Depends on your salary and your expenses. 
 If you feel it is not sufficient you cannot depend, simple

No it is more than enough as I am just fresher... but sometimes I think like or bhi source income karte hai to grow more wealth and portfolio

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You should start investing. Since you are a fresher, you can start an SIP. For the Indian business environment, SIP is a wise choice for a person coming from your realm.

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Secondary income sources

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I have been thinking for quite sometime now to start some side hustle to make some passive money. I just want to develop some interest apart from primary work as a software engineer. Something I can work on over the coming years. Do you have a side hustle? Looking for some ideas.

Do you have a side hustle as a software engineer?

I am 26 years old software engineer from Bengaluru having pretty good salary but was thinking of starting some business, what do you all do and what do you guys suggest?

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You all might obviously guess that I'm speaking about the other two posts in which each of them in their early 20s making 50+ LPA and 70+ LPA respectively.

Honestly curious, how do these guys get paid so much? I feel like salaries in IT industry are heavily inflated.

I'm from EEE background, trying so hard to find a job in Data field. I've previously worked in my field for 3 years, but the growth seemed pretty less in the long run, hence the switch.

Finding a job as a fresher (in IT industry) is so hard man. I'm mainly looking for the startups. 

They either ask for experience, or the pay is very similar to what I made previously in my field. (which is <10 LPA). 

Above all, I'm not even getting responses from companies for my applications. 

So yeah, how do people in their 20s make so much in the IT industry? Is it only FAANGand big corps or applicable to startups as well (like unicorns etc)???

How do you people make so much in your 20s?

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If there is one thing you can learn from Ambani’s wedding, it’s the fact that money is the only objective measure of power and influence in this world.

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The biggest rivals politically, share the stage and greet each other 
The biggest rivals in cricket, dance with each other
The biggest rivals in cinema, greet each other 
The biggest rivals within family, help each other 
The biggest rivals in business, hug each other 

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You should strive to make as much money as you possible can because money is power. You don't do it for pleasure; you do it because that's how you win. You do it because in this ruthless world, being on top is the only safe place to be. Money is your shield and your weapon, and without it, you're nothing.

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You make as much money as possible because, let's face it, money's fun. It's the key to all the cool stuff—power, parties, private jets, you name it. Sure, it's also about proving yourself and not being the screw-up everyone thinks you are, but mainly it's about the thrill. Making money means you're in the game, you're relevant, and you can do whatever the hell you want. 

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Plus, it gives you the leverage to tell people to screw off and actually get away with it. So, yeah, stack that cash and enjoy the ride.

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You make as much money as possible because it’s your ticket to security and status. In this family and in this world, wealth is what keeps you safe and respected. It’s about climbing the ladder and proving you belong at the top, even if you weren’t born into it. With money, you gain leverage, influence, and the ability to protect yourself in a cutthroat environment. Plus, it doesn’t hurt to enjoy the finer things and have a buffer against the chaos that comes with being alive in this world. 

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You make as much money as possible because it’s about breaking boundaries and redefining what’s possible. It’s not just about the money—it’s about the disruption, the innovation, and staying ahead of the curve.

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Make money! As much as you possibly can!

Ambani's wedding is a display of the heights of income inequality in India.

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Hey software fam

I am earning more than almost 2000usd pm from my side income which is double than my income and it is just a few hours job as compared to my full time job.

Should I leave my current job, also I can work from anywhere in my side gig 😁

Please advise

Earning more money through side gig

It will be helpful to me whoever see this post and comments your respected opinions on my situation.

I am ome of the regular corporate employees of India who is earning 3.6LPA in reputed MNC working on Java support. As I need assistance on my career and don't know where to ask, posting here . So below are the options I wanted to do but I am confused where and what to start.
1) Should I upskill more on Java only 
2) Should I need to switch to any other domain like AWS, Azure, cybersecurity 
3) Should I need to do any other integrated course which will be available in platforms like Upgrad.

Why these options means, I need to earn a decent salary par with Industry. 
These are the random options in my mind and I am unable to choose one thing. Due to this I am stuck in my career and my friends are earning more than me.

Career dilemma

Looking to switch company in next 5 months. I’ve some great work which I did in my current org to write on my resume.

Need a roadmap how to go about doing DSA? Suggest some good courses? 

PS: Don’t say striver YT videos. I’ve tried them in past, didn’t enjoy!

Need a Roadmap

Hello guys, I am currently doing an internship where I get ₹30000 per month. But I feel this is inadequate. I want to earn more . How to do that . I am a software engineer intern . Skilled in python ( flask , django , pandas, numpy) and also in c++

Earning few bucks outside regular work

Hello all, I want to buy a plot in one tier 2 City where I wants to live after retirement. 
Right now I am working remotely and living here in this city only but in future can't guarantee the workplace as I have to move to some other place also in 2-3 years time. 
My most of the savings are going in mutual funds investments. I can afford home loan EMI also. 
Should I go ahead and buy the plot and make small house on that and rent it out/ give on Airbnb.
But our software Engineer's job is very unpredictable. Should I take this step?

Good time to buy a property

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I am software engineer with 2 years of experience. I am not from NIT IIT no MBA no Mtech. I have seen a culture where talent guy from lower college background get paid less than the industry standard.
I have no money to go for higher studies can’t take the risk that can hang my live to nowhere. 
So Is there any way to earn more without being from IIT NIT Mtech MBA?

How to get a job with salary 15lpa +

1. Hedge investment portfolio during downside
2. Taxfree after maturity
3. Interest of 2.5%
4. Diversification of portfolio
5. Gold is heaven when inflation is high and macro is down due to its IMF reserve and Money printing capabilities.
6. Can buy sell if bought through digital apps like grow or Paytm

What's your say?
10% of portfolio is fine through sgb way?? 

Like 1 lac for 10 lac portfolio

SGB Tranche 3 @6199/gm ~2.5x tax-free return in last 8y

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Hey folks, i hope you all are doing well!

I have around 6 yrs of experience now including 6 months of internship in Enterprise Support role for Kubernetes product in a big Product based MNC.

I have been in the same company for 5.5 years post my internship, within these 5.5 years I switched to our cloud services team like a DevOps role 2 years back. 

My role is a Senior Software Engineer but I am not coding much rather its mix of both Operations and Coding sometimes, because of which my development knowledge is rusty and also my DSA too. But I have been able to get things done which are necessary as a part of my daily job. Be it feature development, releases, operations and troubleshooting customer environments. So performance wise I’m doing well I believe. And I’m getting below package.

So I got hikes also the package I’m getting is around (35 LPA Fixed + 5 Lacs bonus) have stocks around 10 lacs(just 2.5 lacs per year) 

Now the main point is even though I’m earning sone money 

1] I’m not learning much from the software development perspective and I think work wise I don’t have much experience in pure development, so now I’m stuck how can I make a move to a good unicorn startup as a SDE/SRE? Please suggest any ideas to make such a move.

2] I strongly believe that I’m earning less than what I should be earning after spending 6 yrs in IT. Nowadays 3-4 So now I’m thinking of switching to a different company but again the point [1] comes in my way.

3] How much minimum amount of I should be earning as a base salary, bonus and stocks in a big product MNC or a Bangalore startup ? 

Looking for advices to learn and which way should I be taking to learn more and get a job where I’ll be doing proper Dev work, please advice on the way to take to do this transition.

Thank you!

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Please suggest some alternative income source which i can build. I have a 30L loan for 15yrs which i need to pay asap. My current income doesn't allow me to do so and I have recently changed my job.

Alternate income source

I am in my early 30's and I am almost done with work. 
I have spent so much time working in startups over the last 10 years that it has taken a toll on my health, i have not spent much time with family and I want to make up for it
I don't have enough money to FIRE but if I can have enough income so I don't touch my savings I think i can FIRE in 10 years 

What are my options that will let me earn 12-15 lakhs a year. My main criteria is I want to work for only 8 hours a day. 
I am open to TCS Infosys type companies, taking tuitions, career couching etc.

What are the income options for an ex software dev

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As a business graduate, it's often humbling to see the tech salaries based on my YOE (4-7 bracket) with the people at the top end earning 50-60+ lpa. (Fixed)

Assuming i want to optimise for Money - What can I do as a business graduate to do well similar to tech folks? 

Would love to hear from all of you.

P.S. No IB/Consulting advice please. Not the type of work I've liked 😄

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I'm thinking that I haven't utilised my full potential and left behind from folks around me . 
Right now I'm 27 and earning 22LPA as an SDE. 
I'm constantly worried how can I earn better or make some skills which can bring some money too as IT industry is not stable. 
So what could be best for me to do : 
My strong point is if I focus on one thing I can put more efforts into that work. 

The options that I could think: 

1. Work on my tech skills and get into High paying IT job .
2. Pick one Govt exam and get any govt job . I'm thinking of SEBI grade A exam .
3. Pick up any skills like video editing start freelancing.
4.Prepare for MBA that might help me in longer run in corporate . 


Guys can you suggest which one area should I select and why . As if I focus on more than one I won't be able to fullfill any.

Want to level up career and finances

Hello everyone 

I am currently in my 4th year of Btech CSE and doing a 6-month internship in a fintech company

Here I don't get to work on real projects just time waste tasks and empty assurances that one day I will get

In FOMO, I did grind leetcode and also got a job but never been able to become very good at it

I started doing projects (MERN) after work, on weekends it feels great to do projects but the thing is that I get limited time  and the projects do not appear a big deal to anyone as I am making them on my own (No to " tutorial hell") gradually process of learning 

So my question is should I quit my job and develop my skills in MERN and other tech as I still have btech left it will not appear as a gap 

Also, I have 2-3 product ideas in my mind that I can work on 

Should I take a leap of faith?

Shoul I rely on my salary only as Software Engineer? Or start other income sources?

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