I am a senior manager in a software company, in my 40s , in the cloud operations domain. I have no post grad ,no certs , and playing a people leader role, no technical knowledge (i am technically i...

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I am a senior manager in a software company, in my 40s , in the cloud operations domain. I have no post grad ,no certs , and playing a people leader role, no technical knowledge (i am technically inclined but have not made learning tech my priority),  I feel like I am not employable if I get fired. I feel like I need to do something to get employable, what can I do?

Over paid

Operations Manager

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What do you think guys is it always the best idea 😜 ?

" Go with the flow "

Cloud Engineer

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Hello corporate "hustlers,"

I am one of you, but my hustle is filled with a lot of chaos. I'm reaching out for help as I’ve been trying to figure things out for the last few years, and now it’s high time I sought advice here.

I belong to the COVID-19 batch and graduated in journalism and mass communication from Chandigarh University. During the pandemic, our business suffered great losses, and currently, I am the only one earning for my family. I've been extremely unlucky with jobs and now feel exhausted and ready to quit. In the last three years, I’ve worked with four different companies, lasting a maximum of 7-8 months at each. Presently, I am employed at a company where I have to monitor campaigns 24/7. My teammates and I constantly face hate and pressure from management to either quit or deliver results.

Imagine this: my salary is 40k, but my monthly revenue target is close to 1 crore. It’s a terrible situation. I have to create subpar campaigns on Google AdWords to generate traffic and clicks. Sometimes, we’re even asked to use provocative images to attract an audience. There’s no control over things—it’s purely luck-based right now, and we get blamed every day.

I want to change my job, but every company rejects me due to my experience and short tenures. They want someone who has been stable in their roles. I don’t know what certifications to pursue, what skills to learn, or who will hire me after doing all this. I am tired of this. Can someone please help me with any suggestions or guidance?

Thank you.

Help !!

Digital Marketer

I have been working with Infosys for past 5years(total exp) and my current salary is 20LPA CTC. I work on Apple projects and the work has become repetitive over the last three years, primarily focusing on Java, Spring, Microservices, and Elasticsearch. I really want to join a product company now, for better compensation and more engaging work, but I’m uncertain how to proceed. 
I’ve just been writing APIs and scheduled jobs, and at this point I think I know nothing beyond it. The thought of facing the interview processes of tech giants for senior roles is daunting.  
Where should I start from? How do I regain my competence?

How do I get out of my career stagnancy? HELP

Software Developer

I was recently impacted by layoff and having 20yrs of exp into application support and service management with last 10yrs grown into a middle management role(limited tech hands-on and no dev experience nor CS background)

While I am financially ok atm and can manage staying at home for next 12-24 months, I am not financially independent yet. its getting too boring and I want to get back into some sort of work routine as I am keen on retirement yet.

Challenges I am seeing with finding a new opportunity:

- The job market seems to be quite restricted for senior roles with that experience
- Few that came across were at a substantial low salary.  
- Some others required significant hands-on experience 

Thought process::

- While salary is not a major concern, I am not sure if I makes sense to take a pay cut.
- Given the speed of tech changes, not sure what kind of learning/certification would be helpful
- Even if I do tech self-learning, lack of practical hands-on seems to be a drawback
- At 40+ while I am open to work hard and learn, i view is to find a job and learn into it , rather than other wat round

Any guidance/pointers would be appreciated. As would any leads/introductions on suitable opportunities you know of.

What next at 40+

Start a hotel of your own or a small CCD why work in boring mncs

Analyst

I have over 15 years of experience working in IT and feel stuck here with no growth. At this juncture I am worried if I can get any offers outside as my skills are not great and I feel someone with around 5 years exp can do. Most of the work I did is a middle man work between business and developers either a lead or manager etc. any suggestions? On what path should I choose?

Feel stuck please help

Engineering Manager

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I am a PM at an edtech startup. The company is not doing well and my boss is not a good leader. Although company has a runway of 2 years. For the past 3 months I have been doing program management. No product management related work at all. No one appreciates you here. It's mentally challenging to work here. No road map for myself. No appraisal. I'm just going on the job for salary. For the past week, I have been thinking about quitting and taking a break. Then look for a job. I know the market is tough but I have runway for 4-5 months. I have a total of 3 years of Product experience. 

What should you guys suggest. I really need your help here.

Should I quit my job?!

Product Manager

I am a senior software engineer with 6 + yoe mainly into backend (java and golang tech stack).

I am currently serving my notice period with no offer in hand.(my last day is April 30)

I have applied and given interviews to almost 12 companies and failed after clearing 2 or 3 rounds.

I feel that I am losing confidence in my skills when I face such rejection even though I shouldn't.

I feel like whatever answer I give during interviews is wrong and I constantly try to lookup the internet in the middle of interviews in fear of getting rejected.


Even though I know things very well I try to validate it and then mug up whatever is written on the internet and whenever a new question is asked which I haven't seen earlier where I would be required to think , i blank out.


This has never happened to me earlier.. I need some advice on how do I keep confidence in my skill and start solving things on my own.

Looking for advice

Backend Engineer

What to do when you are not satisfied with your current salary because you feel the quality and quantity of work you do is not worth it and your supervisor is playing around and not in favour of giving any financial growth even after good performance and you are not getting any opportunity outside having around 9yrs of experience in HR Operations. You feel very low and disappointed working like this. He is taking advantage of everything, not letting you apply for internal job openings also. What to do in this case?

Not happy with the salary

Human Resources

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What to do after 45+ age if a company doesn't consider me as a productivity

At present i feel like I’m struck in my career. Was just thinking of upskilling in different areas rather than my current tech (Pega platform- a nocode low code bpm tool) . Its been 2years in same company started as a fresher. I feel like i need to shift to other company but problem is i didn’t upskilled upto the mark in different domains and for shifting in cueerent domain my company is best in market for using pega.

Just need some advice. TIA

Over paid

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