Sad when an innocent services selling platform gets spoiler because of a few loud and bad apples ruining people’s trust through shady Topmate link promotions. Also Topmate needs to verify expertise...

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Sad when an innocent services selling platform gets spoiler because of a few loud and bad apples ruining people’s trust through shady Topmate link promotions. Also Topmate needs to verify expertise of some kind. Otherwise you might cunnilingus experts soon.

Topmate = douchebag central?

Growth Manager

Topmate = douchebag central?- Grapevine

Topmate Creators

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Hi folks, I'm doing a product teardown on Topmate.io and wanted to understand some things from someone who is either a creator there or has taken a session there.

1) What advantage do you think it offers over its competitors? (Ex - ADPlist)
2) What can be improved for getting more paid sessions for creators?
3) Should it start co-partnering with creators to get sponsorships for the content they are expert at and offering it for free? (For the multiple learner type of sessions)
4) Does the absence of a search bar add to or reduce the efforts of learners while finding the right creator on the platform?
5) What made you use Topmate.io in the first place? (For both learners and creators)
6) Have you faced an issue due to difference of available time zones between the creator and the learner? If yes, what do you think is the best way to solve it?

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Key Account Manager

been getting insanely annoyed with people (with barely any experience) opening up topmate pages and charging college students for interviews, texts, cv reviews and calls.

have even seem some undergraduates who have only done one summer sde intern and opening up topmate pages

idk if it's just me but i don't think it's a good idea to charge money to college kids who are just trying to get some advice.

in some cases I've seen people charging money even from their own juniors ( same college)

just because 5 people texted you on LinkedIn doesn't make you a king/queen, please quit the narcissism, it reeks of your need of validation from vulnerable and desperate juniors

topmate rant

Quantitative Research

Spoke to few people who have their Topmate link. On an average after speaking to them i found that they are in their positions just by luck. Asked for resume review, ek se ek expert 😂

Ye topmate link bana ke ceo jaisa kyu behave kar rahe ho be?

Software Engineer

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. 🤣😅🤷‍♂️

Engineering Manager

Software Developer

Lately I’ve started seeing so many topmate posts. Every other guy is giving mentorship by posting topmate links. 

Recently i saw topmate post of one of my ex colleagues who used to write shitty code in production.

I wonder what kind of mentorship you get there. If it’s even worth it or not. Did anyone tried it yet?

are these topmate 1:1 session guidance really worth it?

I see so many LinkedIn Tech influencers selling mentorships on topmate. While this is certainly not wrong. But some are charging 6k for 30 min or so, which is insane. Usually people under 2 years of exp are falling for this. Funny thing is it's people under 2 years of exp, who just cracked a Faang are providing mentorships on topmate

Tech influencers selling mentorships on topmate

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I've been seeing a lot of people promoting their services on Topmate or similar platform, and charging some random amount for the same. 

So, I just wanted to share my small experience - nothing fancy though. 

Occasionally people looking for better tech jobs (early career) reach out to me, blocks my calendar and we have conversation for 30-60 minutes, absolutely at zero cost.

Often times, they come back after a few months to share about their updates or to share the happy news.

I'm not on Topmate, nor have I shared this publicly with anyone. People occasionally reach out, 1-2 per month (now), purely by word of mouth 💁🏻‍♂️

I haven't gyaan-ed on LinkedIn nor am I interested in the same. I don't understand why people shares a ton of posts regarding the same. I don't know whether they're doing it just for the name/fame.

I often review resume of those who reach out to me, and used to review almost 20+ resumes every month. I still do it occasionally. 

This is again not via Topmate or any other platform, they block time on my calendar and then we do it, absolutely for free. Over call, we would be spending 60-90 minutes or more for the resume.

I go through each and every word on their resume, rephrases it and improve it. I help them in presenting a compelling story about themselves.

Again, this is also for free. And almost all of them has received a lot of interviews from most of the Big tech companies. 
(Main point is not because I helped them, they were able to showcase themselves in the best way). 

I don't have a lot of experience. But over the last 3 years, I've been extensively researching on these things, and has been supporting a lot of folks. 

It is very tiring, and sometimes I really don't want to continue doing it as well, especially since I don't charge a dime. 

But yes, when we help someone, happiness automatically comes to us. I just wanted to share this with you all.

Random Topmate Story 😅

Product Manager

This is we should use Topmate calls. Finally we can see some benefits of these calls. 🤣

Correct way to use Topmate✅

I see a lot of folks opening their calendar and offering resume review and career guidance and other things via Topmate.
Some are charging like 6000 per hour. 
And posting that as if they are making some contribution to the community.
They are keeping posts as that is their way of giving back to the community as if it's some sort of charity. 

How the hell is giving back to the community when you are charging 6000 per hour ?? 

I dont have a problem with people who keep it openly as its a way to earn some money. You are giving your time so asking money for it is not at all wrong in my book 

But please dont label it as charity for god sake 🙏🙏

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