Yeah, and the writing style is the same for all three posts (wall of text without paragraph breaks, same specific words like 'yapping' used in multiple of them).  
  
 It's obvious that same person has written them from the PoV of 3 different people. Probably someone practicing their creative content writing skills, to seem how much engagement they are able to get.

Staff Engineer

Analytics Manager

three sides, one story ?

Associate

three sides, one story ?- Grapevine

The other side of the story

Software Engineer

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

To the People who have made / are making frequent job switches ( say each year or so ), 
What’s your salary progression and any issues you might think you run into in the future

Frequent Switches : Good or Bad ?

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Two sides to every story.

Analyst

Welcome to News Discussion's Private Community

Here's we go with the Grapevine News Bulletin - 5 handpicked scoops! 🗞️ Devour these tidbits in under 3 minutes and get your brain buzzing!

Let's go!

𝟏.⁠ 𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐠𝐨, 𝐚 '𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩', 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

Ixigo, an online travel aggregator, is going public next week, targeting Rs 740 crore ($89 million) primarily through a sale of shares by existing investors.

The IPO is expected to value Ixigo at Rs 3,600 crore ($430 million), 20% higher than its 2021 private valuation. Ixigo's financials show strong growth, with a 32% increase in operating revenue to Rs 501 crore in FY23 and a net profit of Rs 23 crore. Ixigo's valuation appears to be a potential bargain compared to peers like EaseMyTrip and MakeMyTrip.

Existing investors like Elevation Capital and Peak XV Partners are set to make significant returns, with Elevation expected to make a 13X return.

🍇 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙜𝙤'𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙈𝙮𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩-𝙄𝙋𝙊 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚?

Source: Inc42 - https://bit.ly/3KBzNEM

𝟐. ⁠𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐓𝐎

The co-founder of the edtech platform Unacademy, Hemesh Singh, is stepping down from his role as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will continue in an advisory role at the company, but his future plans are unclear.

Unacademy's focus has shifted more towards the offline market, which is now a central part of their business. The online test-prep operation is expected to decrease in 2023.

There have been other top-level exits at Unacademy recently. The company has raised significant funding over the past few years, with its valuation reaching over $3 billion.

🍇 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝙃𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙝'𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙐𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙮, 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙨. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙫𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙙𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡-𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙮𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝?

Source: The Arc - https://bit.ly/3VBjrCt

𝟑.⁠ ⁠𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐅𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 $𝟗𝟎 𝐦𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬

The lending app Fibe has raised $90 million in a new funding round, nearly doubling its valuation to close to $600 million. The round was led by TR Capital, Amara Partners, and Trifecta Capital, with existing investors TPG and Norwest also participating. 

Fibe provides unsecured personal loans of up to Rs 5 lakh, competing with players like KreditBee and Moneyview. It is profitable, with a net profit of Rs 88 crore for the 9 months ending December 2023. Its loan book has more than tripled in the last 2 years, reaching Rs 3,431 crore as of December 2023.

The company had to write off loans worth Rs 94 crore in the 9 months ending December 2023, over twice the Rs 44.5 crore in FY23. Its NBFC had a gross NPA of 2.86% in December 2023, down from 3.5% in March 2023.

🍇 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝙁𝙞𝙗𝙚'𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖'𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙉𝙋𝘼𝙨. 𝘼𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙡𝙮, 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝘽𝙁𝘾𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙨?

Source: Entrackr - https://bit.ly/3X9ezpg 

𝟒.⁠ ⁠𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐘𝟐𝟒

Ather Energy's revenues were flat at ₹1,753 crore in FY24, down 2% from the previous year

This is due to increasing competition in the Indian electric two-wheeler market, with players like Ola Electric, Bajaj, and TVS vying for market share

Ather had seen a massive 4x revenue growth in the previous year, from ₹408 crore to ₹1,784 crore

🍇 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝘼𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚-𝙪𝙥 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖'𝙨 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙬𝙤-𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙫𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙑 𝙩𝙬𝙤-𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨?

Source: MoneyControl - https://bit.ly/3x98gY4

𝟓. ⁠𝐁𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐣 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐬 𝟕,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐫 𝐈𝐏𝐎

The IPO will comprise a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 4,000 crore and an offer for sale of equity shares worth Rs 3,000 crore by parent Bajaj Finance.

The proceeds will be used to augment Bajaj Housing Finance's capital base to meet future capital requirements.

🍇 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝘽𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙟 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚'𝙨 𝙄𝙋𝙊 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘, 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚?

Source: YourStory - https://bit.ly/3KBAj5G

Got a zesty take on our tangy 🍇 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩? Discuss in comments below! ⬇️

Grapevine News Bulletin 📰

Journalist

Do you ever wonder why we don’t find love

Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more from users like 4ct5gbhdx6101.

A love story in 6 parts

Generalist

Just curious, I would like to know what are some of the most uncommon ways people have made money.

Please don't say internships, jobs etc 

Let me go first : made a playlist of some niche focused videos on YouTube ( can't disclose the niche as of now )
Added the playlist link to a doc and 💥
Sold it on gumroad for some good $$ to a good no. of people. 

Your turn now

What's the craziest way you've made money ?

At start of 2020 was transitioning to a new job. Got FnF of 1.3L from prev. job in March of that year.  
  
 Unwittingly YOLOed all of it into crypto (ETH, MATIC, UNI). Over the next year it grew to ~85L. Withdrew all, paid taxes and put the lumpsum ~50L in mutual funds and FDs on dad's advice. Not gonna get lucky like that ever again.

Product Manager

Do you know the reason for getting up everyday and working? Have you found why you wanna do what you wanna do?

Examples from TV series -
Naruto wanted to be Hokage because he wanted everyone to see him, acknowledge that he exists and he is someone important.

Mike Ross in Suits wanted to be lawyer to help people because of what happened with his parents

Patrick Jane in Mentalist was a CBI consultant because he wanted to find killer of his wife and Daughter

Sheldon cooper pursued physics bcoz it made sense to him and he wanted to win a Nobel

I can only quote such examples as I haven't found real life people who have any reasons for why they do what they do apart from the reason of making money.
Even here, I find most posts about making money/salary discussions. I have rarely found any post which talks about something meaningful other than money.

Disclaimer- I am not saying money isn't a good enough reason. I am trying to figure out if someone has reasons other than money. 

Would like to hear why they chose the field they chose!

Have you figured out your reason for doing what you do?

Consultant

The Morning Vine 🍇

It happened about 4yrs ago when I was looking for a job change for the first time. I hadn't practiced DSA in a long time and I was giving interviews without enough preparation.

So during a virtual interview the interviewer gave me a DSA question which I had a look at a couple of days ago but still didn't know how to solve properly. 

I thought it would be easier if I can just search through my browser history to find that solution I saw. 

I might have searched my history for about 15-20 secs and suddenly realised that I was fking sharing my screen on call 🤦

{Trust me! I'm smart, this was a brain fart moment}

I immediately closed the history tab and pretended like this never happened, and tried to solve the question on my own.

The fact that both of us didn't say anything makes it even more embarrassing for me. There was an eerie silence which makes me think he saw what I was trying to do.

During the whole call I was super embarrassed, but I gave my best and was able to solve half of the cases, but didn't get selected for the next round, obviously. 

till today I wonder whether he saw that I was trying to cheat or not ? and what he thinks of me?

I'm aware/realise that this is what happens when you try to cheat, so either don't cheat or be smart about it 🙂

do you have anything similar to share?

Embarrassing Cheating Story 🤫

Senior Software Engineer

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Help me figure this out because up till now it seems like all my decisions were wrong.

New job, new city, fresher.
Found a single occupancy in a pre occupied 2BHK in my budget, and as per my preferences. Had to shift in the middle of the month. Since the room I am supposed to get is occupied by someone else(X), the landlord suggested that I adjust in the hall area for the half month and then I would shift to the room from October. 
I was okay with this, and under the impression that X is also okay with this arrangement. Mind that X is not present in the flat, X has been away since a month. The other two flatmates (Y, Z) in the other room are also okay with this. 
I have given deposit of 20k to the landlord. 
Now X comes back today, starts a fight with me straightaway, starts throwing my things. X says that the hall is common space and since X is paying rent I cannot be there, X only wants their friend to take that room, and a million other things. X is the most problematic person I've ever come across. Bhagwaan jane kaun isse shadi karega. Y, Z back me up. We speak to the landlord and he scolds X. 
Now although X has verbally agreed to moving out at the end of the month, what if X refuses to move out? Mera toh agreement bhi nahi bana hai.. 
I should prolly start looking for flats 😵

Flatmate Drama

Update : X has just returned from having a fantastic weekend, while I'm resting in the hall with a badly twisted foot (fml). X is talking to their partner loudly, desperately clearly trying to irritate me 🤡🤬 Abse is ghar ka naam bigg boss hai aur I will give updates regularly. bc ab toh single bhi feel ho raha hai aur gussa bhi aa rha hai

three sides, one story ?

Discover More

Bangalore on

by Anise Dean

ABB India Limited

The other side of the story

Software Engineers on

by Kalan Lee

velocity.in

Frequent Switches : Good or Bad ?

Indian Startups on

by Blair Carmden

Early Stage Startup

Two sides to every story.

News Discussion on

by Jordon Carmden

Grapevine

Grapevine News Bulletin 📰

Misc on

by Kendall Dean

Stealth

A love story in 6 parts

Misc on

by Jordon Vernon

Stealth

What's the craziest way you've made money ?

Misc on

by Jordon Carmden

Freelancer

Have you figured out your reason for doing what you do?

News Discussion on

by Jordon Everett

Grapevine

The Morning Vine 🍇

Adulting on

by Kendall Lee

Stealth

Embarrassing Cheating Story 🤫

Office Gossip on

by Kendall Dean

ZS Associates

Flatmate Drama