he doesn’t have the relevant experience. I have seen people in leadership roles who joined as a fresher and sticked with company for 3-5 years. Yes, they might have done excellent job and you can benefit them in n number of ways but not promoting to leadership role. 
2. Impose financial discipline (even make it one of the core value) from the early stages, even more if you are a B2C company. Spend money on Finance leadership as early as possible, the ROI would be much much higher than you think.
3. Hiring left, right and centre when you need to scale, you don’t need to do that there should be a strong justification for every hire you do. Have seen companies who hired and did a head count reduction in six months of time.
4. Have seen/heard companies dying for not killing a project or vertical in early stage when it is evident that it would not work. So be ready to take these hard decisions.

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