Pls Help me in getting clarity about my career/life

- I recently given my final year exams of B.tech (cse) in June 2024. - Currently working remotely as fullstack engineer intern from last 4 months (25k stipend p.m), will get final decision about PPO in August. - after working I don't really like the culture of the company and I am also not seeing any growth in this company, so I have made my mind to not work at here any more. - at the same time I am feeling that I have lost my interest in programming , I don't know why but the idea of growing as a software developer in career i.e sde1->sde2....tech lead -> CTO is not exciting to me right now. - I come from very humble background, I am the first graduate in my family, I have done B.Tech by taking education loan of (4.95lakh), I have no senior whom I can talk to about my situation and who can genuinely guide me . - my family financial condition is very poor, I have 2 siblings who need money for their education as well, I need money to eliminate the daily unnecessary financial worries/disputes in my family. - I enrolled into Btech in 2020 by seeing all the high packages people are getting right after college , so I thought the career prospects are good after doing Btech in cse , apart from this I always had this thought of doing my own venture sometime in future and I thought business knowledge can be gained easily than the techincal knowledge so let's first gain the hard to acquire knowledge i.e technical (programming) because in today's age every business is a tech first business. - I had initial plan of getting a high paying job (1lakh/month) ,improve my family financial situation, save money in order to invest in my ventures and create secondary sources of income and then leave my job - but now I have realised that I had started out with a wrong goal in the first place ,(my assumption was that once I get a high paying job as sde I will only work for 9-5 and rest of the time will be spend on side hustles(investing,real estate,ventures etc)) - this is not the reality in my current understanding, as due to competition I need to spend all my time and energy on one thing in order to get success. - the idea of spending all my time and energy to become a good sde looks limiting to me as in future it will only open doors to sde roles and I will not get roles where I can contribute to the business side (which I am interested in) - my loan repayment will start from from next year June. - I want roles where I can contribute directly to the business side of company, roles that give me the real insights about the market (i.e business analyst, data analyst, consultant, P.M etc) - when I think of leaving what I am currently doing and prepare for such roles I got horrified by the idea of starting from scratch , and not getting the new job role timely before my loan repayment starts . What should I do pls guide me as a mentor/big brother 🙏🏻 . . . .

Dezi Carmden

HERE Technologies

3 months ago

Let me be honest with you, you lack patience. I have same background and situation as yours 3 years ago. But the only difference we have is I love programming, I was able to secure a good job in covid situation.. My first CTC was 7.6 , second switch I jumped to 15 and just now I have received an offer for 26 but I am staying at my current org because I like being here and they promised to bridge the gap.. Just be confident in whatever you do, you have to come out of your comfort zone ( that you will get everything you imagined ). Be pragmatic, not always things go as planned. Accept it that you are financially weak, you have siblings to take care of.. This is what elder brothers/sisters are for.. Don’t judge yourself by comparing with your peers, everyone’s life is different.. Buckle up!! Everything will be fine and you will be proud of yourself when you look back.. Sacrifices does pay off my friend!!

Blair Lee

Startup

3 months ago

Thanks for the advice. I really appreciate the time you took to write this reply. So according to you I should focus on becoming good at programming and growing in this career, right?

Aaron Lee

Startup

3 months ago

@WebbedVelvet ?

Coy Gabriel

PhonePe

3 months ago

work at this company for sometime. Save some money. That would be the best things as of now

Kalan Carmden

Startup

3 months ago

Thanks for the advice, I doing the same thing , but parallely searching for other sde roles at good company . Can you help me by sharing your experience of working at phonepe. And how should I prepare and put my focus on one thing to make the switch.

Jordon Olive

PhonePe

3 months ago

Work on DS Algo. You can search company parallely but I really don't think that leaving this company too soon would be good. If you are getting a great opportunity than fine but for 20-25% salary or little upside wouldn't make much sense. Career is big you can definitely switch after sometime don't be in hurry unless there is something very wrong with the company or you want to work in different sector and getting opportunity. Go slow, take your time, save money, learn here, prepare alongside and leave after 1-2 year or when you get a great opportunity.