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Well it is what it is

Well it is what it is- Grapevine

Stages of Life:
1. You’re at School and Grades are everything.
2. You get to college and your GPA is everything.
3. You get to your first job and your pay is everything.
4. You get to the end of the year and Performance Review is everything.

So, essentially at every moment in your life, you’re judged by a number. 

My heart goes out to all those who failed at being better at this. But, I really cry for my brethren who succeeded at this hustle, for the person you’ve become.

Drop your experiences down below. I’m just in a very mellow mood after work, contemplating about life’s weird quirks.

[Thread] When did you experience your first failure?

Product Manager

Guys, its just a joke

It is what it is

I was recently laid off. I am applying for jobs. One question that has been a bother for me is on my unfortunate past short stints. 
Need help from folks on how to tackle these Q's.
I am applying for product / strategy roles.
2015 - tier 1 engg
2019 - tier 1 MBA
1.5 yrs - did my own startup...fairly successful but later failed due to covid
11 months - worked in a fairly well known fast growing startup - left coz wanted to move to a product centric startup
14 months - worked in product based big unicorn startup - got laid off
10 months - joined an early stage startup - startup failed and laid off again

What should be my interview strategy? How do I portray my story in a positive light?

How to tackle interview Q's on my short stints?

I am fed up here as I don't see accountability anywhere. 
There was a Telugu Movie starring Mahesh Babu where he being CM says, in foreign, people are responsible and accountable and they made their lives beautiful. How amazing, right? I truly resonate with that thought

We lack accountability in everything we do.
- if something goes right, it's us, if wrong, it's them!
- We don't hold our govt politicians on their promises, on delivering things of value
- Companies go on screwing us, we don't give a damn. Refunds are processed without timelines, cases in country are backlogged for years and years
- We cannot even keep our cities clean, our air pure and our water drinkable and we are least bothered by it
- We cannot maintain our own infrastructure like Buses, railways, trains. We fucking are stealing mugs from railway toilets due to which it's chained (wtf!)

We don't want responsibility and no one should question us.
How are we really supposed to grow?  
Stringent laws in place helps with accountability of companies who at all times think how can I squeeze more money from people and screw them
Accountability keeps everyone in check.

Change my view!

[Rant] We lack accountability in almost everything

Consultant

2 Cs in SRCC stands for Cringe Content now.

Analyst

It do be like that sometimes

Investment Associate

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Seen it all. Ask and you shall be informed.

Ask me anything about Razorpay

Engineering Manager

https://x.com/paraschopra/status/1810617419628523664?s=46&t=tcz94LExPGNMlf7W6untDg

The fuck is this shit

Signal Processing

Have worked in edtech, crypto and fintech, been through layoff (as an intern 😀), got multiple offers within 10 days of being laid off, got the PPO denied from one while got the PPO from the other.  Have seen founders with half a billion of funding boast about their culture and seen them layoff 120 folks the very next month.

Yes, its nothing compared to what the very well experienced folks on this platform have seen and experienced and gone through, but it's honest work :)

So ask me anything 😀

Intern with 18 months of experience. AMA 🤡

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Imploding after investors turned off the taps a year so ago.. investors spoilt the ecosystem chasing growth with weak business models.. disintermediation doesn’t always work.. neither does setting up models that impose costs and ignore risks …
the chickens come home to roost..

Agritech startups .. train wreck in slowmo …

Welcome to Moving Abroad's Private Community

Is it a good place to move to? The job opportunities seem bleak. Are there any good job search engines I can check?

How’s Canada

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I am a student doing my internship at a startup in Bangalore. I get paid very less. I want to join a product based company. I didn't do much of either competitive programming or DSA. Currently i am learning DSA and planning to start Competitive programming to crack product companies. But i am confused is this right or should I follow some other paths?? 


Can anyone help me with this🥲

Confused of what to do

Welcome to Gadgets & Apps's Private Community

still kinda raw to poke at lol

See a lot of intriguing/funny usernames here, and just curious what each one of them means. So thought of starting this thread.

What’s the story behind your username on Grapevine?

I always looked at her and felt she is so beautiful, charismatic, and had an infectious smile. Looking at her made me smile broo.

Chapter 1
One day I decided to ask her out. I messaged her and our conversation grew then she spilled out that she also liked me a lot. And she was glad that I asked her out.

Chapter 2
She had studied in an all girls school and she had a stereotype about boys that they are all stupid and bad. And girls and boys should never be together. I was fine because atleast she liked me 😂. One fine day she asked me to break up with my brosss. I asked her why?
She said your friends are all playboys and I don't like the way they look at me. (Disclaimer: My bros are really nicest guys and I have known them since childhood they are the best gentlemen). We had an argument which didn't end on a good note.


Chapter 3
I left to a new state for my Job. After I reached there she messaged me that we can't talk and we have to stop whatever we had. I got anxious and worried and spent my 5 months not being able to contact her. I got into depression. Then me being restless on my birthday I came back to my hometown. At exactly 11:59PM when my bday was going to end she messaged me "Happy Birthday". I was so happy to see her message.

Chapter 4
We started talking and she said that she is leaving to Canada for her higher studies. I was happy for her but at the same time I was sad. I didn't want to see her go. We both cried and stayed on call till morning watching each other sleep.

Chapter 5:
She reached Canada and she completed her formalities and procedures. We talked for few more days but then eventually she started giving me hints that she is not interested. Then one day she abruptly messaged me and said we can't talk and we have to end everything. I cried the whole night, because there was no way for me to contact her and she had blocked me.

Chapter 6:
It has been 1 yr to that day. Somehow I have gone numb. I'm slowly forgetting her.

She left me.

Chill. After 5-6 years you will laugh on yourself that why in the world you gave so much importance to her. There is no derth of good women in this world. Moving her away was god's plan, for your good that you might never understand. Take Care!

Software Developer

It really be like that sometimes 🥲

Age is always a number

Growth Manager

That shitshow of a company called Unacademy is in tatters, Byju’s is being chased by lenders globally and these fkers have the audacity to do acquisitions????

Unacademy continues to lay off more people every month! HOW TF IS ONE OF THEIR COMPANIES SPENDING MONEY ON ACQUISITION????

What a shit show.

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