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Thala for a reason

Lol 😂, this is Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD), not Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MSD). Please recheck facts and pay attention to detail

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There are times in our lives...be it at home/college/school/market/bus/etc.. when we feel embarrassed or awkward due to one or other reason.
Have you ever felt awkward/embarrassed (in any situation) at your workplace? If yes, share some tea. I'm all ears (in this case "all eyes" 😁).

Let's be awkward together!

Software Engineer

how many minutes are you able to study continuously before ADHD kicks in ?

how to last long while studying?

How long do you last ?

Senior Software Engineer

Ranting - Seriously after seeing this post by meesho, it hit my nerves, we have nothing dude in our NEW BIG office.

I saw many small companies have such play items to relax in between the work.
Goddamn it, for us, it's chai sutta bass. Khtm.

Aur haa, boring HR activity once in a month 🤦

What play stuff you have at your workplace?

I used to work at Meesho back in 2019 when they had an office in Koramangala. They had a cricket pitch and nets on the terrace along with every other games like TT, Fooseball. Etc. As a new joiner all these was amazing. For a month I played all of it and really had fun.  
  
 But that's it. A month. After that you get bored. Doesn't matter what the game is. Right now perks like these doesn't interest me. I want some perks like 15-20% hike for good performers, flexible work policies, year end leaves, decent amount of PTO and no micromanagement.  
  
 Point is don't get fooled by these in office perks. Culture and play areas are entirely different.  
 You love your job? That's amazing. But don't pretend to love it just because you have a fooseball table or indoor golf.

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It's the appraisal time of the year and we are preparing both notes and speech. How best can one navigate the conversation to always push for more ?

Product Owner

And I feel I am a dumb guy. The main thing is they have been very well educated, they have a ton of experience, every tiny detail about these people who I work with is so extraordinary and I feel like I am a dumb guy who is not even good with writing an email. Its not that I am not trying to learn, I am trying to extract as much knowledge from them but still it feels like I will never ever be as good as them.

Everybody in my office is talented

Product Marketing Manager

How do I get someone sitting across my bay to stop humming/singing? Especially when I’m mid conversation with colleagues? And especially if they suck?

Urgent help

Beat them at their own game

My mother has mobility issues and suffers frequent falls am due to slipping down and this is the 4th fracture in last 5 years. These fractures require long healing period and requires surgery mostly. I am living in a tier 2 city with my wife and son due to this reason. But she suffered a fall and fracture recently and I am kind of fed up. Not living in a tier 1 city makes me odd one out. No chance of networking and I want growth in my career and want to lead a team etc. but guess this  choice of staying with parents makes me feel lost from the crowd can’t connect with my peers. I have an MBA from reputed insti but not able to meet my classmates also. Don’t know how else to vent out my frustration so just pouring out here

Kind of frustrated with life and confused on what to do

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- It's hard being the only woman in the leadership, in a room full of older men. If you don't hang out with them, you are excluded. If you do hang out with them, you got to get you act right with nods and smiles along the small talk. If If If If.. thats the loop you are caught in.
- Imagine being the only female developer in the team. BRO code is the default setting. DEV code took a sabbatical. All of you go hang out with beer, smoke and whatever and what if I am not into that? I am not a so called BRO then. And dont even get me started on the casual jokes and me not being into gaming and TT. Go ahead ask me.. How does she even fit in then.. Right??
- Declare I’m taking a "Wellness" Day. Might as well hold a flag and say "Guess who's on her period?! ME ME ME!" So much for your policies
- I can’t even begin to count the number of times I’ve been interrupted, spoken over.. 
- Dress too casually, you're not taken seriously. Dress too nicely, you're trying too hard. I've been judged for my clothes more times than I can count - too much, too little, too fashionable - yep been called that too. It’s exhausting
- I think my presence is acknowledged only when it’s convenient for them. My opinions and insights are ignored until they need a female face to tick a diversity box
- I’ve stayed late and worked weekends just to prove I’m just as dedicated as the others (even when I was doing next weeks work)
- Finding a mentor who truly understands the challenges I face as a woman in tech is nearly impossible. Male mentors often don’t get it, and female mentors are spread too thin
- I was told to speak up but when I did, I was labeled aggressive. I'm expected to be assertive but not too assertive, confident but not too confident. Also if I am progressing too fast, I have someone special rooting for me for something special in return - that the peoples verdict. And then the gossip starts.

A large majority of Orgs, Founders, Leaders, HR are getting by doing the bare minimum.

Things women said that will change the way you look at things around you

Human Resource

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hi everyone i am soft engg currently having 1.5 exp earning around (20 -25) as fixed comp .

 I hv started to feel my current job monotonous and boring even though i am working at a good org and have lots of new work to do in tech but it doesnt excite me anymore as it was doing earlier . i hv recently started looking in startup building journies and prospects of mba and i do know that consultants life is hectic but i am willing to do that  as i am still in 20s . 

Can you guy please suggest your thoughts about it ? or if u hv any experience in it or if you were also in the same boat but decide to continue in dev if yes why ?

looking to shift career in mba ( consulting )

After the recent RBI mandate to banks and NBFCs against unsecured personal loans, the lenders have pulled back their hands from digital lending. My company has already started facing the impact. Tomorrow onwards we won't be able to disburse any new loans from our platform because the lender is unsure of the road ahead.

Personally, I can't afford to go through another layoff this year :')

Brace for impact people in lending biz!!!

Product Manager

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You won't believe what happened today at the office.

I was chilling at my desk and minding my own business. That is when this boomer comes out of nowhere and tells me to clean the plates in the pantry. I was like, huh???

I did not join for this.

I said, "Yeh mera kaam nahi hai" but he just smiled and said that, "Yaha everyone contributes to everything."
What part to contribute to? Since when did "Software Engineer" include "Dishwasher" in the job description?

I was so angry, but I didn't want to make a scene in front of everyone. So, I just rolled up my sleeves and picked up a plate. I could feel my blood boiling. That guy had the audacity to say, "Make sure you clean it properly" 

"Sahi mei? I have a degree in Computer Science, not some Hotel Management coolie."
Before I started, he said that he was just kidding and it was just a joke.

Has anyone else had to deal with this kind of nonsense at their company?

My senior made me clean the plates at office...

I know what happened with you is completely weird and wrong. Almost unheard of 
  
 But “Hotel management coolie” is really no way to talk about anyone 
  
 Your ego is inflated

Corporate Strategist

I am working as SDE 1 in a good Indian startup. It's getting toxic day by day. Late night workings like 3AM and working on weekends is normalised like anything. Since I am new to IT ( no sort of politics never) and have almost 2.5 Years of experience, I am facing issues in getting credits. Last appraisal cycle in January, I was nominated for promotion but wasn't given to me, reason: you have not worked with architect and he was making decisions. In that case, architect should have been distributed tasks to us. 

one SDE3 is leading one of the projects ( not a big one ) and manager/architect is not much interested and never join any standup or retro, I have contributed immensely to that. Now since it is completely driven by sde 3 , he takes updates from us and show his work infront of seniors and director + announces like his work and seldom we get thank you in threads. Like if you did one function or wrote complete flow, for both thank you. Because of all these reasons, my work is not getting recognised. There is no one in team to help in this. 

Whenever a manager or Architect show cases some features or release, it's pretty evident that his team has done it but when a sde 3 does it, it is not the same. It conveys the message all or 90% work is done by him. 

I would like to take some suggestions from my seniors and fellow mates here. 

Hierarchy - sde 1-2-3-4-EM
I can't leave or switch right now due to some critical persona reasons.

Need help !! Toxicity at workplace

Good Indian startup is an oxymoron statement

Software Developer

Just wanted to check people’s views on books via audibles. I somehow feel that I retain less of the books that I heard vs read. You may retain the stories broadly but not so much the critical words or phrases.

Audible vs Physical Books

Welcome to Data Scientists's Private Community

i'm a '23 cse grad - offered 60LPA (fixed) + variable (up to 3x of base) as a quant researcher.

this offer is strictly "off-campus" (i come from a tier-3 college) and is a result of me switching careers.

am i high-balled? low-balled? 

note: i used to make 30-40LPA as a freelance writer in college before this.

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