I was in a devops consulting startup. Switched in 1.8yrs approx to PBC. This was in late 2022. I did it by applying to companies specifically where my experience would help. Didn't apply via referrals at all. Had gotten around 4 offers that time. Decided to join unicorn startup

Was working as DevOps engineer.  Switched to DevOps profile itself

Consultant

Great man  👍 I also want  to go for PBC. What all you prepared? And how you approached?

Team Lead

There is a great insecurity in service companies that we are not competent enough to switch to other companies . Especially TCS.  If you were such a person in the past and if you managed to switch ...

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There is a great insecurity in service companies that we are not competent enough to switch to other companies . Especially TCS.

If you were such a person in the past and if you managed to switch companies, how did you do it? 
What technology are you currently working on?

Tell us about your journey.

How did you move out of your service based company?

Software Developer

How did you move out of your service based company?- Grapevine

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Is anyone who had switched from prod to service based , why did you do that ? Recently i had read a post where people are talking about low quality work on FAANG and high quality work on startups. I had personally seen a manager coming from Microsoft to Wipro , and  a guy from Amazon to IBM .... ??

Switch Product to Service based Companies

Cloud Architect

After working hard for 6 yoe able to save 1.8 cr.
Working in Bangalore
1cr cash plus 70 lakh house gave cash
Ask me anything

After 6 yoe able to save 1.8cr

Frontend Engineer

I joined TCS 3yrs ago and since then I couldn't switch. I am planning since last year March but actually not able to work on it. Even I couldn't apply actively. Currently I am involved in a role which has nothing to do with development and I feel bit less confident. So I want to know why it is so hard to leave? Does everyone feel same? Is this ecosystem somewhat responsible for this?

Why is it so hard to leave first company?

6 YOE joining 5th company next month.  
    
  Never let a retard shame you for job hopping.  
  Job hopping is one of the fewest ways to attain some economic mobility in this shithole country.   
  For a corporation understand that you're a fungible resource. They'll throw you under the bus once you've outlived their utility. Always lookout for your own personal interest first.

Software Engineer

I got an offer with 50% hike in accenture and accepted and i am yet to resign in my current company, its been a month I accepted offer.
My current company tcs giving 2 months onsite in next month. What should be the better choice?

Should I Switch or not?

Is there anyone who switched to a product based company with a high salary from a service based company? 

Please comment and tell that after how much years of experience you switch and the secrets of that. 

This will help a lot of people.

Advice on switch

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Share your progress - the journey.
- Where did you begin and where are you now?
- What motivated you to go the extra mile? 
- Where do you see yourself in the next few years?
- What did you do differently then the rest of the pack?

This can serve as a motivation to those of us who wants to improve and as a appreciation for some of us who made themselves a stellar career.

Eager to hear your stories. 🔥

What has been your career/salary progression so far?

2018 - 7.2LPA ( Services startup ) 
 2019 - 15LPA ( Hike ) 
 2020 - 21LPA ( Switch ) 
 2021 - 27LPA ( Hike ) 
 2022 - 33 LPA ( Hike ) 
 2023 - 72 LPA ( Switch ) 
  
 Sorry. Should have posted mine first :)

Lead Engineer

Switch

After completing my BTech. I joined TCS for 2LPA. 
My RMG(read: The most hated folks at TCS) came up with the stupidest project and forced me to join it. She brutally harassed me for 3 days straight to take that project and I kept denying. I cleared interviews for two projects and then she still didn't let me take those projects.

She then had the audacity to stop project allocation for me leaving me on bench.

Now here is the real kicker... She starts sending me threatening email. Like your pay will be stopped indefinitely if I don't report to the project that belongs in 1989(joke). It was literally based on some archaic mainframe related tech and it was just some support job.
 
Thankfully my father was very supportive and he told me to start my own business. He gave me 9L to start something. After 6 years of gruelling hardwork and ups and downs now, I run my own IT services company. I have 100+ people on my payroll and we did 17% in EBITDA last year. NP was 6%. 

I made this post because I read this news article today. I will tell you that the audacity of TCS to say all of this is mindboggling. DO NOT JOIN TCS AT ALL. It is a place where careers go to die.

My journey from TCS to running my own IT company with 20Cr annual turnover.

Investor

Hello guys,

Need your suggestions actually currently I am working in Accenture from last 2.7 yrs  and recently 6 months ago I have changed my domain into Devops  when I have started I was in cloud infra+support 24×7 . Now I need to do a switch from the current company . What are the things I need to get into a product based company can anyone have a insightful guidance for me ?

Switch from service based to Product based company

DevOps Engineer

I have switched job from tech role to strategy role at a reputed company after 6 years of working. 

Any me anything.

Tech to non tech role switch- AMA

Program Manager

It has almost been 18 months since I have joined TCS. I was on the bench for a total of 5 months in the beginning, and finally got a project.

I went to the office and my manager told me that it would take few days for document verification and security clearance. I was coming to the office daily but had nothing to do. I was getting anxious since I was just watching Youtube videos for almost a month. I wanted WFH but when I asked they said I had to come to office even if I had no work.

Finally, I got a KT from someone working on the project. I came to realise that I was doing work that even a 9th class student can do. The problem? 5 people were doing this work.

The problem? I was working 30 minutes a day. I had to come early to the office, login using my seniors login creds and do timepass work. I have to send an email to our point of contact at the client side that the work is done at the end of the day.

I have learnt nothing here. I feel that these companies are just too inefficient. I am planning to leave ASAP now. I have learnt nothing and I am scared that I will not find another job because I have the Years of Experience but no skills. This is how IT companies destroy your career. Now I am doing DSA to get into another company.

What is the dark side of working at service based IT companies?

Software Analyst

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I am planning to shut down my IT services company after 5 years of operations. The journey has been bitter-sweet but it is becoming unsustainable and putting me under a great amount of duress.
I have been a trained ML engineer but since my startup have gone on to taking up mostly non-programming roles/ work.
I have tried getting back to development role but have not been able to get back in the same stride as I used to. Lately, I’ve been picking up some consulting work as a Software Architect.
Basis, that info, need some advice on how I can plan my professional journey ahead.

Need career advice

Founder

Switch to Product Based Companies

Hello everyone, i have been working in tcs since 1 yr 9 months in an ERP software called PeopleSoft. But I feel there is not much scope in this field so I want to switch my tech domain . Can you please share how can I switch to different tech domain?

Want to switch my tech domain

What to prepare to switch from a Service based company to a Product based company after having 5 years of  work experience?

Advice to Switch to Product Based Company

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Has anyone here, moved away from Software Development to something else. Maybe in a completely different direction, like became a graphics designer, or Game developer etc. or in a similar direction, like went towards Product Management or something similar. 

If yes, then I want to know your experience with the switch, and the steps you took to make it happen. 

I got into Software engineering 2-3 years ago (attracted by the salaries) but now I just don’t feel like doing it anymore at all. 

I asked a friend who’s a PM, and his take on this was, if i wanted to keep earning how much I currently do (20-30 LPA), and want to go even further than that, then SDE is the only option, PMs do not get paid that much amount, when compared to SDEs in the longer run. 

What’s your take on this?

Switching careers

I'm working in service based company in worst tech (acc to me ). There are not enough projects still they hire so many freshers .

Current now I'm  1 year 3 months exp

I'm doing self study of data engineer and done some decent project .

Should I plan for internal switch or look for outside opportunities.
Will I get atleast mid senior role outside?(im planning after 2 years exp)
I don't wanna start again in entry level.

What checklist should I follow to successful switch.
I didn't get any hike for my first year( that's y I'm planning all this)

I respect every advice and criticism in my plan
Thanks in advance.

Tech stack change

Data engineer

I have made 7 switches in 8yrs as a web developer and feel like switching again.

Should I switch?

Should I switch ?

Technical Lead

Hello folks, 
I am humbly expecting, if you have gone through an experience where you decided to switch to a different tool / domain / technology out of your interest. 

How was your struggle while learning and applying for a job or internal posting? 

How did you overcome the fact that your previous experience is not aligned to the current tool / domain? 

How did you crack the interview when you didn't have the hands on experience on that tool? 
Only Thing you had was learning and a certification to get started in that tool / domain??

Shifting to a different tool/technical/domain

Business Analyst

Welcome to Data Scientists's Private Community

Hey Guys, I am working in TCS from last 3.7 years and now I am fed up with it.
I want to switch but I don’t know what I am doing here 🙂 I worked for IT support work Endpoint security compliance for 2 years then switched to ISM role for 11 months, no learning and now in the team where all the Physical(ODC) and logical resources(Proxy AD group, VPN access etc) are managed.
I want to move out but don’t know how can I find the job. Currently I am doing Google Data Analyst Certification but don’t know how I will switch, how I will show my experience etc

How did you move out of your service based company?

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