Strategy & Operations

Data Scientist

I would work at a bakery (may be own one if possible) happily serving people with a smile on my face. Kids ❤️ would get a free muffin.

Lawyer

You would be serving sugar and temporary smile

Product Manager

Software Engineer

I would open a institute which would ask you to enroll for IGNOU engineering degree, a complete residential program where you would fall in love with computer science, teach you everything. Make project every quarter. Learn DSA, contribute to open source. Be the best software engineers. Along with that learn true Indian history. 
 Many will create their own startups, many will get high paying jobs. Everyone who graduates from this institute will be 100% industry ready engineers. 
 Just one condition you should not be qualified to get into tier 1 colleges to get admission.

This is pretty awesome, tbh. Should get more hearts!

Senior Product Manager

Marketing Manager

Same! I'd like to teach 
 And maybe do some handicraft work? Like wood carving or stone inlays

Communication

The one I am in right now. FML 🥲🥲🥲

On a serious note, teach Maths and Science (Physics) to children between 5th and 12th grade. Have done so in the past as well so I know it's doable for me 👍🏻

Security Engineer

Travel vlogger, won't really care about quality and just start putting out whatever content I want

A chef, bartender, a front office guy at a hotel, a waiter even. Basically anything in the hospitality industry where I can talk to a lot of people.

Same for me, plus a long distance taxi driver with borderless travel permit (if possible).. gives me both: meet new people + travel + driving (absolutely love driving)

Founder

Perfect, chauffeuring around is the best! ❤️

Growth Manager

I’ll train people and help them achieving fitness goals

Manual labourer. 100% 
 Getting physically tired makes everything else feel amazing. Food tastes better, sleep quality increases, even orgasms are way more intense. 
 Recovering from being physically tired gives you euphoria. 
 Recovering from being mentally tired gives you PTSD

Senior Consultant

Senior UX Designer

Yes me too, I dream myself as a forest ranger posted in some holly region. Sipping tea on my comfortable plastic chair. A stray dog sitting besides me.

Software Developer

UX/UI Designer

Marketing Creative

I would still love to go to office and not work at all. Just hang around and chit chat. I like my job, any job!!! Except for the work demanded.

Investment Manager

Why impact investing? Do you know of funds that make a good dent?

Corporate Strategist

Investment Associate

Cooking and R&D in Defense & Computing !!!

Product Engineer

Librarian, tour guide, barista, maybe a teacher

I'd have definitely been a farmer or a gardener.

Content Marketing Manager

Travel agent (suggestions/itenary/booking etc) in India 
 or Truck Driver in developed world.

Backend Engineer

Middle School Geography / Social Studies teacher.

Sales Manager

I'll go first: I would love to teach kids and write books in my free time :")

Hypothetical: If money wasn't a real problem, what low-paying job do you see yourself comfortably and happily doing?

Copywriter

Hypothetical: If money wasn't a real problem, what low-paying job do you see yourself comfortably and happily doing?- Grapevine

Recently, since last few years retire early has been a talk of the town. But I never understood the reason behind it. I mean, what are you going to do for the rest of your life. Isn't sitting on a couch or a beach and doing stuff which will not reciprocate in anyone's life too boring?

Why do people want to retire early in 30s?

Research Engineer

I have generally seen this either in reel / film life or real life, where people who love what they do, tend to be -
1. Much more happier / satisfied everyday
2. They give way more of themselves into the task not because someone demands it, but because they want to, they enjoy it
3. They constantly improve and be better at this thing
4. They aren't in it for the money. They don't do things or learn more or put more hours because it's paying them, they do it because of the love for the thing. Money is just an add-on

Do you guys have anything like this in life which you enjoy doing so much and can do it without thinking about the money you'd get. This thing shouldn't be something you consume, but something you produce, even if it helps 1 person out, still counts!

Eg. You do coding, learn new things in it, not because it pays you, but because it's what you love doing. You'd probably still keep doing it even if it doesn't pay you anything

What's the one thing you love doing without intention of making money out of it?

Consultant

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

What would you do differently in your life?

Comment below!

If you had enough money in your life so that you don't have to work for money, would you still do the same job you are doing?

What do you do outside of work? Are there any hobbies you genuinely love and don’t just do to pass the time? Do you have any secondary sources of income?

From what I have seen, most people in corporate lack ambition. They don’t have any passion, nor is there any will to do anything outside of work. While I completely agree there is nothing wrong with it, the sheer low percentage of people who are passionate about their life just astonishes me. Maybe I am expecting a lot and am wrong here. I wanted to know others’ opinions as well. What do you people think can be the reason?

Do you have any ambitions?

I actually don't want to climb any corporate ladders. I don't care about job titles and don't need any accolades. 
 I just want to have income to fund my lifestyle, not be depressed working with assholes, help other people and be around good humans. That's it.

As I'm entering a new stage of life, I'm starting to reevaluate my career priorities. In my 20s, I was all about climbing the ladder and chasing prestige. Now, I'm more focused on finding work that aligns with my values and allows for a balanced lifestyle. 

Have any of you gone through a similar shift? How did it change your career trajectory? And how do you define success for yourself now versus when you first started out?

Redefining success: How have your career priorities shifted as you've grown older?

Man, this hits home. I used to be all about the fancy title and corner office. Pulled 80-hour weeks, missed family events, the whole rat race thing.

Then my dad got sick last year. Spent a lot of time in hospitals, thinking about what really matters. Realized I couldn't remember the last time I took a real vacation or had dinner with my kids without checking emails.

Ended up taking a step back at work. Less pay, but more flexibility. You know what? I don't miss the stress. Sure, the ego took a hit at first, but I'm actually enjoying work now. Plus, I'm finally learning my kids' friends' names!

Success for me now? It's about having time for the people I love and work that doesn't make me dread Mondays. Still figuring it out, but dekhte hain baaki :)

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If you had an income of $150,000 a year and didn't have to work, what would you do with all the spare time?

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Hi everyone,

Apart from ur job what are you doing as side Hustles which can cover some decent amount of monthly expenses...

Side Hustles

Frontend Engineer

By plan, I mean 
- After what networth you want to FIRE?
- By what age you think you’ll achieve that Networth?
- How are you going to build that networth?
- What are you going to do after you FIRE?

Those who want to FIRE, what’s your plan?

10 crore 
 - current 7 crore  
 - will reach there in 1 year  
 - currently 37 yo and 1 kid  
 - will focus on teaching, coaching and freelance consulting

I would certainly be a music composer.

Also, would have an amazing restaurant outlet. 
It would also have an open air cafe which would serve various kinds of coffee and it would also have a cute live pianist. Wooden flooring, bamboo walls, itialian stone roofing and vanilla aroma. 


Agar koi mere muh pe 10cr maare toh abhi ke abhi chalu kar du yeh sab, lekin kya kare, gotta pick high-paying jobs order to build a financial assurance.

If money wouldnt matter, what creative profession would you choose?

Data engineer

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

like what do you want to achieve, what is your goal?

Why do you want to earn so much money(be rich)?

I just want to be debt-free, and feel like I can take a holiday once in a while, without worrying too much about how it could cripple me financially. 
  
 No tall ambitions, just want to have a happy life where money is not something I worry about on an ongoing basis.

My current salary is 42LPA. I am from IIT, have 7 years of experience and work in product. Honestly, my value in the market is higher than what I’m being paid but I am very demotivated to optimise for that. When I do see less deserving people minting more money, I feel that I am doing injustice to myself and playing the wrong hand.

More and more though, the thought of earning more money chokes me a bit. I have dreams of building something of my own - that gives me control to build something my way and freedom to live my life as per my terms. But the mindset of “zyada paisa pareshaani hai” doesn’t leave me.

My family also is not dependent on me and whatever is needed from my side, I actively contribute to. I also lack any motivation to focus on my investments and see my money grow. I just have money sitting around in my bank account purely for nothing

I also look at my lifestyle choices from time to time and go into existential debate of why we need the things that we do. This has come to a point where I really do not understand my relationship with money and why we earn and spend it. 

For me at this point, it’s just a show for the world. There’s very little that you need, and really no limit to what you want to show. And I just don’t see a point in it anymore.

I am demotivated to work to earn more money

Hey @Hungryninja  
 Extremely relatable and very beautiful write up 
  
 I get the trouble you face. When you’ve almost figured out what you like and what you don’t like (that money isn’t thaaat needle moving, I have basic needs) but at the same time, the opportunity cost of relaxing is too high - everybody from your batch will remind you of how far you can go, and the middle class boy in you will find it difficult to stomach letting go of all the money, even though you can make it  
  
 Went through this at one point. I have ultimately sided with money. I cannot sit back and relax. Money will only unlock a lot of foreign travel and good lifestyle for me. But more than that, I am lucky to be in a position that allows me to earn money easier than other people do. So I’ll make it, help extended family and people who cannot earn as easily, because at least in a country like India, it’s almost a responsibility. We’re not fucking Europe. 
  
 I’ll just not kill myself for it as much as I used to :)

Product Owner

I'm 24 f, and  a master's student ,the placement session has started in my college (Pune), The kind of roles we will be offering are data analyst ,risk associates and research related things , which means I'll have to work mostly on laptop and the problem is that i hate sitting in front of a box and working on it ( pls don't get offended .it's just my thing that i. Don't like computers and i completely understand it has revolutionized the world .so pls np offense ). THE main reason is I have a very low vision since my childhood , it's like i can only see upto a certain distance .but due to increase in laptop screen timing .it's getting worse .now I'm not able to see human facial expression even they are standing quite nearer to me . sometimes they pass a smile and i don't do .so they think that I'm rude .

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