Thank You Grapevine! 🟠

Grapevine achieved 100k+ users Elon Musk got a Jacob's Creek Since I'm too far to achieve my ancestor level grapes (>10k), I've got myself this, instead of tissues to BiryaniEnthu. Elders of Grapevine, bless me to gain more knowledge, good people from this community, ofcourse grapes too. BiryaniEnthu - I'm rooting for you!

Last week, I was wondering how long has it been for me since I joined Grapevine. Scrolling through OTPs, I realized that the first time I "may" have joined the app is exactly one year ago since today. It has been a hell of a ride. I have had insane conversations with some of the best minds in this country. It also made me appreciate how the same people who will be discussing Finance in one post also end up talking about Nietzsche in another post. I have always felt that we all have great stories to share in our lives. Grapevine has always been a place where smart people in this country have contributed to the collective knowledge here. Lastly, there are always a ton of gloomy folks around you, they are doomsayers. That is always because people in general are more optimistic about their future and that remains a mainstream emotion. Which means that the cost of being wrong is low and the praise for being right is high when you are negative all the time as it is a contrarian take. But let me tell you the most important thing, India is becoming big. No matter what may come our way. People will crib about things as they should, but don't let that deter you from building in India and staying in India. There is a ton of money to be made and you should aim to be on the right side of history.

A small gift awaits

Nothing but a gratitude post for the amazing community of people i got introduced to thanks to this app. I'm just a 22 yo kid new to all the corporate jargon of savings and investments and taxes and wlb and all of that stuff, and i believe this platform has helped me tremendously to gain knowledge of - why we should have an emergency fund and how to build it. Really needed a perspective of how it should look like and GV gave me exactly that - how to manage investments, I've started to earn a bit well recently so definitely a huge ups on the knowledge I got on investments here. - how to become a better swe. Some amazing folks occasionally drop in some very rare tips, love to learn more and get an insight into how exp folks think and work. and lots of other stuff such as which startups to be aware of having shite culture, good places to join, occasional memes and everything else. Terrific product in the making, would love to see it scale even more in coming times. Now that i have your attention, DMs rolling out when 😀

I’ll go first. To me, it’s all about access. Access to authentic ideas. The best search result you get on Google is high SEO but low authenticity. On LinkedIn, there are so many people but everyone is shilling a course or 1:1 resume reviews. Mostly it has become a place which started as vanity signalling Like ( I have started a new role…, I have been accepted at …, I have received offers from F, A, N and G and I’m joining G.) And now people pushing mindless content with “Agree?” or “Comment Interested”. Somehow, everyone is truly inauthentic to please a wider audience and say the exact same generic gyaan to maximise engagement. For now, Grapevine is where people are genuinely themselves and I get to hear interesting things that you get to hear near the coffee machine. Kinda feels like we’re all a big community where we all contribute and learn new things about the professional landscape around us. Godspeed Grapevine. 🚀

You're making it guys!!

TL;DR We stay on the internet nowadays. I am doing so since 2009. From orkut to fb, Twitter to insta, WhatsApp to Tg and Quora to Reditt. If u look closely all are Western apps, few entrepreneurs tried to make the Indian SM app but it turned cringe n toxic like hood etc. I was silent reader here for 3m, then started interacting actively 5m back. Saw this platform evolving from 0 to 1. Hell a lot of improvement. But what I loved maximum is how beautifully people help each other, from referral to rant, Job opening to layoff, CTC discussion to crazy comparison, love to hate, left to right, PM to Sde, Whitefield to Koramangala and what not... We have everything on a tap from food to cab and dating to matrimonial still we are the unhappiest gen. GrapeVine( thanks to @Micheal_Scott )kinda platform is helping to kill that loneliness and toxicity of one's life. Always there to discuss and talk about semiconductors, ai, economy, philosophy, marketing, music n memes! 🥂 Cheers and have a nice day. Keep smiling ☺️ Bonus - https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VATfbq_116I&feature=share

Great work, Grapevine team! Been an early user - have seen the product get better. Also the discussions, responses, engagement…. Keep it up!

Congrats to Elon_Musk and Potatomato for crossing 10K and to several others for crossing 8K A small gift is in order! I’ll reach out soon :)