Get a career coach.  Plenty of good ones in India.  Pay the ones who can help you scale your life.

Sales Manager

I’m wondering if finding right people who can help you in the success who went through the journey you’re going through currently? I don’t mind valuing their time in the monetary sense

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

How do you find right people who help you put in right direction?

Co-Founder

How do you find right people who help you put in right direction?- Grapevine

So, I have heard multiple people that 20s is about exploring. Explore different jobs, work style, people etc , you name it!
   I believe with that, you cannot think of earning as exploration into different roles results in being at the same level across roles.
   1. What would you do or are currently doing about this? 
   2. Do you agree that 20s is about exploring?
   3. Did you explore in your 20s or did you try to climb the corporate ladder? 
   4. Would you do things differently if you had the chance?

People in/were in your 20s, what would/did you do?

Drop the western view of fun - Clubbing,partying,getting high/laid anyone can do. You don’t need any hard skills for it.  
  
 You have to change your perception of fun - I am a strong believer that 20s are for building your self. 
  
 Get Up Early - Explore your religion/spirituality - Work Hard - Don’t burn yourself out but ya the seeds you sow with hard work will pay on later in life.  
 Go Workout - Go for a Run- Go to the Gym it’s gonna help you live longer. 
  
 Eat healthy - Quit Smoking  
  
 Own Your life - Set Goals - Figure out your 2-5-10 Year Goals.  
  
 And When you have started this journey feel free to out with your friends create movie worthy stories and find the love of your life.

Growth Manager

Consultant

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

I am starting a D2C fashion brand. Haven't been able to arrange funds from any sources. 

In a way, it's a chicken and egg problem in market conditions like this. Funding ke liye traction chahiye and traction ke liye funding chahiye. 

Need 15 lacs to get things off the ground. Considering the minimum order requirements and marketing expense. 

Do you think it would be a good idea to do crowdfunding for my startup? Any help / insights would be highly appreciated 🙏

Crowdfunding for D2C Startup

Product Marketing Manager

Hey, I am in a great dilemma recently and needed some advice. I am entering the corporate world from college and moving to Bangalore and now look for a flat but greater decision is to find perfect flatmates.

I have been living with my college friends and feel that i don't want to live with them anymore because of what i have faced with them. I feel like they haven't yet come out of college and their life is quite monotonous, waking up -> going to office-> coming back -> watching movies or IPL and then gossiping till bed time. And of course Friday Saturday mandatory alcohol.

I am good friends with them and want them to be by my side but what I want more is that I have flatmates whom i can learn from, with whom i can discuss ideas and with whom i can build something. But how do i find these people? What should i do so that i get in a company where 5 people around me take me higher in life. Need some guidance. Anybody?

PS- Obv I care about my friends and in my opinion wherever i live, i can go back to them whenever i want.

Flatmate Dilemma

Investor

Hi All. I wanted to ask people who have either good salary packages, or have an idea how to get one.

What field is currently offering good packages, and what learning path would you suggest for a novice learner to earn it?

I am focussing on myself here (CS grad but not interested in intensive coding like SDev), but let this post help anyone who feels a bit unguided and cant figure out what they would do instead of their current job.

Path to earn a good salary.

Business Analyst

1. Prepare for meetings one day before.
2. Think like you are the CEO of the project.
3. Choose your battles

What is the best advice you've received from your mentor?

Software Developer

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

What is that one piece of advice you’d give your younger self or someone who’s starting off now after working for a few years. 

Mine would be that despite the hunger to prove yourself always take the time off to enjoy your success both personally and with people close to you. 

Time is something you’ll never get back.

One advice you’d give yourself now after having a few years of work exp

Assistant Manager

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

If I would summarize success or failure in my life it has always been about being at the right time at the right place or being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I have seen people possessing the same skills yet failing to succeed just because they weren't there the moment they were needed. Even guys with below average skill succeed because they said the right thing at the right time. If one can analyse the situation and make the right call then they have already succeeded.

Right or Wrong?

Is it all about timing?

Frontend Engineer

Recently i was talking to my senior just for fun and wanted to see what exactly is this whole thing

So he paid xxx Rupees to the person for a Call 1:1 and he asked if I'm having 2.5yrs exp I need to switch to faang
This guy '22 Passout says I will give you a roadmap for 6 months you need to pay 23,xxx Rupees I will give you a referral in my faang (He is in one of them) I have the roadmap I will make sure you learn LLD 
My senior has 2.5 exp in a startup that was listening to him and eventually said I'll think about it and ended the call

Someone who has just entered is giving advice like they have worked for 5-6 years
I've seen students in college start topmate and they are in top1% stuff
Do these things are really required 
And Ego of those is such high 
They are not realising achieving faang is part of life not the whole life

The Topmate Scam!

Topmate is the kind of scam where 3rd year B.Tech student is giving a PM course for 4500₹ to a 8 yoe Infosys Sr. Engineer. 🤣😅🤷‍♂️

Engineering Manager

Hi guys I seriously want to change my job but don’t know how to go about it. Currently I am working as data engineer but my most of the work is monitoring etl loads. I interviewed at few places but wasn’t able to crack them. I want to switch to a good company but don’t know how to start preparation,, I connected with few people on LinkedIn and those people sent me their top mate link. Is there no one who can help for free ?

Wanted some guidance

Data engineer

I know it’s a very common question, and impossible to know or answer.
But curious how you folks here rationalize the meaning of life.

Add your age if that’s okay, for good measure

For me: I’m 27, my life’s purpose (or so I think) is to build something that helps a whole lot of people have a better life. And it is to make the people around me - family, friends, strangers happier (the scale of which depends on how successfully I pull this off).

Whats yours? Would love to engage on this :)

Thread: What do you feel is your life’s purpose?

Do you really need one? 
 Existence is a gift, just enjoying it should be enough.

Founder

Corporate Strategist

Recently while working for an Indian startup I had a terrible experience, not because the entire team was bad but just the one person, the team lead treated me like shit.
Never left an opportunity to humiliate me publically, no appreciation, no feedback, no proactive help. Just pure toxicity. Is being a good person too much to ask from seniors? 
Fortunately for me, I never derived my self worth from him else I would've killed myself by now.

I am now planning to switch companies, and I want to know how to find and gauge good people beforehand? What can I do to make sure or atleast increase the probability of me being with good people? Is this even possible?

Anyone can share any anecdotes on their startup stints and their relationships with people there is also welcome.

How to gauge good people to work for in Indian startups?

Software Engineer

I have observed this( at least with my self) that whatever goals you set for your self ( X salary, Y net worth etc etc.) once you're there it becomes ordinary extremely fast and it starts feeling normal again and on you go towards the next milestone.
I was wondering when does this end? Do any of you have reached a point where you don't have the lust for more? You're happy with what you have? 
Did you do something actively to make that mindset? Or were you a "satisfied with what you have" kind of a person all your life?

How do you fight the consistent dissatisfaction?

Backend Engineer

I am interested in specializing in fullstack development with modern tech stack, nextjs, prisma, postgresql, shadui. My current project has over a million loc, ancient tech stack though: java struts, weblogic. Build time takes around 2 hours and running it locally is a 8 point story task everytime. 

I have been trying my best to learn on the side. Have also built some projects but I need to be more fluent.

Only my debugging skills and code navigation has improved and that too has peaked.

I am now feeling stuck. Coming from office tired and then I feel guilty for not having learned on the side because I am mentally tired in office.

Can anyone suggest how they dealt with this kind of problem or if my perspective is wrong

Stuck in ancient tech project

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Over the past couple of weeks that I have been on GV, seeing far too many career advice asks, especially from recent or near future graduates. Decisions seem to be at the crossroads all the time.

My view on career shaping, after wading through the career waters for as long as I have:

A Career is Lived Forward but Understood Backwards.

Don't overthink your current situation(s), be a consistent learner and grab the breaks & opportunities that you get. 

Almost all successes that you see around you are "Right place, Right time".  Luck plays an inordinate role in your successes, but you need create your luck - create the environment and momentum for things to come your way.

Career Shaping & Roadmaps

How important is having a mentor in today's fast-paced work environment? Have you had success as a mentor or mentee?

People who have mentors/are mentors, how has it worked out for you?

When I look outside my room I feel sad. I can see grey skies of Delhi. It is so cold. No one to hug or embrace.

My heart Is hurting a lot. I dont know why.

I worked so hard. I spend 10-12 hours at work and I have no time for friends and family. I also make good money (86LPA/6YOE). I have no time to spend this money. 

My family is happy with me because I am successful. My gf is happy with me because I can afford her lifestyle and give her nice gifts and experiences.

I am borderline depressed. All my friends are from work. I feel like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho.

what is your deepest Regret in 2023?

I have been following the Indian startup scene for a while now, and I have to say that I am not impressed. It seems like most of the startups here are nothing more than people chasing quick bucks and the entire scene is a circlejerk of people doing everything, attending these stupid conferences and gatherings than actually building something game-changing.

Every founder is chasing nothing more than a valuation just so they can exit and there’s nothing wrong with it but don’t sit on a moral high ground talking about building business etc. There’s a reason we don’t see startups here penetrating west because most of the founders in the Indian ecosystem reek of ego and it’s all because we don’t judge business on merit but based on the degree the founders have. We all can count stupid startups draining money all because they are from some IIT or IIM or now some fancy degree from Ivy and yes it takes effort and hard work to reach there. Still, it automatically doesn’t translate to you naturally being better than a guy working his ass off to make up that difference.

Also, just because you used your dad’s money to start a 'Venture Firm or be an angel investor after college doesn’t mean you’re an expert at everything. You’re just adding to the noise and the hype that is already too much in this space. You’re not helping anyone but yourself and your ego.

So a friendly reminder can we all actually focus on building things based on hard work and merit instead of glorifying this circlejerk. Can we stop being obsessed with funding rounds and valuations and start being obsessed with solving real problems and creating value for customers and society? Can we stop being influenced by the media and the hype and start being influenced by the data and the feedback? Can we stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution?

Startup scene being a complete circlejerk.

Product Manager

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

I am a fresher doing b.tech in cse, I don't have a job right now, my previous company declined thr joining due to which I was not able to apply for other jobs coming on campus. My friends got job somewhere, I feel very disappointed in myself and I can't see my family lower their expectations in me. Mentally I am not in the state to do anything, I think my life is falling apart although it didn't even start. I am lacking motivation, I cry all the times thinking what will happen now. My father is retired, he's getting old, I want to give him that luxury and things but I can't get success thay easily. I am struck at the lowest point in my life. Even my friends are not helping me. I don't share my feelings with anyone. I don't know what to do should I look for a job or start preparing for MBA or MS in USA. I know this point came in life of many people, please help out I can't see myself going anywhere.

Don't have a job and going to graduate in 1 month

So, just to be clear, I have no grudges against the people, but basically I don't like the core idea of doing a paid "guidance or mentorship" session. Examples being career guidance or famous resume reviews on Topmate

See, The very basic idea of asking for guidance is that you are in a vulnerable state and someone 'helps' you out by sharing their experience & giving back to the community in that way. This entire concept is thrown away when you Charge Money for it, it's no longer a help relationship - I can understand people are busy and have less time for mentorship, but that doesn't justify charging for it

There is another tangible problem in my opinion. When you Charge for a guidance session, it gives a transactional outlook for you - As in you never want to go really deep into conversations because it's a paid one time thing and as soon as your 30 minutes is gone, you have earned your prize. I know it's difficult to describe in words but when you do something for 1-time money, it's very difficult to not have a purely transactional perspective to it . This is something I have personally observed when I used to be in a competitive activity & did paid mentorship Sessions.

There is also a 3rd issue of inexperienced people giving out paid gyaan on issues which they don't have an idea of (I saw someone looking for their first full time job and yet running paid "career guidance" session on Topmate) but lets keep that for another day

ps : This is not against People whose job is advisory, that's a much more formal relationship by nature & there are enough checks and balances.

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