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45 years of experience in total I made startup in eCommerce, failed   1 year of experience on documents as job   Background  Sales/Operations/e commerce   Currently working in BPO    Current situat...

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4-5 years of experience in total
I made startup in eCommerce, failed 

1 year of experience on documents as job 

Background - Sales/Operations/e commerce 

Currently working in BPO  

Current situation - 3.6 LPA 

How to enter into corporates and take jumps from current scenario ?

how to Jump from 3.6LPA ?

Sales Development Representative

how to Jump from 3.6LPA ?- Grapevine

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Struggling at 3.6 LPA, what to do ?

What was your first ever CTC and what's your current CTC with YoE?

I'll start - 1.6 to 9.8 in 4 years.

This post is intended to give hope to freshers and motivation to experienced folks.

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1 lakh 80 thousand per year 
 Now 1 lakh 85 thousand per month 
 Years taken 11

Software Engineer

Account Executive

What percentage is the salary hike usually when you switch companies ??

Founder

Share your progress - the journey.
- Where did you begin and where are you now?
- What motivated you to go the extra mile? 
- Where do you see yourself in the next few years?
- What did you do differently then the rest of the pack?

This can serve as a motivation to those of us who wants to improve and as a appreciation for some of us who made themselves a stellar career.

Eager to hear your stories. 🔥

What has been your career/salary progression so far?

2018 - 7.2LPA ( Services startup ) 
 2019 - 15LPA ( Hike ) 
 2020 - 21LPA ( Switch ) 
 2021 - 27LPA ( Hike ) 
 2022 - 33 LPA ( Hike ) 
 2023 - 72 LPA ( Switch ) 
  
 Sorry. Should have posted mine first :)

Lead Engineer

Overview: 
Everyone around me, be it old school friends to the people in the bangalore startup ecosystem are planning to or already in the process of doing an MBA. 

What is happening:
Most of the people I know, either are going for a tier 1 MBA in India or colleges like “Carnegie Mellon”/ “INSEAD”/ “NUS” these are really good places. 

Why am I concerned:
I dont have great acade, GEM candidate so I have decided to not pursue CAT at all, and MBA outside India is too expensive. 

I feel like my job and career are going fine with 4 years of professional experience I am making 25LPA in marketing. I am not keen on doing an MBA but I dont want to regret later.

I consider myself to be fairly smart but what happens when I am competing with people who have great brand names on their resume and are actually smart. 

People on GV with more experience, have you gone through this struggle? 


Sidenote: I also have friends who have cleared IIM ABC, ISB and not gone, because they just wanted the admit letter. Which is brave lol!

Will an MBA destroy your life or make it better?

Performance Marketer

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What should my strategy be if I want to 4x my current salary (let's say go from 7LPA to approx 30LPA) in the next 4-5 years? Is this a realistic expectation to have moving forward? With regards to my work ex; I started off my career with sales, worked for 7 months, left the job, upskilled myself a little bit and landed a product manager role. So in total I have about a year of experience (7 months in sales and rest out it as a pm). Also I have a engineerring background and have also completed my MBA, both of them from tier 2 colleges.

Need more CTC

What was your first ever CTC and what's your current CTC with YoE?

I'll start - 1.6 to 9.8 in 4 years.

This post is intended to give hope to freshers and motivation to experienced folks.

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Hi guys,
I have worked for 3 years in my company for Blue Yonder JDA software. As the backend and frontend functionalities specialist. With core technologies used as SQL, PLSQL, Control M and Retail Pricing knowledge. I currently earn around 9LPA fixed. 

Can anyone suggest me , having this amount of experience and knowledge where is the right step for me to proceed with my career? Really grateful for any help. Thank you!

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If you're not an engineer/PM/QA and earning 25L+/year, please share your designation, role and how did you get there? 

Please bookmark this post for learning.

Non-tech salary

Operations Manager

Just wanted to see general sentiment. Coming from a tier 1 clg in du most roles offer between 50-80k base, not including variable. Also do mention the field you've gotten into, thanks.

People who have just graduated from a non tech background, how much are you all earning?

Account Manager

Hello all, I have 2 years in embedded software developement. I come from ECE background and want to switch my domain to VLSI. I am undergoing training and working on Front End Design and Verification projects. 
All the openings I see on LinkedIn or anywhere is either for 3+ years experience or interns who are in college. Forget cracking the interview I don't know how to get the opportunity to face one.
I don't know where am I going wrong. Can someone please let me know how can I get opportunities? Please advise 🙏. Thanks

Switching to VLSI after 2 years experience in embedded

Embedded Software Engineer

Hey All

I graduated in 2021 out of DU and parallely converted my internship with a preseries A fintech startup for a full-time role, pay was less that what I would've got in campus placements, but I prioritised steep learning curve or a 15k per month salary difference.

After spending 15 months reporting directly to the ceo in a 150 member team, I resigned. Initially the pace was enjoyable, later on it became toxic.

Moved to Bangalore and joined another start-up, didn't take a huge hike since I just wanted to start somewhere. After working here for 7 months, now I have much for focussed idea on what my strengths are and I'm working with experienced folks (avg 8+ years). I'm a 22 year old working in the founding team of pretty good product startup (funded by Kunal and bunch of other angels).

Currently I'm at 6LPA, and would reach a 12LPA in thr next 3-4 months subject to fundraise, what I would like an opinion on is if after completing an year and we don't raise a round, do I stay? Or do I go back home and prepare for Gmat or CAT, then do aan expensive MBA by taking a loan? Or do I find another startup asking for a 12LPA? or do I try for a established company role in program management or partnerships or something?

I don't have any family money or business to fall back on, but fortunately I didn't take a loan for my education yet, and my parents would be okay to give me another 2 more years to figure things out.

Would appreciate help from anyone who've been in a similar journey or just any piece of advice.

Thanks!

Started off career in startups

Program Manager

Hello everyone,

Requesting honest opinion based on my profile:

- Did Btech and Mtech from IIT Delhi
- Worked with a management consultancy firm for 2 years 
- Worked with a B2B mid stage startup as strategy and ops manager for 1 year 
- Worked with a year stage B2B startup as founding team member lead product and supply for 8 months  

Have been on a career break since Nov'23. Early days were very romantic I was enjoying my free time. But it has been very difficult lately without any direction for future. 

What should be my goal? And a short term plan for next 6 months?

Stuck in career break

Strategy & Operations

Currently at over 45L INR ($55K)/year. 
Jumped from 9L INR ($11K)/year 1.5 years back.

Is it possible to go 5-6X from here?

I'm in tech, backend.

What path should I follow?
Build a SAAS, become an influencer, join a FAANG?

How to go 5X from here?

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Salary 24 + 3

Exp : 10+ years
PSU Bank : 5 Years 
MBA break : New IIM ( Not baby IIM )
Own Startup : 2 
2 Small companies : ( 6 months+ 2 years) : PM and Post Merger Integration. 
Now 6 months as Business Architect in Stock Exchange

Mistake I did by joining a small company with 12 lpa as I need money after my failed startup and COVID happened at the same time.  

Need genuine suggestions for switching jobs. How it will impact my career path. As I am looking for 40+ lpa which would be decent for me ( i might be wrong )

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