Don't fight the system, exploit the system

Is there anyone here who out of revenge, frustration or seek justice against management sabotaged the work intentionally or did something which ended up harming the firm. Please tell what you folks did???

I know this will sound like a very biased opinion but just sharing my 2 cents of today’s market. The way with highest probability of success, money and ensuring a better future for your future generations is to startup. It has the highest risk, highest reward. But in today’s landscape: where inflation is always higher than your hike, there’s no guarantee of employment even in next 1 years, the effort to remain in top 1% is humongous and many other reasons like that, really make me feel that if you’re able to start a company and even capture 0.1% of market who’s willing to pay something for your service/product, that’s all you need. Of course the struggle doesn’t end there and you have to keep working for as long as possible? But your capacity to earn and provide for generations to come is much higher than working for someone else. All disagreement is welcome :) Just tired of running this race for years now and still never feeling financially secure.

Hi Grapevine, I'm Arnav, Director of Engg at Jio Cinema. I previously exited my startup to Scaler. Some of you may know me from ScalerPod. I've also led engineering teams at Zomato & Target. Here to chat with you about my journey in startups, leading engineering teams, and products at scale, among other things. Ask me your question. I'll be back at 8 pm and begin answering!

I was standing near Whitefield in my 4 wheeler around midnight, just away from the hustle bustle of the fast life, smoking a cigarette and had a beer 1 hour before the incident (beer can was present in the car) when a police Jeep stopped and asked me to come out. They checked my entire car (to find more illegal drugs 'read Marijuana') but didn't find anything. Started threatening me with the car seizure. When I asked them to do breath analyzer test as I was 100% sure of being in the permissible limit, they asked me to come to police station for the same after they issue me a challan. How can they issue a drink driving challan when I am not drunk and without a breath analyzer? And started threatening me with 25000 rs fine plus car being released in 6 months plus more than a lac of rupees in lawyer cost. (Ofcourse bullshitting me) They were doing the proper good cop bad cop tactic and I had to pay them 7k bribe just to get out of there. (Couldn't risk the whole court drama, couldn't afford time as I was roaming without the knowledge of my family and avoid anxiety to them and my car also has northern registration) But is this justified ? Can we not even smoke a cigarette in our vehicle in this godforsaken city ? Do we need to be mindful of the goons or the police ? Anyways, what is the best way to get out of such situations?

/s [ also hoping to have some responses from people in their 30s & 40s for insights ] pls don’t say boards dene ki jagah crypto kharidna tha 2014 me🫠

Should one try doing different things early in the career for example try different roles in software engineering, data science, product to see which role one likes the most Or Should one try doing the same thing for some years early in the career to allow the compounding to kick in and you have something with depth to show for when you have 3-4 years of experience. y Thoughts ?

What are your learning from this layoffs wave?

Just watched Scam 2003... I simply wonder how easy it is to fool entire system if you manage to find a loopholes within it. And travesty is that instead of normal citizen of India, organized criminals like Satyam Kingpin Ramalingam Raju , Adani, Sharad Pawar , Rahul Yadav, Byjus etc. have full confidence in snail speed of Indian judiciary. Indian judiciary has become merely a circus where you have to fight 41-year legal battle to prove you didn't stole Rs. 20, 27 year legal battle to prove you are not dead... Sometimes I wonder our laws are intentionally made complex so as to enable big fish get their way out using loopholes

● "70-Hour Workweeks and Peanuts" - It's Not Just "How Markets Work" Claiming that grueling work hours and low wages are intrinsic to free markets oversimplifies a complex issue. Capitalism should mean fair exchange, not exploitation. ● "Founders' Fortunes vs. Employee Pennies" - Rethinking Entrepreneurial Rewards Rewarding risk is valid, but amassing vast fortunes by underpaying employees raises ethical questions. Capitalism should be about equitable rewards, not just personal gain. ●"Don't Blame, Analyze the System" - Seeking Systemic Improvement Critiquing capitalism isn't a personal attack; it's about refining the system. Understanding its flaws allows us to make it fairer for everyone. ●"Critique, Don't Opt Out" - Working Towards a Better Capitalism Suggesting one should avoid capitalism if they criticize it oversimplifies the issue. Critique is a call for reform, not rejection. It's about making capitalism more equitable, not abandoning it. No offense to the author, but the excessive toxicity that some folks spread across social media, be it on Twitter or LinkedIn, with others blindly hopping on board, really highlights how we sometimes let our critical thinking slide.