From mine own and from the stories of unacademy, it’s beyond terrible.

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I was previously working in a startup in a software/IT role. Now, after 3 months of searching for a job, I got an interview from an edlearning startup in Bengaluru for a business development role. ...

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I was previously working in a startup in a software/IT role. Now, after 3 months of searching for a job, I got an interview from an ed-learning startup in Bengaluru for a business development role. 

Please give me your takes on this. What would be the pros and cons of taking up this job?

How are ed-learning startups for work?

How are ed-learning startups for work?- Grapevine

I got an offer from an Ed-Tech startup for a BDA role. It's a pure sales and target-based role. I have had experience in the core field for 1.5 years, but since the last 3 years I have not done any job. Currently, I am searching for jobs in the data analytics field. Should I join the Ed-Tech company or should I search for a job in the data analytics field?

Ed-Tech BDA Role Join or Not.

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How can one specifically target startups and succeed? While many pursue top MNCs or MAANG, getting entry can be challenging. I am keen on working with small startups. Has anyone experienced working in startups in Bengaluru or other locations where both good pay and learning opportunities are available? In terms of job search, is LinkedIn/Naukri or referrals more effective? When preparing for interviews, should one focus more on DSA rounds or development skills? What are the pors & cons or tips? Plz share your insights. Thanks

Working in a start-up

Software Developer

Hi everyone,

I am looking for job opportunities and have received a callback from a startup that has around 20 people in the company. 2-3 are US based, others are developers based in India. 

I have 1 yoe and I wanted to get opinions about pros and cons of working in such a company.

I know learning will be good but I don't want to be burdened with work all the time. Working at such an early stage startups scares me mostly for this reason.

All opinions are welcome!!

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Engineering Manager

We have heard so much about how IT services consulting company is bad over Product based company (e.g. TCS vs Amazon/Microsoft ). I want to know about pros and cons of going into a consulting company from a product based company.  I felt my learning was very slow in the Product based company and hence thinking of joining a startup. Right now I have an offer from IT consulting startup in the domain of AI, Blockchain, Cloud Applications. What can you tell me about this? I looked on LinkedIn but there are not enough employees (250 only) , so unable to get opinions. Most of them are 1-3 yrs experience and joined right out of college. So their views are not helping much.

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I have been on this journey for a long time now. Lots of failure comes with loads of learning. Each step or initiative I took has helped me grow as a person, the business guy (ed-tech, media space), and also in terms of technicalities (full-stack product management, hardcore hands-on into technology and I love user experience)

Ps: currently running an edtech startup in pre-seed/seed stage

Feel free to ask anything, would be happy to help even personally

5 years of failure (Entrepreneurship) AMA

Founder

I am looking to switch my company and want to join a good Series A/ B startup which will provide a challenging work environment and good upside in terms of ESOPs. 

Request to provide details of such startups and if they are looking to hire for Product role.

Which are the top Series A/B Indian startups to work?

Product Manager

I am a student from tier 3 college. Just had the round 1 of Wayfair Software Engineering Internship challenge ( Did pretty well). I don't have any idea how my further rounds of Wayfair internship would be. Apart from this I have got 2 offer letters for Business development Interns who will be offering me a salary of 8-10LPA after internship. I am quite confused about what to choose? I don't feel comfortable choosing BD over a proper tech job/internship, it would be very difficult to switch to development later.

Regarding Internship

Last month I interviewed with NoBroker for a Demand Servicing Head position. The process went like this:

2 rounds of screening with HR/TA - was okay, good conversations. After which they scheduled an interview with the Business Head for the particular team. This interview went well too. 

After this they sent me an assignment - the longest assignment I've ever worked on as a part of the recruitment process. It asked me to write multiple detailed SOPs for the sales team, build a demand forecast model, and a complete demand generation plan for an oddly specific scenario. They gave me 5 days for it. 

I worked my a** off, desperate to get the job as I've been unemployed for some time. I did the assignment close to perfection - spoke to so many industry folks in real estate and made realistic assumptions, covering all possibilities. 

All in all I've not been so confident about my work ever like I was in this case. I submit and they acknowledge. 

Few days go by, I follow up, only to be given generic delay reasons by HR. Eventually, after more than a week they rejected me. When I requested for feedback on the assignment they completely ghosted me. 

I don't know why I'm sharing this here, but it's been hard. I've been jobless for > 5 months and every such experience completely shatters my already low self esteem further.

Disappointing Interview @ Nobroker

Hang in there, the efforts you made for assignment will help you somewhere in future. Good luck!

Project Manager

I recently received an offer from Unacademy and I'm curious about whether it's a good company to join. Are the pay rates competitive and how is the work culture?

Job offer from Unacademy

Analyst

As the title says. Have worked close to 10 years now in 
this industry. Can answer on how sales, marketing and operations work here. Never had visibility on funding etc but have seen the ill effects of toxic VC money

AMA about Edtechs

Ask questions you have here about PMing in Edtech. Will do my best to answer

PM in Tech

Hello grapeviners

Wanted to know about Edra Labs...any opinion on how the startup is like? Any insights on its potential?

Heard of Edra Labs?

Working for one of the leading EdTech platforms. Ever wondered what goes on here or want to know things from the other side AMA and I’ll try answering as much as I can.

Working For An EdTech AMA

Assistant Manager

You know the stereotypical Edtech startup - sales-driven, promises good placements, no quality control, overpriced AF.

Is there any company who's actually focusing on building something valuable in this space?

Are there any 'ethical' Edtech startups in India?

So I've met many PMs in my career. Most have been sub par, poor performers, can't even do IC work. The ones who can do IC work, can't think. The IC work is generally project management not product. They need someone to tell them directions

So here's a few things. The best PMs I've met, are good engineers. Yes. These are the same folks who come for product management conferences and are respected. 
Of course not all engineers are good at product.
The role of product came up with manufacturing first when you had product designers who worked with engineers and had a good understanding of both engineering limitations and user understanding. 

Some of the PMs I have met don't even talk to users. The reason i am seeing an issue in PMs in India is the increase in demand in the role, and a lack of supply.

There is a product engineer role, I met a few folks who are doing that, they were amazing. Knew technology, users, product and super passionate.

I'm not saying this is a hard and fast rule, I'm sure there are folks who have a natural inclination, so if you're an exception, understand that. Don't get offended by the statement

What PMs lack in India

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