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Most cursed Career ever

Most cursed Career ever- Grapevine

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Graduated from a Tier 1 MBA, got into a rando role very early on during placement (think Day0). Totally messed up job change during covid (pay reduction), and suffered more with family issues. I am probably earning a lot lesser than my average batchmate, and not at a good designation (or skills) either.
Trying to get back on track with my career via consulting or Category role in startups. Need advice on how to get there. Getting rejected by most consulting cos (even big4) and startups on online portals while applying.

Fucked up my career what to do

Project manager

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In the buzzing tech hub, beneath the facade of innovation and progress, lies a silent struggle that often goes unnoticed—the battle against work stress in the IT, sales, and software fields. For many professionals aged between 35 to 45, each day brings forth challenges that extend far beyond coding and development.

One of the most daunting foes faced is the relentless grip of office politics.

Adding fuel to the fire is the unyielding pressure of high-stakes projects and tight deadlines. Working over weekends and stretching beyond regular hours have become the norm rather than the exception, leaving little room for personal time or restorative breaks.

Compounding these challenges are the grim realities of stagnant career growth. Despite dedicating years to their craft, many professionals find themselves stuck in a rut, with no significant salary hikes or promotions in sight. The once-promised ladder of success seems elusive, raising questions about job stability and fueling fears of sudden layoffs. This toxic cocktail of factors is taking a toll not just on careers but on health as well. The once youthful faces are now marked with premature grey hairs, and the constant stress is a ticking time bomb for heart attacks and other cardiovascular issues. Mental health struggles, from anxiety to burnout, have become all too common, silently plaguing the minds of those who bear the weight of these burdens. After all these real struggles, then come the layoff's and questions: Why did you leave your last job? 

Stop office politics and unnecessary pressures; learn leadership skills first before you manage someone. This post is written in light of the recent incident where a fellow quit his job with "Dhol and Dance" to start his own venture into fitness training. I am not supporting the act or trivializing his pain. I am just trying to make the point that office pressure is real and unbreable. Be human first.

The Real Silent Struggle: Unveiling the Dark Side of Software Profession

Lawyer

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I'm from the cursed batch , 2024 which is about to end within 2 months , after I'll be at home with no placements in hand , it's all my fault coz I didn't study, I have just 7.02 cgpa and college didn't even shortlist my name , so instead of having a year gap , should I do mtech from local college so that side by side I can grind req skills 
Like there are 2 sides of this 
First one , having a gap (let's say 6 months) and trying hard off campus to crack a company.
Second one , doing mtech from local college, and in that time period trying to get off campus, why off campus, it is obvious local college= no placement
Now gate preparation also req time , and this year gate exam has already been done . So waiting for the next gate exam will be no point .
Thanks in advance 🙏

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I am deeply worried, to the extent of feeling depressed, about my career trajectory. I feel I made a mistake by switching tracks via doing an MBA with 10 yrs exp. I was a QA for a decade and tried a lot to break into PO roles( worked in a product based org on mobile apps for 6 years). It did not work and the director of PM advised me to do the one year fulltime MBA. Not sure why I gave in to his advice, but I gave GMAT and began with an 18 month Full time program at a Tier-1 Bschool. Cracked placement in the first go but got into IT services( not in WITCH), and now I am stuck being a PMO for a client.
Even when I look at my resume, I see a crappy profile, everything is disjointed and makes no sense now. No wonder I get no calls.
I don't want to go back to QA, this Project Management work is shitty( cannot see any learning happening, but the client is happy so I'm stuck in this project. )
I want to move to PM, thinking maybe CSPM can help, not sure where I am headed. 
Any guidance for this middle aged dinosaur 😞

Lost career graph( long post)

Program Manager

Thinking of taking a break for approx 1/1.5 years from tech, and trying for UPSC / PSC. Wanted to understand how hard would it be to get back in corporate after the gap ? If someone has successfully tried and can share their experience, it would be really helpful.

Taking a break

Software Developer

Cursed Jokes

Data engineer

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I want to learn about product management and switch my career path. Can someone please suggest the some useful and good resources to learn and how is the market for a product manager now?

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Senior Engineer

I completed education from tier 1 colleges (MBA and Engineering both from coveted IIM and IIT). After MBA, I joined Wall Street bank and life was really good. Was enjoying the perks of a MNC although the work was also excruciating but was an overall good experience.

Left it for a startup (fast growth kida in me led this decision). Worked in the startup across multiple roles, learned a lot of new things. Tried staying away from office politics and earned a good name in the circle. But growth (read pay) was not that enticing and was not growing hence decided to leave. Was naive enough to quote this reason to business head and HR as well. Obviously it didn't go well with anyone.

Joined startup2, changed cities and joined it. The role was similar, although my manager was an epitome of a toxic manager. Was doing good but he always was able to find some or the other mistake in my work. If he would not find any mistake then he would suggest some tangential hypothesis and then reprimand me for not thinking about it. Was so toxic that I didn't take leave when my wife was hospitalized and giving birth to our child.
Tried doing everything possible but couldn't save the job and got laid off in the 1st lay off wave.

Was shattered. Confidence was at rock bottom. Tried searching for roles. Luckily I got into startup3 who had remote work at that time. Although I joined the marketing team (which was not at all related to my previous work) thus creating a mess of my profile.
Worked hard but in a "restructuring" exercise got laid off again.

Within a year 2 lay offs with random work and no concrete direction in work. 
Now searching for roles but not able to find anything suitable as I was in non-core roles and in this difficult time everyone is looking for cheap resources with 1-3 yoe and not looking for 7+ yoe with generalist profile.

Contemplating starting from zero in Marketing or learning coding/Data science so that can start my career again with right basics.

I fucked up my career

Growth Manager

Curses*

Founder

Hi community,
Wanted to know why MNCs give priority to hire girls over deserving folks?
Got multiple calls and messages from juniors both from college and others that companies are hiring in the ratio of 8 girls to 1 boy. 

Is there any specific thing that the companies gain by this? 

Really saddened by this current scenario, first this reservation scenario, and now this diversity shit.

Seems like it is a curse to be born as a General Male in this country.

Why does this diversity thing exist?

Software Engineer

I understand that they pay less and it's a sweatshop type atmosphere in these companies, but all these influencers are making people believe that sitting idle without work is better than joining these companies. I feel that especially students and freshers are getting influenced into thinking that they have to get 40+lpa packages and if they don't, then it's their fault they should purchase some shitty course that influencers are peddling. Some influencers have even said that joining WITCH might even harm peoples' career. Is this true or far from reality?

Why so much hate against WITCH companies?

Currently RPA Blueprism developer with overall 10 years in IT and 4 years in RPA.what should I learn next to advance my career or look for a remote job.

Should I go with RPA and devops or any others you might think of.

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RPA Developer

Does the Amazon career portal even work properly? Has anyone got any interview calls / communication lately in Marketing/ Category profiles ?

If yes , what was the process like and what worked ?

Amazon Careers

Category manager

What job did you have that was completely unrelated to your degree?

Career Path Detours

I want to change my work profile as I am not enjoying my work any more. Is it wise to use the referral portal and look at jobs at same band or a band below? 

I

Learning and development

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I have done btech in CSE and currently working in TCS but I want to enroll in post graduate program as IT professional what should I choose for PG courses for good earning in future.
Suggestion is highly appreciated 🙂 Please

Systems Engineer

Hi, I am currently working as a graphic designer at a company in Bengaluru It is my first job, and I a learning a lot from there but web development is what gives me that kick. Right now I am 21 and money is not an important factor for me but after 3 to 5 it will be and I don't see getting a good salary where I am currently working. It's been 7 months I haven't received a single increment whereas my responsibility has been increasing significantly. I have been coding for almost a year and still working on it after work. Right now I am very confused should I devote my time completely to coding, I am not from an engineering background does it make it harder to get job in that field.

Confuse about career ?

Hello,
Have anyone done a transition from one technology to another technology. I am currently in RPA domain and it’s seems it doesn’t have potential for a good package (Above 30LPA) due to which I am planning to shift to azure data engineering role. Could you please help me out with the learning tutorials url and challenges in this roles. Work exp. 9 years

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I am working at very small green energy startup from Norway  as head of analytics , remote working . We are building data stack from scratch and then build analytics and Ai . Wlb is good , salary is good and environs is superb . The company has no data culture , very less data , no data literacy , no scale . I am getting panic attack that I am not doing good cutting edge work , boring work . People in Indian startup like Swiggy flipkart are doing next generation of work in dl and llm . My career is finished and I don’t know what to do . Experience 18 yoy 1.3 cr tc

My career over

Data scientist

I think I have an hypothesis of what’s the root cause of the toxicity at workplaces. Especially startups, but this theory should be extended to big companies as well.

Step 1: Putin starts the war

Step 2: Inflation increases, to combat it federal reserve of USA increases interest rates

Step 3: the capital in the funding eco system(vcs) gets diminished, because they don’t have access to low interest money.

Step 4: company ceos start to do layoffs, starts putting pressure on teams to reduce the audit findings, release things quickly etc

Because you need to make money to survive

Step 5: directors (tech and product) start putting pressure on Engineering managers

Step 6: Engineering managers and product owners start putting pressure on us(normies), where our estimates get challenged, work will be micro managed or hyper optimized to the point you feel like you are not respected nor you opinion.

You start to think whether it’s really worth staying here or you need to find a different job.

Then you find that no one’s really hiring or the ones that are hiring are lowballing you.

You cannot really quit, because you have monthly EMIs and don’t really have a runway.

You become disengaged with work, and start doing the bare minimum to stay float.

At this point, the pressure you have been getting increases because the expectations are high, but you don’t care anymore

Now you are burned out, and you really start thinking if you chose the right career.

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