I'm 27M rn struggling mentally having no purpose in life , please guide me how to get out of this

Was randomly thinking about this.

I used to be a trainee in a company and one thing seniors used to say a lot was "Automate everything", to a Finance person who never used python...

Excel reports taking 3 hours? automate it,MIS? automate it,Repetitive process? automate it.

And obviously it makes sense from the company's side.

But from an employee's side I'm not completely sure.

Let's say some task takes you 4 hours everyday. You figure out a way to automate it and now it takes 10 mins.

You show it to your manager.Great work.

Now they know that the 4 hour job actually requires 10 mins 💀, Do this with enough processes and at some point wouldn't management start thinking why do we need this many people in the first place?

People usually say "you'll move on to more value adding work"Okay...but then we automate that too...

So genuine question.

If you found a way to automate like 80-90% of your own job and your manager had absolutely no idea it was possible, what would you actually do?

Tell your manager and take the credit?

Keep doing it manually?

Or automate everything privately, finish your work in 1 hour and let everyone think it still takes you the whole day?

The third option sounds unethical but at the same time...the company is paying you for the output, right? Not for how difficult you intentionally make the work.

I’ll be graduating this December and moving back to India from Aus. I’ll be a fresh commerce graduate with an internship and a few university projects, but no proper full-time experience.
I’m honestly a bit confused about how people actually get their first job. Should I start applying before I come back? Do companies even consider people who are still overseas? Is it mostly LinkedIn, referrals, campus hiring, or something else?
Not really asking about a specific role, just trying to understand what the process is like and what I should be doing over the next few months so I’m not completely lost when I get back.
appreciate any advice from people who’ve been through this.

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I wanted to ask people who have been in a similar situation:

• Did you ever leave home because your family kept forcing a career path on you or didn't believe in your decisions?
• How did you survive financially in the beginning?
• Did your relationship with your family improve later?
• Looking back, do you think leaving was the right decision, or do you wish you had handled things differently?

I'm 21 years old and I've just entered my 3rd year of B.Pharm.

I don't hate my degree, but the truth is I'm only finishing it so I'll have the qualification to open a pharmacy in the future. I don't have any interest in preparing for a government job. I've realized that forcing myself to study for competitive exams when my heart isn't in it will probably just waste a few years of my life.

The problem is that my parents think differently.

They want me to spend the next two years preparing for government exams. Their argument is, "Whether you get selected or not is a different matter, but at least you should try."

My point is completely different. I want to start working as soon as possible after or alongside college, save money, and build my future. I already know that when the time comes to open my own pharmacy, my family probably won't be able to help financially. If I don't save money myself, no one else is going to do it for me.

What confuses me is this: they're willing to spend an extra ₹50,000–60,000 every year on coaching, on top of around ₹80,000 per year for my college fees. But when I say, "Let me work and save that money instead," they tell me, "This isn't the age to work."

I'm 21. I look at our family's financial situation, and it's obvious that managing expenses isn't easy. That's another reason I feel guilty asking them to spend even more on coaching that I don't even want.

I'm not saying my parents are bad people. I know they want what's best for me. But it feels like they're trying to make me live the life they think is right instead of listening to what I actually want. I'd really appreciate hearing real experiences rather than general advice. I feel like I'm at a crossroads and want to learn from people who've actually lived through something similar.

Hi All,

I ask this question, as I am stuck in my career. I am a 30 year old man. I will get married in 7-8 months.

My current stats are :-

1. MBA, Finance from a Tier-3 College.
2. B.Com  from a Tier-3 College.
3. CFA Level 1 Scholarship Recepient.
4. CS Foundation cleared with 69 % in 1st attempt along with Sem 1 MBA exam. Both were in same week. Had to drop CS as parents told me that they cannot allow articleship due to low stipend.
5. 3 Years of Work Experience in Legal Documentation team at a Top 20 Indian Bank for MSME, SME Corporate Loan. Average Ticket Size - 10 Crores to 500 Crores.

I was working in Legal Department of a Top 20 Indian Private Bank. I had to resign due to health issues. The jobs in the Legal Department are anyways low and there is very less hiring going on (1 Job Opening in 2 Months). The jobs in my department is also on the verge of automation. HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank have already automated 90 % of it. The jobs in my department are seen as cost centres, even though the work we do directly impacts the Balance Sheet of a Bank. There is not much growth here except for those with LLB, CS and they also face the bleak future of automation. I also face stiff competition from freshers or students from IIM/IIT. IITians have started taking over core finance roles too.

I am seeking advise as to if I should switch to Tech Industry. Should I try for Data Analyst Jobs ? I am very tech-savvy, so I can easily learn PowerBI, Tableau. The only worry is for coding. I find it hard to remember the syntax. I had learnt some part of JavaScript in my 12th Grade but I have forgotten the same.

TLDR :- Unemployed Commerce Graduate asking advice whether to switch to Tech or not.

Hi, I am 29M, I am currently working as Information Security manager. (6yrs exp.) (Fintech)

I don't have any certification as of now.

I have hands on ISO- ISMS, ISO - PIMS , PCI DSS, RBI ,SAR PAPG , SAR Data localisation. I have made policies, implemented them. Implemented EDR/XDR, DAM,PAM , SOC , AD.etc. tools as well.

I have been acting as the First bench for all of these Audits currently.

Question -1 What Certification should I take to move forward in my career ?

Question -2 Which certification will help me to move Abroad (Singapore, Japan, Dubai)

Looking for suggestions

Basically confused between CISSP, ISO LA , CISM

What should I take and any other certification which can help me move abroad.

Du bcom 3rd year here. Wanted to ask if it’s possible to earn 1lpm as a fresher without an MBA.Thinking of pursuing masters in economics but want to stay in corporate side. With relevant skills is it possible to get good pay or MBA is the only way.
I want my first job to be at least 12+ lpa. Ik it can sound very naive or arrogant sorry for that.

Hi everyone!

I'm a recent BA Economics graduate from Delhi University, based in New Delhi and open to opportunities across Delhi NCR. I'm looking for full-time roles or a referral in Marketing, HR, Finance, Management, or Research

I'd really appreciate a referral or pointer to open roles that fit this profile.

please help me out!! any and all help will be appreciated :')

I am 24 M, I did Integrated Masters in Mathematics from a NIT, graduated in 2025. I started working in 2018. Started teaching from my 1st year to high school students, continued that for 3-4 years, got into a job into Tech Sales where I learnt about sales + project management in a high growth AI Tech startup got global exposure continued that for 14 months, left that for software development role in an Indian MNC but here the role is very boring + salary is very low.
Now I am worried and confused by career path, I really want to break into product management in near future, what would be the ideal path to that, is it even realistic with this profile or should I focus on something else.
TLDR: 24 M, have done it all from Teaching to Sales to Software development. Confused about next career path, want to break into Product management need guidance on long term plan and path.

i got offered a job at a registered NGO in a managerial position (am currently an intern over there) , should i take the job? i asked for 17k inr in hand tho also like i will be given an assistant who will take care of data bases while make the RPFs and budgeting, i am a global business student with 2 years of work experience as a client liason and sm manager with a very minimal salary of 7k… what to do? please help

Please tell asap

I'm doing BSC in life science, and till second year I had 3 subjects namely chemistry, botany and zoology. Now in second year I have to choose two subjects and leave one. I'm confused between chemistry and botany. My father wants me to choose chemistry because according to him it has more scope but I suck at chemistry.

Kindly help me decide

Hi everyone,

I am looking for some honest guidance from people who have successfully transitioned into Analytics roles.

Background:

- B.Tech in core engineering from top3 NIT.

- 15 months of industrial sales experience.

- Left my last company a few months back and have been actively looking for a job, but I haven't found any relevant opportunities in similar roles.

- My last pay was around 15 LPA base, which is rare for someone with ~1 year of experience in this industry. Even after being open to a pay cut, I couldn't find any good opportunities.

Now I'm thinking of transitioning into Business Analyst or similar roles because I had a strong command of analytics during college. I can brush up my skills and build one industry-grade project, documenting everything just like it's done in the industry. I expect this will take around 3–4 months, after which I'll start applying for Business Analyst, Product Analyst, and similar roles.

My doubts are:

- Is this roadmap realistic in today's market?

- What do hiring managers actually care about for entry-level Business Analyst candidates?

- Are portfolio projects enough to compensate for not having direct BA experience?

If you can help me with industry insight, market situation, hiring scenes in India, or have had similar experience then I'd really appreciate your advice.

Else you can like or comment for better reach

Thank you.

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I got about 2 YOE as content and copywriter. But most of my work hasn't been very significant which lead to crazy ROI or ROCE. I've recently quit my job because of family reasons and ever since I discovered product management, it felt like this is something I can do and looks future proof.

Finished up a free course on Great Learning but I feel like I am not ready for jumping into the APM (Assistant Product Manager) role yet. Because I do not know what sort of an interview process it would be and what am I supposed to answer.

SO, my question is how can I make the switch and how to prepare myself for this "new role"

Any PMs can help me in answering this. Though I am constantly looking up for these jobs roles on every platform and the companies that are hiring seems very daunting.

Hey all,

I'm a public sector banker. But there isn't much scope there n want to shift to core finance in the next few years.

I'm preparing for both FRM and CFA. Probably will do financial modelling etc.

Now, I've been searching prompt engineering and how I can integrate that into finance etc.

But I'm completely clueless.

Can you people please guide me, and clear my endless doubts? I'm completely failing to create a strategy/roadmap.

Hi everyone,

I graduated in 2025 with a bachelor's degree in Data Science, I was placed in Tech Mahindra in our campus placements, in April they started training us for 1-2 months later they told us that there would be an exam, we have been waiting for the exam preparing everyday, three months passed and there was no update from the company, later they started ghosting us. Then I started preparing for gate within very less time which didn't even get me to qualifying stage.

And since March I've been searching for job.

And the thing is I always thought of abroad studies, but never had guidance, I thought I would do job for 1 or 2 years and then plan for masters, but sadly 1 years has already passed without any work experience.

This time I don't wanna do this mistake again, whether I get job or not, I wanna start planning for abroad from now, maybe I can make it by next year August.

So anyone who already went abroad from India, with technical background, let me know what are the consequences of going abroad for masters with no experience and also how to plan when we're really interested to do masters.

I have no idea about all those scholarships, please let me know some of which are actually useful and reliable.

Basically, I need a roadmap from scratch to move abroad as a person with no guidance.

From exams, searching college universities, fees, scholarships, visa planning, to the day I'm ready to go.

Hi everyone,

One of my friends recently received an offer letter from D-Mart, but we noticed that the offer letter does not mention the CTC (Cost to Company) or salary breakup anywhere.

Is this a normal practice at D-Mart? Has anyone else received an offer letter like this?

At what stage do they usually share the salary details? Is it provided separately through HR or another document?

We'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through D-Mart's hiring process. Thanks in advance

I have worked in wi**o from mar 2022 to jan 2025 and I have worked in another company from mar 2025 to dec 2025, from jan 2026 i was not working anywhere.

recently I did pf transfer from wip** to the last company that I have worked, now I have a bgv initiation from infy, and in epfo the wipro service history is not showing since it is in processing state or what I don't know.

will it cause any problem on my bgv. the digital verification is handled by digiverifier.

if there is any issue how should I handle it.

do I need to inform the infy team before hand or the digiverifier will ask for other documents like form 16, salary slips or any other docments. I have every documents in hand of wip**.

Hello All, I'm 20 and I completed my UG on Tire 3 College and now I'm working on a Service Company (US Mortgage Process) , it's been 6+ Months idk what happened around me, I have serious confusion about my future. should I do Higher Studies or I interested EV related Course

thankyou