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by Jackietrader

Google

Sometimes I feel that the purpose of my life(28M/42L) is more than this.

Some background, I went to a T-1 school for my undergrad. Did many great internships and went to several hackathons around the globe. Made great money doing GSoC in my second year. I was the happiest back then. I was making more money than any of my friends, the world was for taking and I was Alexander, the world ripe for conquering. Fast forward to today and I think I have done a disservice to my potential. Even if I still am the pot-smoking liberal teen that I was, I feel that I could have taken extreme risks when I was young. I could have still gotten my current job easily. I hardly work more than 3-4 hours in a day. I am always wondering what to do with my time and it feels like life has stagnated with nothing to look forward to except how much money I can realistically make over time. I feel when I look in the mirror, I am still the same person I was. Except, I have lost some hair ofcourse and some hair has turned white(blame bangalore water ig?). Here is my advice to anyone young, hungry, smart and ambitious... You only miss the shots you never take. So take your chances and shoot your shots. No one cares about you as much as you do. So if you got one life, why wouldn't you make it the best movie that it can ever be? Ps: I am looking for new ideas to start my own new venture. If any VCs are interested in hearing my idea, you can reach out to me in DMs. I will share my Calendly there.

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by Sherlock007

TCS

Rural Life Experience 2.

Attaching a recent sunset pic from my gallery. Thanks for loving Part 1 of my RLE. https://share.gvine.app/1phkz5E232ikFMwH8 I am loving this phase of my life. Wlb is good. Eating organic food, drinking clean water 💦 and breathing clean air 🫁. More time for family and society. Getting good sleep with deep sleep more than 2h consistently. No regional holiganism. Life ain't kinda hullabaloo which used to be case in metro. Saving+investing 100% of my salary (thanks to my investments in last 7-8y) I want to sustain this and live like this for rest of my life. I am in late 20s and sitting on total 93L savings. It will cross 8d soon but am confused on how to go through sustainability. Please help me navigate. 1. I don't want to do job. Startup or Meaningful work is my calling. In Covid i worked for multiple startups and helped them in many ways. MVP to PMF, am good at marketing, sales, HR and tech. Planning to join a remote startup or start my own. But it should be meaningful startup not just a bigger fool game. 2. I Can do agriculture side by side as I have around 15acres of land. It can give output = Median package of tier 1 mba. Have ideas like growing stevia, alovera and other useful stuff instead of wheat n rice like my old generation. Then it will be huge but again have to convince father. Startups like dehaat are helping in this as well. 3. Get a good franchise in nearby city like sleepwell, Pizza Hut, kfc or tamo and get regular returns. 4. Put all money in FD and get 50k/m return and live a happy life. (50k is more than enough for family of 5 where I live currently) 5. I love reading, blogging, debating, quizzing on economics, geopolitics, spirituality, semiconductor, politics and tech. Can build an online business around this on YouTube and internet. Please guide me how to reach to correct idea and navigate properly with minimal risk. Thanks in advance and only serious people reply. If someone is on same boat ⛵ then do DM.

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