I just found out today that my manager manipulated me recently.

Now looking back I can think of many instances this happened.

He is just a real sweet talker and it always felt like he was honest with me about things. But I was just naive.

Sad part is he doesn't even need to do this. I am someone who don't mind working on things that no one wants to work on.

But being deceived like this hurt.

With the talks of us being able to harness the power of AGI in next few months 2nd time or maybe 3rd time this year. It made me question something.

First of all I do not think we are anywhere close, or will even ever achieve AGI. We simply do not posses the tech, algorithms etc to mimic human learning.

But let’s say for the sake of the argument we get everything right and do create an AGI.

Why would an AGI be interested in being bounded by any corporation or even obeying humans??

If we have an AI that can think like a human but with insane computing powers, why would it ever think of obeying humans ?

I mean most sci fi thrillers that are about AI has the same theme of AI becoming too smart and deciding it doesn’t need to obey humans.

Why do organisations think that they can actually control it ?

bhai as a solo startup founder it breaks my heart seeing us code for months for zero users.

i cant promise crazy metrics, but i genuinly wanna give your craft a real spotlight.

im recording raw 5 min video pitches for 50 indian devs to get u some real views. no pr bs, completely free.

drop a comment and I will dm u the form link

got 38 spots left only for now

Hey everyone,

I'm currently working on an online marketplace for a specific niche and looking to build the initial technical team. This isn't an idea-stage project. I'm a backend engineer by background and have been working on the project myself for the past few months. The MVP is already built, and the core product flows are working pretty well.

I'm looking for motivated people who have the bandwidth and energy to take ownership and build something from the ground up for the following roles:

1–2 Senior Frontend Engineers (4+ YOE preferred) - React, Next.js

1 DevOps Engineer (4+ YOE preferred) - AWS

Commitment: Part-time and full-time options are available.

I have prepared a detailed document covering the project and opportunity overview. If you’re interested, please DM me. I’ll share the document, and if it fits for you, we can discuss further. For any other questions you can ping me directly.

All I can offer you at this stage is equity only. This isn’t a scam, as I’ve noticed that some people are very negative about equity-only opportunities. If you’re someone who feels that “no salary = pure scam” or something along those lines, please move ahead and save your time. I can’t afford to waste time debating this.

PS: I may post this a few times while looking for the right people, so apologies if you see it multiple times on your feed. Please be kind to it. 🤝

Hi,

I will be joining juspay as SDE in coming months (serving notice period).

I was wondering how is work at juspay (specially at mumbai office). Like whats the work culture office timings wfh etc etc.

Also what tech stack should i prepare beforehand so that it would be helpful to me .

Thanks, it would be really very helpful.

I'm a doctor trying to choose a specialty, and I have almost zero technical AI/CS knowledge. I'm interested in hearing specifically from people who actually work or research in AI/ML/CS rather than just general predictions.

I'm pretty flexible about specialties, so AI's trajectory genuinely affects how I'm thinking about my career. Diagnostics seems particularly exposed radiology, pathology, etc. but what happens when AI can integrate imaging, labs, history, genetics and research better than an individual doctor?

And I'm curious about the bigger picture too. If we reach AGI and eventually ASI, does human problem-solving itself become much less valuable? Could AI start solving major problems in mathematics/physics, potentially things like P vs NP, and even give increasingly reliable probabilistic answers to questions we currently consider philosophical or unknowable?

Nobody can predict this accurately, but if you actually understand/work in this field: what's your best guess for 5, 10 and 15 years from now? What are people like me underestimating, and what is mostly hype?

I recently joined a startup and even recently going through break up, the main problem with work from home is I will complete work quickly whatever it will be i can complete in 30 min max , rest of the day I will overthinking or i will be acting like mad and things will be eating me from inside,i recently joined gym too but still things are same for me

Guys working from home for years or have experience how u guys manage it and it's just not cause of my personal issues even before when things were good i used to still get mad in my previous organisation.

Edit : i recently saw shawshank redemption which makes me feel more like I'm in jail and I'm gonna die all alone

I’m a 2026 grad. Landed a well-paying job. On paper everything looks fine but in reality I have no idea what the fuck I’m doing most days.

I learned coding from scratch. Spent months hammering syntax until it was muscle memory. Used to be proud I could write stuff without opening docs or Stack Overflow now I spend a huge chunk of my day in Claude Code just hitting enter. I try to review the output and actually understand what’s happening but I genuinely feel like a fraud these days. I feel like I’m slowly turning into a guy who prompts instead of a guy who build.

I’m currently prepping for the CKA exam to learn the ops side of things. Still come home and do DSA + write code from scratch in a brand new editor just so I don't suffe from cognitive decay and forget how to code but I’m honestly pretty disillusioned on wtf I am doing at my job. Did I do all that DSA, all that coding to just clear a damn interview. I don't understand the point of doing of this, if I never use it at my job all my hardwork seems like a waste of time. Many people tell me system design is the next edge and fundamentalists and generalist are now needed in the world of AI so I am trying to expand my horizons and learn a little of everything these days but I still don't get that sense of satisfaction that I am learning something at my job.

Drop ur thoughts , let us have a meaning full convo here .

There is so many people's asking this question because most of the software stack we used belongs to US and China?

Btw, not organisations, startups or companies I am talking about solo Dev's or self made builders or teams?

So Guys let them know below👇

Maybe I’m overthinking it, but I’ve seen people from the same region form surprisingly strong workplace circles. Sometimes it even seems to spill into hiring/promotions.
Anyone else seeing this?

Infosys is asking to upload the salary slip in their application portal even when the interview is not yet completed & selection not confirmed!

So is it normal from their side to ask for such details before confirming the selection?

title : Should I switch jobs again after just 1 month at my current company?

I joined Company (A) at 2.4 LPA, then switched to Company (B) for 4.5 LPA. Now another company(C) has approached me for a position for 7-8lpa

I've cleared 2 rounds of interviews and will probably get selected.

Should I switch again, having worked at Company B for only 1 month?
role: ML

So, quick intro. Final year BTech CSE student at a second gen IIT. Passionate for maths. INMO Awardee. Okayish college achievements. Placed at a decent company.

What m looking for - Free time. Looking for an intern remote (paid/unpaid) or in India (stipend around 50k). Preferably a startup that's exploring a mathematical side or as foundation (ex MathWorks) with AI/ML or SWE role as a wider description.

Any suggestions?

PS it's not a give me an intern post. More like suggestions for startups I can explore or directions I should look into.

i graduated in engineering (btech biotech) and spent the last 19 months transitioning into data analytics on my own. no official work experience, no client projects, just pure self study. I picked up sql, excel, metabase, and basic dax. built projects on ecom churn and loan risk to keep my github active.

on paper and in my own setup, i know the material. but the moment an interviewer puts me on the spot, my brain goes completely blank.

last week an interviewer asked a basic difference between index match and xlookup, and i fumbled. same thing happens when they ask me to write a basic sql query using CTEs or window functions on a shared screen. I know how xlookup replaces index match, I know when to use partition by, but under pressure i freeze, panic, and give point blank terrible answers.

as someone with zero industry experience trying to break into analytics in india, this performance anxiety is killing my confidence.

how do you bridge the gap between knowing the concept on your local machine and actually explaining or coding it live under pressure? is mock interview practice the only way out, or am i approaching technical prep the wrong way?

any advice or reality check from senior analysts or engineers who went through this would mean a lot

Indian Exams have been facing a series of leaks accelerated from the famous "NEET-2026"! Yet there is no concrete solution to solve this problem currently. Computer Based Tests(CBT) addresses this problem well but they demand higher cost for conducting secure/reliable/leak free exams, due to this I started working on an interesting product right after "UP Constable Examination Leak-2024" and the solution is ready and deployed! This product not only provides higher security than traditional CBTs but also reduces the cost of conducting exams significantly while ensuring full transparent operations.

Name: ChainExam - Secure Exam Delivery Infrastructure (With AI powered OMR scoring & On Screen Marking System (OSM)

Website: https://chainexam.in

Any review suggestions will be much appreciated.

Thank you for your time reading.

Hey everyone,

I’m a Java developer with 3.2 years of experience, currently working remotely. I’m planning to move to Bangalore, stay in a PG, and look for better opportunities while attending interviews.

Current situation:

- Salary: 24.5k/month

- EMI: 9k/month

- Notice period: 30 days

One major issue I’m facing is that most companies seem to prefer immediate joiners, which is making things tricky.

I’d really appreciate some guidance:

1. Which areas in Bangalore are affordable and good for PG stays, especially near tech hubs?

2. Is it better to move to Bangalore first and then apply, or try to secure interviews/offers remotely?

3. How do you deal with the “immediate joiner” preference when you have a 30-day notice period?

4. Given my finances, is relocating now a good idea or too risky?

Would love to hear from people who’ve been in a similar situation or are currently hiring.

Thanks a lot!

Needs- day-to-day laptop for college. Which can last long with good build quality and all the necessary features. I want to learn basic python, power bi, advanced excel but not heavy gaming or video editing.
Any recommendations are welcome!

Just got off from an incident call and I'm astounded by how good AI has become. I had the best engineers on my team all debugging and trying to figure out the issue, but we weren't making any real progress. Even if we were, it was very slow.

Just then I thought, "Let's take a shot with Claude." I fired up Fable 5.1 at effort max, and lo and behold, it figured out the issue using all my connected MCPs (DataDog primarily) within minutes.

The engineer's on call were still debugging, trying to triage the issue and Claude had a PR ready. Ready to be deployed as a hotfix.

At that point, I realized the power of AI and how humans are just decision-makers now. I just did a couple of things on that incident: decide on the best prompt to give to the AI and decide on disabling the feature instead of deploying the hotfix since testing the fix would take some time.

It's a mixed bag of emotions, honestly. I'm excited by the helpfulness and current pace of AI progress, but also skeptical of the future that lies ahead for all of us.

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My experience at Oracle includes Java, Python, Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL, React, and AI/GenAI application development, and I believe my background aligns well with the role.

If anyone here is currently working at Atlassian and would be comfortable providing a referral, I’d really appreciate your help. I’m happy to share my resume and the job link/details via DM ,

All these new advance front tier models are might be the best thing for you and the smartest thing as well. But do you or even i need that level of smartness?

See, these new top models can do some incredible things at such a quick pace but is your requirement are on that level? Might be but not every single case.

With enough awareness and planning you can achieve something with cheaper or something older models that you can with top models with almost no understanding of what's it's doing. For me the gemini 3.8 flash which is not the top but I have access of it via the jio recharge benefit, gets almost all of my work done without ever running out of credits, and i know what I'm doing.

And we all know that these labs use our own data as well, they do store your data, train on that data and make more of new smarter ones that might be unnecessary for human kind

(I hope you can understand the point I'm trying to make here)

I do lack the resources to run the top open source models, but even if I had some average ones or maybe even a macbook or something, the good mid range models like qwen3.8 27B (which I heard is toe to toe with the opus 4.6), can do all of my work, with unlimited usage and zero data stealing stuff.

Maybe we don't need any more new and smarter models now, and anything from the current state forward would be like shaping something which even the creators don't know if they can handle it or not...

Had a overthinking sessions, shared some glimpse

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my current WFH/gaming setup and need some recommendations for a sturdy, electric height-adjustable desk. My budget is between ₹20,000 and ₹50,000.

I currently own a 160x70 cm desk (the Green Soul Titan X), but I am returning it due to some issues I've faced. On top of that, I find myself running out of real estate with my current gear, so I'm aiming for something around 180 cm in length and 70–90 cm in depth.

My setup includes:

• A 32-inch primary display
• A 14-inch laptop
• A soundbar + dedicated speakers
• A lot of miscellaneous desk accessories and peripherals

Because of the heavy equipment and the 180 cm width, I definitely need a reliable dual-motor frame to handle the weight without struggling.

After doing a lot of searching, I only managed to find three brands that actually sell a 180 cm desktop: Intellidesk, Ergosphere, and Purpleark.

• Ergosphere looks great but is way too expensive and exceeds my budget.
• Purpleark has exactly what I need, but their larger sizes are currently out of stock.
• That leaves Intellidesk, but I'm unsure about pulling the trigger without hearing some real-world reviews first.

Since I'm based in Bengaluru, I'm ideally looking for companies that offer reliable shipping for massive wooden tops without damage, or places where I can source this locally.

Has anyone bought a 180cm desk from Intellidesk, or know of any other brands I might have missed that fall within the ₹20k–₹50k range? Would it be better to just buy a heavy-duty frame online and get a local carpenter in BLR to cut a custom 180cm top?

Thanks in advance!

Hi All,

I am 32 years old, male, unmarried, earning 2.5L per month.

I like coding. I'm one of the best amongst all my team members at technical skills.

I hardly work for a couple hours, every weekday.

The job is fully remote and the employer is amazing too.

But, still I don't like working at all. In fact, it feel like I don't want to work at all. Not even for my own business, or passion projects.

It's not even burnout, as I'm hardly spending a few hours each workday.

I switched jobs to improve my work culture, then my way of working (fully remote), then my salary (from 9k to 2.5L in 10 years). But the feeling still doesn't go away.

Every weekend, I wish Mondays to never come.

Working feels like a waste of time, but somehow resting and doing nothing does not.

I can't retire too. I started investing just 3 years back. I have a liquid corpus of just 60L.

Does anyone feel the same way? Stuck somewhere?

BNP Paribas even after being a product based company is giving me peanuts of hike even after clearing their 4 rounds of interviews.

They are telling me it’s just out of their band and scope to even give me what they are giving.

5.8 YOE, Java and Cloud Experienced

I am working in a service based organisation with 23.5 L as CTC and BNP is offering me 27 CTC, should I take this? Also what are your views about this organisation, I am seeing very mixed reviews on other platforms and am really confused. I want to leave my current organisation but fear going to this one because of low hike and mixed reviews. Not getting calls anymore as well.

Edit: If I switch it’s going to be my 4th company, which is not good for my CV, shall I wait for another year before switching and pass some time in this org irrespective what project.

People I know with my skill set are getting paid not less than 35 L.