Your thoughts plz

Back in 2013 .. i thought if I will be able to make 50k a month thats more than enough to sustain a family of 4 back in the day.. But now I see folks even earning 1lpm and struggling with finances .. they don't own a house.. Have we all started to live the false rich life ? I don't think making 2LPM or even over that... and living just on that makes you rich .. I do think in order to be rich one should look at his bank balance.. investments and assets which are generating regular income for him/her ... What do you guys think??

How to manage workload with new born baby. I just had a baby and feeling a lot of pressure with office work as well as parenting. I want to give lot of time to my baby but it's not getting possible. My wife is on paternity leave and doing most of the baby work. I feels like I am missing lot of things in this phase of my child. Please suggest something.

Hello, In today's world most of the married couples are working. How do you guys manage your non-work life together like kids, food, grocery, shopping, house chores? As most of us come from a background where our mothers are housewives and she used to manage the household chores like cooking, house management, kids and other indoor stuff and our fathers used to go out and earn money, and manage outdoor stuff. Now, this paradigm has been changed and I fully accept this maturely but I want to fit in this new model. Can anyone tell me how they are managing it positively? Thanks for your time and only serious answers please.

It's for the people who stay away from their parents for work. How do you deal with this guilt of leaving your parents behind when they need you the most? Also, if you have done something regarding this, please mention.

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

What would you do differently in your life? Comment below!

Have little greater 2 Cr cash (MF, stocks, bank balance etc) that can be liquidated real quick. Few Cr in real estate assets. No debt. Dependents also earn by themselves. Monthly spend of 50k-60k, can optimise further if needed. Why I should not leave my stressful job, and take something which has more WLB or lower pay with less tension ? What all should I consider before taking this decision ?

I know a lot of people love working from home. But small rant here. Honestly, straight out of college I thought I would do too. But no, I absolutely do not. Why? 1. No personality development. It's honestly like an online college all over again (1/2 of my college "life" was online). I talk to a screen, waste a lot of time otherwise. 2. I don't have a room to call my own. I know this is going to make me sound like a privileged brat but I need my privacy to feel my full confident self. My family members are always on top of my head and spy on me during work. No they really do. 3. I hate, absolutely LOATHE approaching people on teams. I'm more social, confident and comfortable working in an offline setting be it presenting something or talking to senior folks in general. 4. I have NO life outside of the computer/home. My hobbies, interests everything are inside the tiny room I share with my parents. I still have 2 different desks (which are literally next to each other) for work and personal stuff respectively. When I had offline semesters, it was really awesome as I had balance. I graduated in 2023 and of course I have a lot to learn, but I'm seriously thinking about searching for another job that's not WFH. I'm still early career and I think I should not be working remote. Am I stupid?

Hi all, Pls suggest wfh opportunities for a fresher wanting to make a career in business/finance and gain exposure. Need to be home at home because of a few unavoidable personal situations

Alright so this post is coming from a place of guilt so do not take it as bragging. I have been employed for more than 16 years now and routinely clocked 60+ hour work weeks till before COVID. Once WFH started, I found it difficult to adjust working from home (especially with two toddlers) and found myself spending most of the time taking care of the kids (which I thoroughly enjoyed). Wife is a doctor and has erratic hours so I thought kids need the reassurance of at least one parent being around most of the time. Around 2021, I realised that my fitness has significantly gone down so I enrolled in a sports club and began playing squash regularly and religiously in the mornings. 30 minute sessions became 45 minutes which became 1 hour to now close to 2 hours (coupled with some running and swimming). By the time I login to work (I have UK hours: 11 am to 8 pm), I feel quite tired and at times take post lunch naps (during office time). My health has significantly improved but I have found that I am simply unable to stay productive at work for more than 4 hours ( around 4 pm to 8 pm). I am pretty good at what I do and one of the few technical people in a team full of Excel worshippers so one can argue that I get things done relatively faster than average colleagues. However, I have a serious fear that this level of slacking may get me in trouble and could even render me unemployable as I get older. Is this just a phase or a manifestation of a midlife crisis? Have others experienced something like this in their late 30s early 40s?