Hey everyone! Requesting for an anonymous letter!

I'm a 28-year-old guy currently employed as a data scientist at a Fortune 500 company, earning a respectable annual salary of 24 lakhs. Lately, I've been contemplating pursuing an MBA, but I haven't initiated my GMAT preparation yet. I'm wondering if it's a wise move to transition my career in this direction. I've heard that individuals with a tech background who graduate from IIM/ISB might need to begin their careers anew, typically with a salary in the range of 27 to 28 lakhs. Can you confirm if this is accurate?

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is doing well. I'm a software engineer at JPMC with 1+ years of experience in Java, Python, and AWS. Lately, my work at JPMC hasn't much fun and I'm also getting underpaid compared to my peers at Chase for the same role. I'm looking for a switch so that things can get exciting again and I can earn a bit more so that I can provide better back at home. I will be truly grateful if someone can refer me or help me get an opportunity. Thank you all!

Hi guys, have you also been silently let go/laid off by your company? This story needs to be heard by the people. I am a journalist and working on one such story, it would be great to have more details. You can reach out to me on [email protected] Companies want to brush everything under the carpet, they think nobody will know about these silent layoffs by letting go of people in small batches. We are one of India's largest financial news organisation and would like the world to know about such practices. If you know someone who has met with the fate, reach out to us. Not putting in my real ID to save it for another day.

I joined AmEx Gurgaon in 2015 in PoS Fraud Strategy as a Business Analyst. I was having a rough time at AmEx as I really wanted to pursue my passion of Mathematics in the US. I had secured an admit at Univeristy of Illinois - Urbana Champaign and UT-Austin in their MS programme and was totally checked out at work. During my tenure at AmEx, I was mostly bored. Looking at internal tools and spreadsheets was the worst. This coupled with the fact that I was travelling to and fro between Noida and Gurgaon meant that I was commuting a solid 4 hours everyday. In this time of mental agony, I met this charismatic young woman, she was an Analyst in the Credit Underwriting Team. I don't know what got into me and I asked her out to coffee. We went to the Starbucks in CyberHub the next morning and she was the most delightful personality ever. Sweet and elegant, she talked of her passion with vigour, from her ideals to writing poems. I left that conversation feeling uneasy though. She reminded me of what I wanted but also of what I was scared to lose in her. We continued to date for the next 6 months in a hush-hush manner to avoid any suspicion at AmEx. I had to start the process of getting my F1-visa for the US and when I told her about it she was extremely disheartened. In my heart, I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my days with her and life without her was nothing but an empty void. She came with me to the US Consulate Office, and I don't know what got into me but I kissed her. I knew that I wanted her more than anything else. Decided not to give the Visa Interview and applied to ISB with my GRE score. Got into it and ended up becoming a Management Consultant in MBB. We got married in 2019 and welcomed our daughter into this world in 2021. I wonder what life would've been living in the US. But whatever it would be, it couldn't be better than being in her arms when we come back from work. Have faith. Everything will turn out to be okay. Trust the process

I am hiring for the Strategy and Ops role in Blr to help build partnerships for India to Global SaaS in Fintech space. Educational background is no bar. Previous experience in partnerships/consulting is preferred.

I see people here showing of their networth more than often. The stocks they have, the salary they draw and with their very little experience and young age. Please let’s not make it another bragging platform. Let’s get real. I’m putting out my story. I got laid off, got a job after 2 months. Quit the job within a month as it needed me to relocate immediately (which was earlier supposed to happen after 3 months) plus I figured they had a very toxic culture (which I could figure before joining, but beggars can’t be choosers) I have 2 months of runway with my savings I’m married. Wife is also on a break currently. Current networth? (-)16 lacs. Have loans worth 25 lacs which will be over in next 5 years. I have been a generalist all my life, and I figured post all this layoffs that no matter what you do, how much you put in, at the end you’ll just be a Number for the company and at times of difficulty they’ll lay you off. What am I thinking next? To find freelancing and consulting services along with a job which will just be required to pay my fixed monthly expenses and have my peace of mind and on the side build things what I really love and enjoy. Will experiment the one or two ideas I have, if there are good responses and feedback and I sense a demand, will scale it up else move on to the next one. I don’t want to retire ever, I want to keep working till my last breath, but a work I love doing, a work that will always let me have my peace of mind. I don’t want to make a billion dollar company, but something that gives meaning to things I am passionate about and people can connect themselves with. P.s: I’m Not an Engineer 🙂 Would love to hear real stories from you! Put down your current situation, what are you planning, and what are you passionate about.

👋🏻 Grapevine friends, I'm actively looking for a job in the above mentioned roles. I've extensively worked on all popular cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and DevOps tools. Have single handedly delivered activities like Cost Optimisation, Deployments, Observability etc. I'm interested in OpenSource and exploring the Security domain. Immediate joiner! Help appreciated 💯🙏🏻🙌🏻

I am an experienced PM in a product based company. Off late I am not very motivated on the area /procrastinating /slacking /lazy. I am looking for an accountability partner - say book common meeting invite and work for 3 hours/day on weekends to prepare for interviews or deep work. Would anyone be interested. If there are more we can create a whatsapp group.