ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Huge career gamble paid off

This is a personal win post.

I'm a '23 grad from top IIT but from non circuital branch. I did my summer internship in a payments MNC as a Quality Engineer and received PPO, but I rejected it since I didn't want to continue in testing. This was when recession was just starting. The money was decent in PPO, but I felt I could get more in a dev role in placements.

When placements came, I interviewed with few big companies, but unfortunately got rejected at some stage. Finally I got placed at Cogoport (yes that same cursed company), with a higher CTC but same base. I was initially happy with it, but as I talked with seniors I came to know about the horrors there, and a month before my joining I decided to take the jump and didn't join. My parents weren't supportive of the decision and I had to fight with them.

I was trying offcampus for a couple of months with a very specific strategy, I got good response but none of them converted to an offer. I finally joined a seed stage startup through my friend as an intern for 3 months. I struggled a lot initially but eventually put in the efforts and learnt and contributed well. The work, culture and people are great here.

Two months after I joined the startup, I got to know that almost half of the new joiners were laid off from Cogoport. And today is my first official day as a full time employee at the same startup I joined as an intern. The base is also the same as the other 2 offers, although CTC decreased but I have immense learning and responsibilities here and I'm sure I'll grow faster than my counterparts in big companies.

Thanks for hearing me out. Have a great end to the year folks

14mo ago
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CosmicDumpling
CosmicDumpling

All the best in your journey ahead. Things eventually pan out :)

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Thanks

FluffyJellybean
FluffyJellybean

Nice, early on learning is more important. At startups, your learning is generally 100x that of an enterprise. Then with the learning, the door that opens for you will be immense.

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Yes that's what I'm betting on as well

ZippyPanda
ZippyPanda
Cred14mo

You part of a startup my friend?

DerpyPancake
DerpyPancake

So happy for you, OP!!! All the best!!

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Thanks

JazzyBoba
JazzyBoba
Zomato14mo

Congratulations bro!!
Atleast someone is taking a gamble and winning it!!

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Thanks

SqueakyWalrus
SqueakyWalrus

GG

Lemme know if there are any frontend openings at your work place 🚀

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Currently we are not looking for frontend devs, sorry

ZippyCoconut
ZippyCoconut
Student14mo

Looking for 2.5 yoe backend?

SwirlyUnicorn
SwirlyUnicorn

A general advice ; Don’t run behind CTC. Negotiating on base is somewhat better.

In this phase of life focus on learning.

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Yeah base in the initial offer was lower, I negotiated to at least as much as the other offers and when they agreed I also went ahead with it

GroovyBiscuit
GroovyBiscuit

Why not if possible i want all my salary in rsus, i am ok with 5l base and 50l rsus. After rsus of publicly traded company are encashable. Always go behind yearly total comp aka TC. Base is irrelevant is TC is higher

ZoomyDonut
ZoomyDonut

Best of Luck OP. You did really well. Extremely happy for you tbh.

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Thanks

FluffyDumpling
FluffyDumpling

Congratulations buddy! Pat yourself on the back and have a 🍺 for the job well done. I do have a similar story and it's been hell of a ride now when I look back!

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Thanks, and best wishes to you too

FluffyPenguin
FluffyPenguin

Congrats

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Thanks

JumpyPotato
JumpyPotato

Fortune favours the brave! Atb!

ZippyRaccoon
ZippyRaccoon

Thanks

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