slowly heading towards this!

I have a feeling I have become dumb/dumber as the folks around me grasp things much faster ! I am a 33 year old guy and have been having this feeling since last couple of years. Anyone else in the same boat and if yes,what could be the reason behind this and potential solutions ?

I see a lot of folks with just 1.5-2 yoe getting promoted to "Senior Software Enginner". Companies like Razorpay, Swiggy, Meesho comes in mind. What should be the industry standard for being considered to be a "Senior"?

I started with a job of 8k/month as a data entry operator after my B.Tech from an expensive tier 4 college which I paid for using an education loan. Had major inferiority complex. Probably still do. Took some 5 years years after b.tech to pay that off. Didn't have a job in 2 of those years. Worked as a milkman for those two years. Anyway..somehow I got a meaningful job in 2017 and today I am a tech lead with 70L base and some equity. Reached this giant(atleast in my mind) milestone of 1 Cr this month. Could not have even dreamt of this much money some 5 years back. Yet, now some family members and family tell me "tukka lag gya tera" (you got lucky). But I keep feeling that I did kinda work hard for this in a way but it hurts when a first uncle or first cousin says "Tukka lag gya tera". Ofcourse now I feel financially confident(somewhat) and I try enjoy whatever pressures I can. Just wanted to share my little story.

It's been around 8 months as a Frontend developer working at a Startup. My senior is very fast at coding so he is saying that you should think about that you are made for development or not. I am feeling very demotivated. What should I do now?

I'm going to be graduating from BBA, tier 3 college. I fucked up in 10 and a bit in 12th i took commerce, even though i was interested in building product and working on technical aspect of things. Then in the covid period, i panicked and thought I'll probably loose my year if I'll wait to take addmission thus took admission in tier 3 college, half of the college period i attended from home, in the mean time i learned little bit of scripting and built some shitass blockchain project which ended up amounting to nothing but i enjoyed that. Now idk what I'm gonna do in future. Currently I'm working towards studying for CFA lvl 1. Why? I've loved financial aspects of valuations of companies so thought i might as well do this in the time I'm unemployed. I think my end goal is to work somewhere where i can solve product related problems or evaluate new startups. Consulting sounds cool too BUT me being from a tier 3 college i feel like I don't have a chance. Hell, i don't even know what's the purpose of my rant here, but hey if you have something to share please do :)

I'm an aspiring APM/Product Analyst from a Tier-3 College in India I have built a comprehensive portfolio comprising Product Teardowns,Case Studies, Guesstimates, Side Projects and PM articles I've been cold DMing PMs on LinkedIn but the response rate isn't high(People aren't reading the message I'm sending with connection request) I need guidance to get at least an internship for summer 2024, so that I can get a PPO later on PS: I'm a 2025 grad

Life has 3 currencies - money, time, energy. I'm running short on the last two. I've done enough grinding in my career so far (10+ yrs). Have a family and personal issues to take care of. Whatever limited leisure time i get is spent on unwinding for the sake of my sanity, but beyond that I'm unable to devote time or energy to my family, or on self care, or any of the hundred other non-work priorities. I'm done working 12 hr days and working on weekends as well, with a lurking anxiety of what could go wrong at the office, and how my career is shaping up. I've kinda accepted that i might not hit senior management roles anytime soon, but as long as I'm able to make a good life away from work as well, I'm not really worried about it. However, that's not also happening in the current scheme of things. Hence, need to get into a chill company that affords me time and energy. I understand money might be not as grand. I've heard of American Express being one such place. Any other recommendations?

when we stop singing along to the lyrics of Prateek Kuhad or The Local Train, but just listen, looking either up at the moon and stars or down to the earth and maybe walking around