PerkySushi
PerkySushi
Student

Being grateful to my first employer

I graduated last year with no job offer from college. And started job hunting, I had 3 internship experiences, still not getting any job. But last December 2022 i got a call from the founder of the early stage startup( bootstrapped), gave a live coding round, and got selected within a day, even in this horrible job market with 7 lpa. Now the amazing part is that the technical co-founder was working as a consultant themself for a company and paying me and 2 other peeps from his own salary and still no expectations of overtime and good flexibility, unlimited paid leave,and then after working there for 9 months, finally the founders got funding but now they decided to move to wfo from wfh(with a considerate increment to employees), with which I was not comfortable because I have to relocate (and I have a medication going on from a very specialized doctor from my city), so decided to part ways. And from the past 3 months, i am job hunting, but not even getting an equal opportunity, those 7 lpa feels like 24 lpa coming from a founder who was working a day job to give me and other that opportunity.

This post is an appreciation for all those founders who are working a job or hustling and running a startup in their spare time. Best wishes to you peeps, you may succeed in all pursuits of life.

P.s- The founder gave me 6 days salary also which was equal to my first internship stipend.

12mo ago
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MagicalBoba
MagicalBoba

Name and fame the company

PerkySushi
PerkySushi
Student12mo

Unfortunately I can't do it here, it will throw my anonymity, small company it is.

FuzzySushi
FuzzySushi

That's the minimum you can do for them. Anyhow you are not ranting about, so good for you as well

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama

Great founders need to be appreciated. Hope he succeeds.

CosmicDumpling
CosmicDumpling

Hoping for more of such founders

PerkySushi
PerkySushi
Student12mo

Yup

BouncyJellybean
BouncyJellybean

This is what will make India superpower 😍

PerkySushi
PerkySushi
Student12mo

Definitely, this also inspired me and now I am working on my own stealth project which solves a real life problem and have a usecase

WobblyWalrus
WobblyWalrus
Student12mo

"To job kyu chhoda!??"

~ First Employer

PerkySushi
PerkySushi
Student12mo

Medical reason saar

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