Hi fellow grapeviners, have you attended YS TechSpark? I am planning to attend one from an engineer’s pov. Mainly looking for new tech products, their journey, networking, learning from solo preneu...

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Hi fellow grapeviners, have you attended YS TechSpark? I am planning to attend one from an engineer’s pov. Mainly looking for new tech products, their journey, networking, learning from solo preneurs and more.

The tickets are priced as below:
4k for single
3.5k each if purchased for 2 folks
3k each if purchased for 5 folks together 

If you have attended any of the earlier sessions, please share your experience. 

Also, if you’ve already attended one in the past and planning to attend this one, we can team up and buy in discounts 😉

Is YourStory TechSpark worth the ticket price?

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Has anyone of you have attended or know of TechSpark by Yourstory?

About me: I am a developer with love for developing software products. I have worked at startup earlier and looking forward to Techspark primarily from angle of getting the nerve of current startup product space, getting to know of new developments and guidance from networking or fireside chats. I’ve been working remotely and twitter has been the only source of updates for me, expecting a reality check and some exposure by meeting REAL people from this event.


Any reviews from you all will be very much helpful.

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There is an event happening in Bengaluru " the biggest generative AI conference in India" on 1st and 2nd February 2024. Anyone has any plans of attending the event? 

PS: I was little shocked looking at the price of event.

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Have 2 tickets of tech roast show happening on Friday evening. I cannot attend the show because of some work.

Let me know if someone is interested?

Tech roast show tix!

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Anyone attending this on 4th May in Bangalore https://events.yourstory.com/devsparks

Dev spark event

Computer Operator

I'm 24M Gujju.
Software Engineer (3YOE)
Ticket price is 1400/-

Have to ask here as all of my friends are busy with their boring life and no one wants to come.

Let me know if you are interested, it will be fun.
Tickets booking opened today only and not sure how long before it gets sold out.

P.S - Ik its a little early to book tickets for something that is 5 months away but thats the only option it seems if you want to attend.

Anyone wants to join me on 16th nov - Prateek Kuhad, Pune show?

I am running a bootstrapped B2C startup, and our Product(app) is in the market, the domain is pure tech, like productivity tools for end users, One thing we are facing problem is acquiring users, as our product is not based on dopamine release we are unable to get good organic growth, I have tried google and Facebook ads but conversion is very slow and not good, as we have also marketing budget concerns due to bootstrap.
Here is more detail of our product: https://grapevine.in/post/2cd2f9d5-b706-4fc2-b13a-33395eca3b6b
I need some actionable advice from fellow tech-enthusiastic people, on how to get users.

PS: We are based in India, and we are providing our APP is free.
Regards
Bootstrapped Founder

We are building Data-Oauth, the next version of Oauth/Public SSO. We are first creating a Data Repository from the existing online footprint, then storing this data in Data Pods, and then creating a lot of User-generated Data packets, where users can transfer their data/interests with their consent to other platforms.
As this is uncharted territory, I want some feedback and suggestions on this.
PS: Thanks in Advance.

Hello guys need some feedback on stealth Product(Data-Oauth) - Grapevine

Need Advice to Get Users for my B2C startup.

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The job market has not been good for the last 12-15 months, but organisations around are offering good severance to their employees and aiding them for their next steps. But UC conducts "performance reviews" twice a year, which is basically a platform for managers to wage a personal vendetta against the "low performers"(read: people who don't suck up to them). And hence, they strategically 'ask people to leave', in return of making sure that terms like 'fired', 'laid off' would not be associated with them. So, people put in their papers, and serve the one month notice without working, and get that salary as their 'severance'. 

Leadership team goes on to boast the fact that there hasn't been any layoffs in the company. Well, fair, because one needs to own the fact that they've laid people off, and funnily enough one of the UC values is 'ownership', and managers do OWN the indifference to the sudden absence of a certain team member from meetings. 

Apparently, people perform fine till the time these half yearly reviews are conducted, because there isn't any concern about their performances in the regular one-on-ones with the managers, but cometh the review, cometh the concerns with performance. Managers nit pick over employees not responding within 15 minutes to their messages. Also, there isn't a 360° view of performance, so your peers, who work much closer to you don't have a say in your performance.

UC brags a 'meritocratic' culture, and rightly so, where ones merit is their ability to show their work as 10x of what it actually is, appearing to be busy with a completely packed calendar, and always saying yes to whatever manager says, even if it means bending over backwards for them. 

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Urban Company - A spineless org with hypocrite leadership & incompetent middle management

Software Developer

Acknowledge Your Feelings:
Accept that you are lonely or have a monotonous life and you need to make the change.

Don't hide behind "I'm an introvert", no you are just lazy and you are ok with living the shitty life, you just want spoon feeding, nothing else.
Be Open to New Experiences. It's all about initiatives, you have to take risks and put yourself in uncomfortable situations.

Do following at least once per week:
Have lunch/dinner/ outside your house.
Watch a movie in the theatre instead on your laptop.
Work from a cafe. Talk to a stranger.
Play a sport/game, you don't have to be good at it. Many people just play for fun.

Find events:Just google "events near me" or "events in bangalore" etc.
Give priority to physical in person experiences instead of digital ones.

Explore your surroundings, go for a walk in the morning or evening, take out time, talk to your neighbours.
Reach Out to Colleagues or Alumni, we all have active fiends, get in touch with them.

Take Classes or Workshops, even if you are not interested. 
Don't hesitate to spend money on experience, see money as investments, not expenses.  
Don't self reject: means don't think about what would happen and just at home, anyway you aren't doing anything.

People took initiatives to start groups & clubs, either start one for your area of interest, or join one.
Practice Self-Care and Stay in Touch with Loved Ones: you know what that means.

All this would impact your personal & professional life as well. You will stop blaming your job/manager/colleagues and accept that you were the problem, it's your choice to change your life.

If you don't do any of this and still cry about your life, hope you know that "nobody cares about your shitty life, nobody is going to come save you, you are on your own and survival of the fittest". If you don't put in the effort, you deserve whatever shitty place you are at.

It might not be as easy, but don't let yourself take advantage of you.

Framework: How to not feel lonely in a new city!

Senior Software Engineer

Have received a quote that they charge close to 80K bucks. Do companies even recognise such programs during recruitment? Would love to hear your experience on the same. 

Founders, Marketing Directors, Hiring Managers - What are your thoughts?

Is GrowthX Overrated?

Hey guys! Conquest is BITS Pilani's startup accelerator.

Our top 13 startups, selected from 2000+ applications pan-India, will be pitching to a jury of top investors for investment on Sunday, 13th August at The LaLiT Ashok, Bengaluru.

There will also be a couple of panel discussions on relevant topics, with panelists like Raghu G (Co-founder, Zolve and TaxiForSure), Abhishek Goyal (Co-founder, Tracxn) and Sameer Brij Verma (MD, Nexus Venture Partners).

The audience will be composed of investors, operators and other active members of the Indian startup ecosystem.

You can apply to be considered as an attendee of the event (free of cost 😀) here:

Conquest: Demo Day '23 is the Grand Finale of the 19th edition of Conquest BITS Pilani (conquest.org.in), presented by Westbridge Capital. The Demo Day is scheduled to take place on August...

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Is it worth attending this event for early stage bootstrapped startups? I have typically observed that large gathering events have very little relevant interactions and a lot of noise! Can someone share any tips to navigate such events?

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Is there anyone who enrolled to Pesto Tech? Is it worth joining? (Fee 1.8lacs) How was your experience?

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Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I bet most users here are engineers but who are the other professionals? 
You can mention something like “Role @ Industry name”. Mention company if you’re comfortable 

I’ll start.

Program Manager @ BFSI

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You will see mostly   
    
 > 95% Techies   
 > Most staying in Bangalore   
 > Most staying near HSR layout   
 > Most earning 25 to 30 LPA min 
 > Most wanted to become APM/PM with 0YOE and expecting 1CR per annum cash component

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