ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

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

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 😂

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DizzyHamster
DizzyHamster

Also the senior experienced folks charging 3999 for a 30 min resume review and labelling it as giving back to the community, Respected Sir, Considering your experience and wealth you've accumulated you shouldn't forget that people see right through this GIVING BACK bullshit.

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

😂😂 the imaginary world they live in

JumpyBiscuit
JumpyBiscuit

Well said, recently saw a senior product leader at Jupiter do this.

QuirkyLlama
QuirkyLlama

I’ve only ever seen grifters use Topmate. Saw someone with 2 years of experience working in some do-nothing company charging for career advice on Topmate. You know the kind of people who don’t actually know anything in their field but like to show that they do via impressive sounding but generic AF LinkedIn posts? Those are the people on Topmate. Fuckin asswipe influencer class.

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Agree man. Felt very disappointed when i saw people like this in a great role.

SillyJellybean
SillyJellybean

Strange how such a useful thing is mostly used by grifters.

I guess the valuable people you really want to teach mostly don't have time for meeting random ass people just for money. Their time is more valuable than being monetized on topmate.

SquishyNarwhal
SquishyNarwhal

Use TopMate only for giving interviews. See if their company is hiring. Set a meeting via TopMate.

Most of the generic gyaan is not helpful at all if you have a specific question.

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

I spoke to 3-4 people till now. Went with specific questions. No one gave a concrete answer

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

Topmate is a scam. Most people are there for a side hustle, they don't have any real gyaan to give.

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Totally man. I am keeping it as a filter these days

BouncyNugget
BouncyNugget

I've been curious about this and would honestly wouldn't mind trying it but reading through replies here increases my skepticism more. The other day some random ig girl who posts videos of her dancing and pandering to trads with some shitty content is a software engineer in a no name organization that has a youtube channel and also does topmate.

OTOH there's guys like arnav gupta on twitter, and the cto of dukaan on there too. Wonder if they'll be any different.

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

I was not able to bear it anymore. So ended up writing my frustration here.

BouncyNugget
BouncyNugget

Thank you for taking one for the team. I guess I'll avoid it.

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

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...