Now a days even college freshers are providing mentorship on resume building, job searches and DP.

I am not sure how great these are but college students are buying them

College students (probably we all) are very gullible. Add a youtube thumbnail with all sorts of graphics and everyone goes crazy

Analyst

Data engineer

Lol. Worked at 10 companies. More like laid off at 10 companies.

Software Engineer

Template nowadays - Write a post for layoff and attach your mentorship link/topmate links etc :(

Template nowadays - Write a post for layoff and attach your mentorship link/topmate links etc :(- Grapevine

I recently posted about an offer I closed with a fantastic hike, some folks asked me to share my experience in this duration. 
Sharing a link of the doc, so that some of the steps which I took and got some offers can also help in your job hunt journey. 

Feel free to comment, I am open to share info which can help others. 

Google Doc link :https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-MZSeUt2XhBIp6oBubirud-ceSjxzLYRAhNrCv8tHvc/edit?usp=sharing

My layoff journey

Senior Manager

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Got laid off after internship.
Don't know what to do.
Totally blank currently.
Not able to process.

Laidoff

I really need a mentor who could guide me for my job hunting. I've applied through job boards, no luck. I don't know how to get referral. Please help me if you could.

I need a mentor

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

All over LinkedIn when I see people thanking their mentors, I wonder where they get them.
I mean I hardly had any interactions with any of my college seniors. And don't get me started on my office colleagues. ( They always seem to be in a bad mood).
Coming to the point. I think having honest mentors can really help you fast track your developer career.
Let's try to help each other out.
I am a backend developer of 2 years. I can help you get 20 LPA.
I want someone who can help me earn 30 LPA.


PS - This is my first post.

Mentorship

Software Developer

Every second/third post on my feed is promoting some mentorship/coaching. Fed up with it. 

The post starts with some gyaan ( mostly related to interview) and then ends with mentorship or coaching promo. Especially people who cracked interview at amazon and microsoft. And now any random company. Some post has pic too, which is fully unrelated to the post. 

From SDE’s perspective. 
Job at work is different from interview. And i am sure current employees, if they have to go through interview process of the same company for the same position, most of them won’t be able to crack in the first go. ( Unless they know the exact questions to be asked ). 

Coding rounds.
Companies usually have a set of questions (question bank) and interviewer picks question from it. Except for the very exceptional case, it is quite difficult to solve these questions if you haven’t solved them ( or related questions) earlier in the given time. So, it all boils down to how close are you to their question bank. 

So, instead of other things, if linkedin mentors posted about the questions they were asked, that would be more useful. 

To be continued….

[Rant] Linkedin mentors

I need a design mentor who can review my works, give me constructive feedback and suggestions.

🚨 Need a design mentor

I am sure this post will get a lot of backlash but still I want to express my thoughts. I usually don’t post anything but this just cross my mind.

It’s been months now and we are hearing layoffs news from big tech giants Twitter, Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft. LinkedIn is flooded with posts from the people who got laid off. These posts garnering thousands of comments from people ready to help.

My question to the tech community, What are we doing for our people who are not from so called big tech companies.? How are we helping them? I am sure there are people who got laid off from other companies need greater support in getting a job.

All the companies right now are focussing on getting people from the former group. I don’t have any problem with that but it’s the fact that they were already on the top 5-10% of the tech pyramid. They were getting paid better than anyone in the market for years. They got the best facilites and sure have a good financial backup and savings. Even the severance packages they get from their companies is way higher than the market standards. Moreover, they are talented minds and already have an edge over their competitors.

My request to tech community is to stop being biased and help people from the latter group to get some living(Job). They are in more need of our help and support.

PS: This is just my personal opinion and there is no negative context to it.

Layoff posts in LinkedIn

Product Manager

Hi so I've been stuck at a job doing mundane support work. Have been here for a total of 2 years and have some 4 yoe in PHP backend development. I've been meaning to switch but can't seem to crack interviews. Is there a way to brush up my skills also switch up the technology stack. Current ctc 11 lpa.

Stuck

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Where you can connect with quality , relevant, legit mentors and ask career related queries. First call will be free and further calls will be paid. 
Do you think this kind of platform can work ? Will guidance seekers pay for career advice? I have my doubts .

Seeking feedack on an idea: A career guidance platform for professionals

Got impacted in a layoff in Jan. Found a job in 3 months and took up whatever I got.
Now I wish to move from here, because of stability, layoffs happening here also, I haven't been impacted yet. A very small company.

Do I indicate my layoff in my resume by quoting Layoff or let them figure it out by the work period gap?

Resume post Layoff

Business Analyst

Having recently been laid off, these last 2 months was a life changing experience and it taught me a lot of things than any degree or organisation ever did. Some pointers:

1. The people who make the decisions never get punished or are held responsible, its the folks like us who are the first to be pushed out of the door.
2. Its shocking to see the layoffs like firesale, affecting almost each and every company in the IT sector. But it makes you think, did some companies really need to layoff people or did they just do it to inflate their share price and Mcap. The upper management and LT are paid in crores to make the decisions and how could they unanimously fail in such a critical part of business planning.
3. Its all about profits. There's no humanity in any of these companies or rather the folks making the decisions and it doesn't matter if you have been with them for 2 years or 20. If I was responsible for 100 people under me and some of them lost jobs because of the decision I made, I would have stepped down myself and wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I uprooted the dreams and hopes of not just employees but their families as well, many of whom are sole bread earners of the family. 
4. Treat your employer just as you would treat any brand outside when you go out to shop - treat it like a transaction and nothing else. This layoff also taught me to never compromise about your career and position within an organisation. If the organisation can layoff so many people without a second thought, there's nothing holding you back from joining the next organisation who is offering a better role/compensation. 
5. Be a risk taker. Thankfully I have always been this and this helped me rise quickly in my 6 year career but it's my suggestion to everyone and not just folks affected by layoffs - Never get comfortable in any organisation or any role.
Would love to hear what others think or went through during this difficult period.

A view on Layoffs

Sales

Hi guys,

I really need help, I recently got laid off as a Software Developer. I am a recent graduate from IIIT Gwalior. Am actively looking for an SDE Backend role. Have been applying everywhere with referrals, still no response. It's financially draining. Any leads would be appreciated.

Laid off as a Fresher

Maybe soon I'll be get laid of by my firm as layoff is ongoing in company and manager also keeping distance from last some days.
How to handle this situation.

Laid off

Hello, 
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If you are looking for guidance, consider signing up and reaching out to mentors of your choice! 
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Accessible mentorship for those looking to return to work

Founder

Is there any platform where i can get mentorship from FAANG engineers? Especially for women?

One of my known friend who got laid off recently from top VC funded company who had joined recently. 


Reason for layoff: Company runway

To all the hiring teams - While hiring mention your runway too

After a week of mine layoff I get rejection mails earlier then linkedin influencer posts that job. 😂😂

After 1 week of lay off

Recently i was talking to my senior just for fun and wanted to see what exactly is this whole thing

So he paid xxx Rupees to the person for a Call 1:1 and he asked if I'm having 2.5yrs exp I need to switch to faang
This guy '22 Passout says I will give you a roadmap for 6 months you need to pay 23,xxx Rupees I will give you a referral in my faang (He is in one of them) I have the roadmap I will make sure you learn LLD 
My senior has 2.5 exp in a startup that was listening to him and eventually said I'll think about it and ended the call

Someone who has just entered is giving advice like they have worked for 5-6 years
I've seen students in college start topmate and they are in top1% stuff
Do these things are really required 
And Ego of those is such high 
They are not realising achieving faang is part of life not the whole life

The Topmate Scam!

Topmate is the kind of scam where 3rd year B.Tech student is giving a PM course for 4500₹ to a 8 yoe Infosys Sr. Engineer. 🤣😅🤷‍♂️

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