Eggactly. People asking which offer to accept without giving out the company's name.

They might be thinking some people may be able to do some co-relation and find out their identity. 
  
 But the possibility of this happening is extremely rare. 
  
 Also when someone asks which offer to accept, if they don't share what they are looking for along with the company name then how can one tell which of the offers aligns more with what that person wants.

Software Test - QA

Software Engineer

Exactly. Just saw a post “Huge amount in bank” like wtf is huge

The word "huge" would work if they just want to flex about their financial status, but definitely not work if they are seeking advice.

Data Scientist

I have observed that many times people are asking for help or advice but not giving proper context.  For Example,  1. People who are moving to the new city are asking where to get the good stay/foo...

I have observed that many times people are asking for help or advice but not giving proper context.

For Example,

1. People who are moving to the new city are asking where to get the good stay/food but don't mention nearby which area. (They can know the area name by the office address).

2. People asking what they should learn to grow but don't give context about the current experience and skillsets.

So my suggestion is to provide sufficient context which doesn't reveal your identity and at the same time helps others in giving you proper and useful advice.

When asking for help, provide some context to get better help

When asking for help, provide some context to get better help- Grapevine

Hi I am new to the whole process of creating a passport and want to ask how other people who may have had a use case similar to mine went ahead with getting a passport.

My use case:
I have been living on rent in Bangalore since the past 4-5 years. My family too lives on rent in Mumbai.

I mentioned this because as far as I know one needs a permanent address and address proof to submit for a passport, can someone who has dealt with a similar use case help me out please?

What should I do?

Passport process without permanent address

Product Designer

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

And it's a bad thingggg, she says. I mean, if I dont have anything to say, I won't say it. I'd rather add value. I've always been the quiet one even during college clubs etc. Honestly tho I'm really not. I have things to say but man they honestly are dumb things.
And the thing is? Most people talk about party n stuff and and I'm not a person who does small talks easily, especially online.

Am I really wrong here? It's my first job. Educate me

So apparently my manager thinks that I don't speak too much.

The fact that you have nothing to say / contribute indicates disinterest. Also we all are people after all, nobody wants to spend time with people who are boring and/or aloof. Being likeable is an extremely important corporate skill, just like in life.

Senior UX Designer

Account Manager

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

format:

1. If your company is hiring, let us know if you can provide a referral or can help somehow. Be ready with a fake/temporary Email Id to accept applications/resume, if you want to.

2. If you know any other company hiring:
Would be better if you could provide the link to the job or company or its career page, it's ok if you only want to share the name.

3. If you know a stealth or very small startup hiring right now, either share someone's LinkedIn/Twitter profile whom we can reach out to or ask to DM. 

4. If you have recently interviewed at a company, try to share a bit about their expectations and interview experience.

5. Recruiters, you know better than most of us, please help, ok ?

Wherever possible, try to mention the tech stack and years of experience expected.

The idea is to not just give a name, provide as much information you can to keep the thread clean and 'to the point'


Happy Hunting/Helping 😃


PS: (not mandatory) anyone who gets a job using this thread needs to give a treat to the person who helped them and post their interview experience on GV 😉

[Who Is Hiring] [May 🧵]

Paytm is hiring but don't join even by mistake.

Senior Software Engineer

In search of job referrals!!

Digital Operations

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Fresher here. My manager is insisting on networking with seniors in the company and dropping them messages. How exactly can i do that? I wfh btw, would not do it today because obviously I don't want to ruin their Friday.

 Am i crazy to think that online networking is harder than offline networking? I'm a huge introvert.

If you are mid/senior level, would you be irritated to see a message from a random new hire? If no, what sort of message would make you happy/not annoyed etc etc?

How do i randomly message people in my company on slack/teams to "network"?

I got promoted 3 days back with a decent hike at a remote job. Also got an offer with 2x hike where I need to move to a new city where have to work from office. Is it worth switching?

Got promoted 3 days back but got also 2x offer from another company

Intern

I am working as SDE 1 in a good Indian startup. It's getting toxic day by day. Late night workings like 3AM and working on weekends is normalised like anything. Since I am new to IT ( no sort of politics never) and have almost 2.5 Years of experience, I am facing issues in getting credits. Last appraisal cycle in January, I was nominated for promotion but wasn't given to me, reason: you have not worked with architect and he was making decisions. In that case, architect should have been distributed tasks to us. 

one SDE3 is leading one of the projects ( not a big one ) and manager/architect is not much interested and never join any standup or retro, I have contributed immensely to that. Now since it is completely driven by sde 3 , he takes updates from us and show his work infront of seniors and director + announces like his work and seldom we get thank you in threads. Like if you did one function or wrote complete flow, for both thank you. Because of all these reasons, my work is not getting recognised. There is no one in team to help in this. 

Whenever a manager or Architect show cases some features or release, it's pretty evident that his team has done it but when a sde 3 does it, it is not the same. It conveys the message all or 90% work is done by him. 

I would like to take some suggestions from my seniors and fellow mates here. 

Hierarchy - sde 1-2-3-4-EM
I can't leave or switch right now due to some critical persona reasons.

Need help !! Toxicity at workplace

Good Indian startup is an oxymoron statement

Analyst

Software Developer

I am full stack developer ( MERN ), having 6+ months of experience in the tech stack. 

I am targeting startup consciously for steep level of learning and decent amount of earning.

Those who are working in startups and founder of startups what do you suggest. Consider me as your younger self :)

P-3 Suggestions to Jr.

Let me go- 
Coworker who used to lie a lot and spread rumours. Like they'll make up a story in their head, and start telling random things. Once she pinged everyone saying that I got engaged, and I suddenly started receiving texts in company groups 🤷🏾

What are some of the worst habits of your coworker?

Nothing major, but this bothers me a lot! 
 "Hi" 
 Just say what you want to say instead of waiting for me to reply

Frontend Engineer

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I currently have offers from both, for an SDE internship. Can you please help me choose while giving reasons for your choices?

Juspay or Udaan

So, just to be clear, I have no grudges against the people, but basically I don't like the core idea of doing a paid "guidance or mentorship" session. Examples being career guidance or famous resume reviews on Topmate

See, The very basic idea of asking for guidance is that you are in a vulnerable state and someone 'helps' you out by sharing their experience & giving back to the community in that way. This entire concept is thrown away when you Charge Money for it, it's no longer a help relationship - I can understand people are busy and have less time for mentorship, but that doesn't justify charging for it

There is another tangible problem in my opinion. When you Charge for a guidance session, it gives a transactional outlook for you - As in you never want to go really deep into conversations because it's a paid one time thing and as soon as your 30 minutes is gone, you have earned your prize. I know it's difficult to describe in words but when you do something for 1-time money, it's very difficult to not have a purely transactional perspective to it . This is something I have personally observed when I used to be in a competitive activity & did paid mentorship Sessions.

There is also a 3rd issue of inexperienced people giving out paid gyaan on issues which they don't have an idea of (I saw someone looking for their first full time job and yet running paid "career guidance" session on Topmate) but lets keep that for another day

ps : This is not against People whose job is advisory, that's a much more formal relationship by nature & there are enough checks and balances.

I hate the concept of Paid mentorship Sessions

Founder

What’s the most important career advice you’ve ever received? It could be anything, an advice from your colleague, a lesson you learnt the hard way, or a piece of wisdom that changed your perspective! 🌟🌟

Share Your Most Valuable Career Advice🚀

1. Work hard in your job. Don't complain and waste time. We know everyone is replaceable, but work so damn hard that if at all you decide to resign and switch sometime, it should come as a shell shocker to them.  
 Build a program/product/team from scratch, own it end to end so much that they'll never find anyone close to you who can work with the same efficiency. 
 You'll obviously take your learnings and apply them later on in your next job, but 
 You'll also earn the respect of all your colleagues which might be needed in your future corporate journey. 
 2. Don't chase money early on in your career unless you actually**need** it. Focus on building relationships, knowledge, learning to code (it helps) and earning respect of your colleagues wherever you go. 
 3. Don't get into smoking due to peer pressure. AVOID IT.

Strategy & Operations

I am at a VC backed early stage startup. Have been offered Esops.l but have no clue on this.  Can somebody explain to me how can I make money from ESOP by answering these-

1) Do I have to buy them post vesting period? If yes, what amount do I need to pay? Also will there be text on this purchase itself?

2)) When the company buys back from me assuming my vesting was over and I could hold them on, what's the amount I will get? I am assuming it's (no of options * current share price) - (no of options * strike price issued to me). Is that correct? If yes, how is the current share price calculated for non listed company?

3) Now when the company buys these, what's the tax I have to pay? I am trying to understand if availing options and selling options are different and if both have taxes

4) What happens in IPO? Who buys from me? Where can I sell? What price do I sell at?

How exactly does an ESOP buyback work?

Management Consulting

1. I am having a strong problem statement, which is thoroughly validated, along with a business plan, but I am not working or starting it as I lack confidence because I don't have a team in place.

( I am an IIM graduate and currently a product manager - giving these details just to get a sense of my background, which might help in the type of suggestions from your side).


2. How can I find a co-founder/partner/core team member? Please advise me on where to look for co-founders or people that share a similar mindset. 
Show quoted text



Please help me to navigate through this situation. Thanks in Advance 🙏

Need Advice - How to begin working on a Idea/Startup ?

Product Manager

There is a lot of content around entry level ( leetcode, DSA, cp, projects to shine your resume yada yada) to score a high salary tech job as a fresher.

But my question to seasoned folks in the industry, what does it actually take to become a really solid engineer to sustain yourself in the industry and lead teams 5-7 years down the line rather than doing all this resume padding stuff?

Beyond DSA And Dev

Have you observed this trend of getting scammed? 

Early career professionals ➡️ Online Courses
Colllege Kids ➡️ FAANG/MAANG didi/bhaiyya
School Kids ➡️ JEE cram schools

Here’s why career advice is generally bad.

1. Those who share career advice online are generally out there trying to shill you paid courses. They tell you what you want to hear so you pay up.

2. Any career advice that works will lose its edge over time. Because it becomes widely adopted, and that’s precisely because it works. 

Example:
If everyone is building a portfolio website then it becomes the defacto standard. I’m not saying that don’t build a portfolio website. 

What I’m saying is, that it becomes less effective over time because you building one is not a clear differentiator.

Imagine sending a letter by post to an early stage company’s founder where you want to work, he might be more willing to schedule a call with you because you chose an approach that they might not have experienced first hand ever. 

Also, I’m not saying that the above said approach will work, since it’s unproven you’ll have to experiment and evaluate if it works.

Maybe a good heuristic is to “do what it takes to stand out” and that means being creative with how you navigate work life. 

3. Those giving advice generally impose their thought model onto you. They make assumptions basis what they think is right.

This is not a bad thing but it does not account for your specific constraints.

Finally, if you do want to ask for advice.
1. Ask “How” questions to those not much older than you, since they are executing in the trenches.
2. Ask “Why” questions to much older folks, you try to get closer to their first principles, which is the base level truth that cannot be divided further. 

Avoid asking “What” questions to anyone, generally it’s good to think them through yourself.

[Thread] Why Career Advice is generally bullsh*t?

Sometimes I feel that the work I am doing in the office is worthless. It is providing no value to the client nor does it help me. I am able to answer the technical questions of the client which help in their business decisions and I think that's what keeps me employed. But I still feel I am wasting my time and I really don't know what I should do. Does anyone else face a similar issue or is it only with me? Also have someone come out of this and would like to share their experiences.

Sometimes I feel that the work I am doing is worthless.

Consultant

Hey guys, I just wanted to ask for some help

As you all know, I started building the open-source version of perplexity and have made huge progress but I am just curious if anyone even wants it? 

Aravind had some background to raise money and create hype. I can't do it even if my tech is open-source or maybe even better.

What should I do? Do i still do it or just leave it here.

Need your help to decide

Hear me out here,

Starting up is much more than idea PMF MVP CAC capital etc
There are so many basic paperwork questions - how to register company, GST, what all funds can government help with, how to get them, what startup programs 
Or behavioral questions - friends coming to build business, insecurity, anxiety, non - business backgrounds, job to business journey 

The top customers are here 
Many founders too, people who have built companies from scratch 
Founders who have failed and yet not given up
First time founders who built it big, navigating inevitable issues 

These basic questions could be very helpful

[Rough Idea] Grapevine community can be helpful to those looking to start their own

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.

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