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So I have my friend who joined this company X as a fresher for testing role, who's CTC is 8.5 lpa, but he wanna change after 2years and come back to SDE Role. So is it waste or you have to start fr...

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So I have my friend who joined this company X as a fresher for testing role, who's CTC is 8.5 lpa, but he wanna change after 2years and come back to SDE Role. So is it waste or you have to start from the rock bottom and call yourself a junior SDE and what about the pay? Will it change?

Tech guru's I know some of you may have faced same issues, I wanna know how this process will work out??

I need answers please!!!

I need answers please!!!- Grapevine

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AMA - 2 yrs SE + 9 yrs tech recruiter in product startups.

Growth Manager

I graduated in 2021 and have worked in startups across EdTech, Cloud Communication, and currently in FinTech at a Series A startup. After 1.6 years in my first role, I pursued a 23% pay increase but faced a layoff after 10 months. Now, despite my experience, I'm finding it challenging to secure interview calls for an SDE 2 position.

I currently work at a Series A startup where I joined after accepting a pay cut.(little above my first company ctc😢 and working for 7 months). My Job is really writing bunch of code but not designing or implementing any prominent systems as i am still SDE-1.

I'm genuinely seeking your advice:
1️⃣ How do frequent job changes early in one's career impact hiring decisions, especially in different tech sectors?
2️⃣ Given my tech skills and startup background, what strategies can I employ to strengthen my resume for an SDE 2 role?
3️⃣ How significant is the company's reputation when considering a move to a more established startups/MNCs?
4. Is it worth changing or should i continue but pay is low than previous and i am not doing any sde 2 level job.



Tech Stack: Java, Python, AWS, Flask, Springboot

(Homie Needs Help)Really want to switch is it worth it.

Software Developer

Hi fellas recently I have joined a company and i have been working with 18.5 lpa with 2.10 year of experience so wanted to know what I should pursue learning next to reach senior applications Engineer as currently im an applications Engineer

Tech stack - java backend 
Qualifications - M.Tech software engineering
I want to just reach 28 lpa by September next year with role of sde2 equivalent as i would be having 4 year of experiencel

career advice

How much salary a fresher software engineer deserves.....just interested in pov

Fresher SDE salary

I am a fresher and was assuming that from sde 1 to sde 2 my salary or ctc will at least become 1.75 to 2x of current. But recently came to know that even in promotion its just 10 to 20% increment. To get 1.75 or 2x you will have to switch.

Is it the same in most of the top tech companies?

Whats the average increment rate every promotion in tech?

Hello guys, I did alot of DSA in my college time (Tier 3 college), I got the highest marks in my DSA sem exams in my class and my professor was impressed with me, I gave leetcode contests, learned DSA from YT and so on. 

I got placed in a decent company with a 7.5 LPA package (while my best friend, who hardly knew DSA got a SDET role in a startup with 40 LPA), now after 2 years my pacakge is 10 LPA, I want to switch to a better company with good pay, I restarted practising DSA again but everytime I get stuck in some question and not able to solve it, it feels like I am wasting my time.

While in my job, I learned Angular, TypeScript and frontend dev (which interests me more than DSA, but I am too lazy to make my own side projects)

what should I do? should I stick on to DSA even though sometimes I just feel like I am wasting my time solving some random question which doesn’t justify anything about me? or beat my laziness and make some side projects with the frontend skills that I have?

any advice would help me. Thanks in advance.

I feel lost

I am a 2023 batch passout BE CSE, i worked in Newfold Digital company for 7 months in support  and now I have just joined tech Mahindra as Associate Software Engineer,

I want to know how should i move forward to get a 12lpa package.

I have worked on backed(java) 

Also considering current situation of AI, I would appreciate any comments other fields such as Deep learning or ML

How to get 12lpa sde job?

I am hearing that some companies are laying off again? So is this a good time to switch or just stay wherever I am. That being said, I am not happy with my CTC and looking for a hike. And my current CTC is ~26 so how much hike can I expect if I do a switch?

Is this a good time to switch for an SDE with 2.5 YoE

My friend is expecting an offer from Amazon at Support Engineer 3(L4) level, can anyone share any datapoints regarding salary for this role?

Current - 20 LPA Years of experience- 7

Amazon support engineer 3(L4) salary

Senior Engineer

I've recently got an offer from a Unicorn Startup, and they pay pretty well (My friends do work there) 
But I'm getting lowballed. They're offering only 50% of what they offer, and even after having so many calls, they're at max pushing it to 70%, which doesn't make sense to me. 
They are claiming my Current CTC & saying they can only offer a 30% hike. I don't even get that point. 
 I think ur new CTC shouldn't be based on your previous especially if you are already paying so much to others. Getting less than what my juniors are earning in the same position, baffles me. 

How do I move forward? I've clearly said that I'm only interested in this amount of money. At the same time, I feel it's better than what I make right now (not much better tho, because WFH vs WFO) I'm okayishhh with the work I do, but the brand name is also a valid concern (I do have a few brand names in my Resume, and that does actually impact) 

How do I push more? 
I've clearly told them that this is what you pay & they accept it but constantly raise my Current CTC as their brahmastra. Also, I don't like the tone she's talking with (repeatitvely making me feel inferior about current CTC & my less exp & all),  nor do I want to lose my temperament

Also one question, they've asked me for the Offer letter, and I have stupidly handed it to them. Is that a norm? What to do in that case next time? 
I already told them before interviewing how much base I'm expecting.. And they said it would depend on your interviews (where I'm a strong hire) & CTC. And now they're behaving weirdly. 

What to do!

How to negotiate?

I recently got placed in a good product based company and was assigned in Data Engineering team 1-2 weeks ago as an intern.

I always wanted to be a Software Development Engineer and I really like to develop applications, websites etc and I also really enjoy it. I even purchased an expensive system design book to learn and implement how they build scalable apps etc because I find it very interesting.

I never persued the data domain because I don't like stats and all the maths. Avoided AI/ML in college. Sure, I can work and learn about it in my free time, but I don't prefer it as a job right now.

I couldn't develop my interest in data engineering after researching about it online for hours. Yes, the stack is cool and different, they build pipelines and all but it looks boring to me. I also read few comments saying that freshers are rarely hired for this role and one should work as an sde for few years before switching to this domain, and also they are paid ≤ SDEs depending on the company.

What should I do now? Please guide me seniors🙏 Am I stuck in this forever or can I switch to SDE anytime I want? I am open to trying this role but then I am also scared that it'd may be too late or too hard to switch to SDE by then..?

P.s. This is my first job, never worked in a company before so I don't know how things work.

Got assigned in Data Engineering role as a fresher

I am evaluating a job switch some time and wanted to know the ideal range that is going into the testing community?

I4 years of SDET working at 25-30lpa as well as 5-6 years of QAs working at 15-20lpa bracket.

Just needed some guidance from the experts out here from QA/ SDET community.

What is the ideal CTC as a 11 year exp SDET into management role?

Engineering Manager

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Hi folks,I am planning to switch my company in 2 months.I have 4 yoe.Out of which I have 2 yoe in a service based company (support role).
And 2 yoe as ML Engineer at a start up.Currently I am upskilling on gen ai and mlops as well.

Current CTC :12 LPA(FIXED).

What should be the minimum I should expect?in my next switch.

Skills:
Pytorch and tensorflow,
Sklearn.
ML(classical algos)
Computer vision.
Image segmentation & object detection.
Open cv
Git
Docker


Thanks

Need to know the market value for my role.

Machine Learning Engineer

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

One of my friends got an offer during campus placements with a good base pay, later his offer was postponed without clear doj, now he got another offer after 8 months of struggle with a very low salary, now he is getting calls from different startups tho they are good paying companies due to his lower pay rn they are not willing to pay much, what should be the better option he should follow ? He is very good enough in tech among all of us and he is from tier 1 college...

Suggest a best path

I go first
Y0 - 14
Y1 - 17 ( appraisal)
Y2 - 32 (switch)

I need answers please!!!

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