I would say try switching jobs every 2 years till you reach your satisfactory point. 
 Or 
 Try using freelancer websites for temporary part time projects if your organisation allows for extra cash. 
  
 Because at the end what matters is money

Cybersecurity

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Growth Manager

What are the ways to take a big leap in your career?- Grapevine

my_qualification: B.Tech IT from tier-3 college. 70%
I am 24 years old. I graduated in 2021 and had total 13 backlogs during UG and it took me 5 years to complete my degree. I am unemployed since my graduation and have been wasting my time on learning random things or multiple technologies at a same time. 2 months ago I decided to go to Canada for masters and my family supported me, my friend suggested me MS Data Science because he is Data Scientist in Canada. So, I gave IELTS in March and scored 7 band. Recently I had a talk with an Agency named Canam. And they suggested me to get Experience Letter + offer letter + LOR from employer + last 6 months payslip also Backlog Certificate from college but I don't have any of these things. What should I do in this situation? How should I move forward? How can I get my life on track? I'm just confused and not sure what should I do.

How can I get my life on track? What should I do in this situation?

Frontend Engineer

Am I being overpaid?
I am a backend engineer with 7 years of experience. I've been rejected by multiple organizations during salary discussions. They mentioned they can't provide such a high salary. Are my expectations inaccurate?

Current CTC: 45 LPA
Expected CTC: 54 LPA
Designation: Team Lead, Backend

Salary Reflections: Am I Overpaid?

Damn! For the first time, I'm seeing a post related to Overpaid. God bless you.

Team Lead

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

What advice would you give to 20 yr old ppl? Your mistakes, regrets, necessary steps, things to avoid 
How to climb the success ladder fastest?

How to climb the success ladder fastest? Advice for 20 yr olds

Keeping jumping companies in your early career years. Every 1-2 years. Only way to increase your package. Then start looking for stable places in your 30's.

Data engineer

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Hey everyone, happy to answer any questions around Data Science/ML/AI and making a career within it

A brief about me, I work currently as a Sr. ML Engineer at an Indian unicorn startup 
I graduated 5+ years ago and have since worked as a Data Scientist / ML Engineer at an ecommerce company and social media company. My designations have changed based on the industry requirements and work too changed based on that.

Would love to take questions on what it means to be an ML Engineer, my early learnings from a career in data science, and thoughts on AI.

Look forward to all questions :)

AMA 🎙️: Hi, I am diffusedbandit, Senior ML Engineer at an Indian Unicorn

Data Scientist

Help your brothers

I'm in late 20's now. 
  
 To my bro's in their early 20's: 
  
 "Please priorities your fitness. Aim to establish a routine and get into a shape you yourself are comfortable with and proud of."

Growth And Strategy

Security Analyst

Everyone keeps saying most interesting opportunities come to those who network. Be it your second job, getting opportunity to be part of a founding team, finding right cofounder or just meeting the most interesting ppl.

But how do one start, currently working at an early stage impact fund in Bangalore with learning then a year of experience.

Happy to open up the discourse and get one’s suggestion for the same. Thanks!

How to network?

Investment Associate

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I am the front end engineering lead at a Pune based service company for startups (avoiding naming it)
We provide engineering partnerships for all possible tech stack (AI, Data engineering, Golang, Python, React, DevOps)
Recently we got acquired by RSystems which is a Blackstone portfolio company 
My pay is about 35 as base, in addition about 20 is what I make through my bonuses and I stand to make 3.2cr (pre tax) from the acquisition (over next 2 years)
Now I am primarily a hands on frontend engineer and as a part of a service based company I’ve helped a lot of startup’s build awesome front ends 
Unfortunately, I feel like I’ve hit the ceiling now, I’m lost
I’ve been told that to make it big eventually you need to be a part of a product based company and you need to be full stack (backend heavy)
Post acquisition my niche has just been carved out for frontend but I really am good at backend but I lack experience to show for it
Also I feel like I under utilise the fact that I stay in the heart of Bangalore so I want to network more and meet these awesome entrepreneurs and 100x devs that people talk about
Too many pathways ahead but I just feel stuck

Advice on next steps post acquistion

Technical Director

I have over 7 years of experience as a Product Manager and I did amazing in the initial years  but with time I feel I am having a setback :(.
I was initially working in small companies but the exposure I received was immense, now I am in MNC and I feel I am not getting much exposure, and I feel the communication skills I possess are not up to the mark. How do I climb up the ladder and grow my over all skills?

With the advent of AI/ML, as product manager how are you keeping yourself up with the technology?

Product Manager

I'm currently working as DSE at Infosys from june 2022 ,i am willing to make a switch, but I'm getting almost no interview calls, only calls that i get are mostly from small startups. Can anyone suggest me on how to secure interviews

Getting no interview calls

Software Developer

I'm 21 and just graduated and I'm working as an AI developer in my company. I feel like my life has become monotonous and I am not learning a lot. My company does not provide me with a lot of active projects and I feel like I'm just passing time there which kills the drive to learn.

I've always been eager to learn more and work more and do more things to grow my skill set in any domain possible but I feel stuck due to a 45 hour workweek and Gurgaon being a money pit makes me spend my whole salary only on rent, food electricity, gym and travelling.
 
How do I break this barrier to achieve growth and what are some skills that I should learn as a fresher that can help me become better at my job, improve my personal skill set, help me communicate better, etc.

How do I break the barrier to achieve growth

Folks in Growth and Marketing, how did you guys land your first job? 

I’m a recent graduate with a digital marketing major and around 9 months of internship experience at 2 startups. 

For the past two months i’ve been trying to find a job at a decent company with good culture as well as salary. however, i am not able to grab a single decent offer, not even interviews! i’ve tried everything from cold emailing to asking for referrals to applying on various platforms. 

Tried several mentoring platforms as well but the advices were very vague and didn’t help much.

It is getting depressing now and i am feeling truly hopeless as i am living with my parents in a small town with nowhere to go and nothing to do.

What can i do? i really need some direction in life right now

Advice on landing first jobs

Marketing Associate

A friend of mine is working at a leading financial services company with over 100k employees. 
He feels like he'd want to be part of something smaller, create more impact and help it grow rather than be just a part of the crowd.

Where should he start? How can he find the suitable people and jobs?

How does someone get into the startup culture?

Associate

I will be starting my career in tech as an FTE next month. Although I wanted to start in a PBC, life had other plans for me.
Need some advice or maybe something which you wish you knew if you were my age for a successful career in tech.
Learning and growth at utmost priority, don't care much about wlb at least till I am not 30
PS : base is 17 but have a huge amount of loan to repay.

Need advice from millennials

At young age you should focus only on 2 things, career and money.  
  
 Career: Try to learn as much as possible in whatever you do. Take initiative and show enthusiasm for anything new. Anyone can code, but people who take initiative and has the ability to learn new things quickly are the one who make it big. Build a good relationship with your colleagues. Your network is your networth.  
  
 Try to get as much clarity in life as possible. Talk to seniors, learn about their journey, why they made certain decisions. Trust me having clarity in life as to what you wanna do in life is a cheatcode.  
  
 Money: No matter how much you make, you can always save money. Invest that money into index funds. Investing early on in life will put you years ahead of your friends. Compounding is real. Here's a simple rule you can follow: 50:20:30. Spend 50% on basic needs, 20% on your wants and invest the rest 30%.  
  
 Don't buy expensive things just to show off. Literally no one cares.

Software Engineer

I’m dumbfounded when the best piece of advice I hear is that its a numbers game and probability is supreme.
There’s got to be a strategy that one applies to shortlist from the ocean of offers out there.

- applying in the same domain as your current company?
- platform or regions where recruiters are more active?
- directly talking to freelance HMs and doing a deal?

If no hack, just share what worked for you? And how are you optimising the job searching?

Give me your best strategies for job hunting?

1. Accept that it's a numbers game. Especially in this market  
 2. Embrace that there may be a super stupid person on the other side . E.G - My CV was rejected at a big Web3  startup, but I persisted : went through a reference spoke to HR and showed her how the CV is a 90%+ Match. She ended up fixing an interview. What if I didn't have a referral? Jata na 
 3. There is only one hack - get that CV in front of the hiring managers face : through referrals, through problem solution one pagers that I've DM'd directly to founders or hiring managers, consistently applying to the widest net, getting friendly and maintaining good relations with head hunters: I've helped so many head hunters with their other mandates unrelated to me, just for the sake of it. No expectations.  
  
 DESPITE throwing such a wide net, it still is roughly taking me 9-10 months for my next gig. Sure I'm looking at leadership mandates and woh roles by default halway mein nahi khatam hote.  
  
 But play the numbers smartly is the only way. Send a 100 tries out (but customized and personalized not spam) and tab hi kaam karega.

Brand Marketing Manager

Hi All, what can help me join an early stage startup and grow up to the top close to the founders within a year? I want to be in the middle of the action 

Has anyone here done it before?

How do people climb up/become more important in startups as employees?

If they have the right culture then showing excellency in your role, helping out others in the team, having opinions on decisions taken (not just for the sake of it) should help you get closer to the decision makers. 
  
 Remember that at an early stage startup, everything revolves around the product, and you will be rewarded for aligning with that. 
  
 Speaking from experience, you will be involved in "the action" in a team of 30 people either way

Business Development Manager

Came across this post on X recently, the point sounds valid in my opinion but wanted to know from the community cuz I recently took a decision between a unicorn b2c start-u which is super popular vs a b2b SaaS startup which is known among the tech community.

Post link: https://twitter.com/amuldotexe/status/1738243872231428484?t=V2-6pMSYCvl7L-w_f8IggQ&s=19

A big name in tech Vs 0-1 high growth place

Hi,

I have been working in the Software Industry for the past 9 years. I feel like I have made a good use of my time and money and maybe some of my lessons can help you folks as well. Recently did a calculation for my NW and I am happy and proud to see my NW crossing 2CR+. I have 0 debt and do not own a house. Here is how my portfolio look like

TC: 1.3 Cr
YOE: 9

I am happy to do an AMA. Ask me anything about tech, career, love, marriage, money management, therapy, songs and movies.
#Ask Me Anything #ama #amazon #atlassian #google #startups #bengaluru #networth #money management #finance #india

Sorry if delay in responses, I'll answer all your questions eventually.

[AMA] 9 years in Software Engineering in India. NW 2.5Cr

I see a lot of similar questions and I'll try to answer them here.

>>>>>>CTC Progression<<<<

My current CTC is 1.3CR . 50% is cash, 50% is stocks.

Here is my CTC progression over the years

1st - 12L
2nd - 12L (Switched Companies)
3rd - 15L 
4th - 24L (Switched companies)
5th - 42L (Switched Companies)
6th - 48L
7th - 66L
8th - 72L
9th - 1.3Cr (Switched Companies)

As you can see I almost everytimg doubled my compensation when I switched my companies. But there are reasons to stay at a company as well. If you are learning and are able to handle different problems at scale, stay. When you feel stuck, leave and look for better opportunities. I have never switched job to get more money. I love CS. I have been coding since 15 years. What made me switch was either bad managers, uninteresting problems not visibility of learning and growth.

Hi! Can you please suggest websites or apps to get mentorship or exposure. I'll go first - ADPList.

Websites/apps to get mentorship or exposure

Business Analyst

How can one specifically target startups and succeed? While many pursue top MNCs or MAANG, getting entry can be challenging. I am keen on working with small startups. Has anyone experienced working in startups in Bengaluru or other locations where both good pay and learning opportunities are available? In terms of job search, is LinkedIn/Naukri or referrals more effective? When preparing for interviews, should one focus more on DSA rounds or development skills? What are the pors & cons or tips? Plz share your insights. Thanks

Working in a start-up

Hey there,

I've 5 years of experience working as a content strategist in Advertising Agencies. I've worked on multiple marketing campaigns for 25+ brands. However, I now want to transition to a full time marketing role with a blend of analytics and creativity without opting for an MBA. 
Here are some of the skills I plan on getting certifications in to land a role:
SQL, 
Tableau, 
Excel (pivot tables, charts, v lookups),
Marketing Strategy 
Project Management 
Media Planning 
I already have a strong background in copywriting, design, managing cross-functional teams and stakeholders. 

Do you have any tips or advice that can help me in this journey? 
Do you recommend any courses or certifications I should undertake to highlight the above mentioned skills? 

How do I pitch myself as the perfect candidate without having an actual job experience in marketing management roles? 

Thanks for your time :)

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