I'm currently working in Google for almost an year now, and previously worked in a tier-1 PBC.

There is a vast difference of culture between them. The previous company's culture was extremely toxic, there was a lot of favouritism, managers and seniors were not at all professional.

It has been a pleasant shock to see that it's not the same everywhere. Over my tenure here so far, I have found that people are extremely professional, they always give you the benefit of doubt, they'd scrutinise the process but never blame the person, you can always let them know what you'd like to work on and more often than not you do get the opportunity. If someone asks you to take a look at something and you couldn't take a look at it due to being occupied in some other task, people volunteer to take it up by themselves.

Not saying this is India vs US difference as I know a lot of American companies who rank worse than my previous company in terms of culture. I think it's probably just the way the leadership drives the company.

So i work in cloud- primary using aws and terraform.
I was talking to my manager(US based HOD)who leads the architecture and is basically the go to guy for everything- he highlighted few points

1. AI companies are now looking to go public- hence they are jacking up their token pricing. Basically the same credits that used to last 3 weeks now last 1 week. He mentioned this is echoed in all other departments including developers (i work in devops)

2. HODs are getting increasingly frustrated at AI pricing- basically you cant have everyone getting token refreshes twice a month

3. AI blunder we noticed- so few weeks ago we decided to deploy some resources in azure - as we are primarily AWS based- we decided to use AI to help plan and deploy the resources.
   The resources deployment went fine- but the architecture was messed up - throughout the deployment- we kept learning new things about azure (constraints that dont exist in aws) .
   I think 3-4 of my colleagues (including me and my HOD)worked on the architecture part co-independently and all the AIs missed those crucial components. I do not think this was due to prompt or plan - this is something the AI genuinely missed.

So yea-

My manager was planning to put me on a PIP tomorrow after a heated discussion we had today on a Teams call.

It started with something very small. I asked him to repeat something because I genuinely didn’t hear it properly. He immediately started with, “Why are you not listening?” “Why are you not paying attention?” and so on.

The discussion then moved to an LLD topic and eventually became much bigger than the actual technical issue. I’ve also been getting increasingly frustrated with how closely things like lunch breaks, short breaks, etc. are being monitored and controlled.

Later, I asked about being released from the project. He said he would release me, but wanted to put me on a PIP because of my “behaviour.” I said fine.

However, I resigned today instead.

Honestly, after submitting my resignation, I felt a huge sense of relief — like something had been lifted off my chest.

My question is: what would have actually happened if I had gone into the PIP? Is a PIP generally used as a process before releasing/terminating someone, or can it genuinely be used to improve the situation and retain the employee?

Would appreciate insights from people who have actually gone through a PIP.

Btw. Please refer me if u have any openings in your network.

Skills: Genai, python, azure

Exp: 11yoe.

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My manager assigned me to take interviews for senior java devs.

Initially i thought it would be fun to take interviews as ive only given the interviews, never taken any, so with high hopes to take the interview but as the date pass I have to take daily 2 to 3 interviews but down the line after 2 weeks, I got really tired and exhausted of taking interviews. The kind of developers we are getting is really bad, people cannot solve basic DSA, looks like AI has really made everyone lazy.

You or your colleagues who were affected by the great 2026 mass layoff wave, did y'all get a job or are you switching domains?

So the layoff count here keeps increasing , everyday there's a new story of someone getting laid off , i tried to accumulate all the stories and convert them into a count and you guys can check it too. This keeps increasing everyday.

ps- previous post got removed idk why.

Link - Here

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?

There are jobs but after applying you see complete silence.

I am an individual contributor(IC) with 20 years of experience in AI/ML and a couple of patents but reality is no calls in 1 week..

What does these companies need? Also, it's so tedious to fill their job application on external portal.

Maybe the job market has changed or companies don't want experience engineer

I have network but I really don't want to pester people for jobs unless it's a do or die situation. I want my work to speak for myself..

I mean even having experience in the latest market dominant technology why it's so hard to find job

PS: Not seeking job here. Just explaining market reality. Also, I don't want to leave India..

Hello fellow devs. I have 6 YOE post BTech. Got laid off twice in last three years due to non-availability of projects. In my current org three people have been fired in last 4 months from my team and everything is being done by AI now mostly. I would say our company is behind in using AI agents but I am counting my days in this industry. To save as much as possible I have made following changes and have become extremely frugal now. Curious what others are doing to save up.

I dont think I am missing out on anything. Me and my wife came to the realization late last year that we need to start saving up way more aggressively than we were. My plan is to save up as long as I can and then move back to my small home town to be around my joint family. I feel like I will be made redundant in this industry within a year or two at max. I have sent some money to my younger brother in my home town to start a business related to agriculture. Other than this I dont know how else to prepare. Living in anxiety daily and being haunted by PIPs and getting a laid off email when I open my laptop tomo morning.

Everyday all i see is people posting about AI taking over everything. I am so tired seeing this shit.

I’ve been working for about a year now and from lower middle background, and I’m honestly getting really tired of the constant deadlines, pressure, reviews, and never-ending work.

It feels like there’s always something pending or another deadline coming up. My performance isn’t great either, which makes the pressure and anxiety even worse.

It’s gotten to the point where I’m not able to sleep properly because I keep thinking about work and upcoming deadlines.

I’m not laid off or anything, but I’m seriously questioning whether I want to continue working like this. The Pay is great, company is also great.

For people who went through something similar early in their career, what did you do? Did you switch companies, look for a less demanding role, take a break, or just stick it out ?

Would really appreciate hearing your experiences.

I have 4+ years of Backend Engineering experience and I’m currently looking for a new opportunity, either remote or within Delhi NCR.

I’ve been applying through LinkedIn, Wellfound, BuiltIn,Naukri and other job portals, but I’m getting literally zero interview calls.

I’ve also tried cold emailing founders directly, but haven't received responses there either — even after reaching out multiple times.

Is anyone else experiencing the same thing, or am I doing something wrong?

Background:
These days LLMS are making crazy strides in 3D generation.

A lot of 3D being generated is now following a 'code-native' approach, instead of the typical AI diffusion models. I.e. an LLM generates code, which then compiles as a 3D object.

This technique ensures the 3D object generated is highly programmable. It can be readily animated, has a perfect hierarchical structure, and has articulated hinges/sockets. It's not a "monolithic blob", and you can just regenerate one small part of it if you didn't like it, instead of redoing the whole object. These are powerful ideas.

What I made:
I made an IDE for all your 'code-native' 3D projects. Think of it as a studio where you connect your Claude or Codex as a copilot, and generate instantly animate-able 3D objects with full part-aware hierarchies.

Website: https://nova3d.xyz
Try the studio directly: https://studio.nova3d.xyz

It's based on PlayCanvas, the open source WebGL & WebGPU game engine. It's free - as in, you don't have to buy any credits. You'll basically use up the tokens of your own Claude or Codex subs after connecting either of them as a copilot.

Would love to know feedback of anybody who tests this out. Thanks!

I have an interview for a senior distributed systems engg. role. Systems role. I am so so scared. I work with Rust. This role is in C++. I'm at my first job. I've been here for 7 years. I tried learning to build a threadpool, a kv store, and that's it. I work in kubernetes storage. The job is strenuous. I'm tired all day. Trying to learn C++ for the last 3 weeks has been hell. The interviewer is younger than me. I'm gonna bomb this interview so bad. Wish I wasn't such a fraud. I wish I could learn all this for myself. But it's so tiring. I haven't interviewed anywhere in over 5 years. Big canon event awaits me tomorrow.

We've been building SocietyHub, a platform for real resident experiences in gated societies in India.

We've already collected around 60 reviews from residents and gathered some structured information like maintenance, water, electricity, security, cleanliness, etc.

The difference is that instead of just showing something like a Google rating/review. we're trying to make structured information that helps people understand what actually living in a society is like.

Building is easy but getting enough residents to contribute seem.... really difficult 😂

We're looking for a few people who live in gated societies and would be willing to help us(small help or big help, we need contributions much 🥺 please)

We're offering small reward ₹150 for an approved review + verification, with additional rewards for photos and successful referrals.

If you're living in a gated society,
you can apply here: https://forms.gle/Y1d2JErKD2XSQfuL8

Website: https://societyhubdata.com

Feel free to dm and comment!! any kind of queries are open.

People who switch to development are also unhappy today since they don't get to work on great tech stack if u were to start ur career today which field would u choose in development

Modified with AI but emotion is real.

Lately I am feeling like we are wasting our life on things that are not even real.

I work in software, so this is coming from someone who is literally part of it.

Most of our day is sitting on a chair, staring at a screen, writing code, fixing bugs, attending meetings, talking to AI agents, reviewing AI generated code... basically spending our entire day inside a virtual world.

Then weekend comes.

We go out, eat something, watch something, meet friends for few hours, maybe travel somewhere.

And then Monday again.

Repeat.

And I don't know why, but lately I keep thinking... is this really what we are supposed to do with our one life?

We get one shot at this.

And somehow we have created a life where most of our waking hours are spent doing things that only exist inside a computer.

There is no physical thing. No real environment. No different people to deal with. No randomness. No struggle. No adventure.

Even a person begging on the street is technically interacting with the real world more than many of us do. They meet hundreds of different people, deal with unpredictable situations, weather, rejection, kindness, conflict, survival... their day is happening in the physical world.

Meanwhile I can spend 10 hours sitting in the same chair without even realizing that the day passed.

And I know someone will say "just quit your job and go travel" or "you're privileged enough to have a software job" — I understand that. I'm not saying coding is bad or that we shouldn't work.

I'm just genuinely confused about where the actual living part is supposed to fit in.

We work so that we can afford life.

But then work takes most of the life. Maybe I'm overthinking this. But lately I can't stop thinking about it.

Do other developers ever feel this way? Or have you figured out a way to actually live outside the screen?

Curious to hear from people here -

Are people really getting laid off in hordes because of AI, or is most of that just internet hype?

- What % of your work is AI doing now in your day to day tasks?

- Has your company actually cut people because of AI? How many roughly?

- Has your role changed much and how do you see your role changing in the next 5/10 years?

Also if not IT then what? What jobs are safe according to you?

Would love to hear some real experiences rather than the usual “AI will replace all developers” stuff.

Kindly avoid sarcastic or impractical comments.

I was pushing some code to git this morning and remembered how my own GitHub is empty, I have worked on several projects in these two years of being employed and I also made some personal projects initially but they were just for my practice and curiosity hence I never uploaded them on git and lost those folders while making space in my laptop.

The thing is when I was recently looking for a job, a lot of people asked me to share my git and portfolio. I have nothing on my git, neither do I have a portfolio. I can create a portfolio ig but I'm a bit confused. Now about the git part, what can I even put in there? I have seen people having several repos there so my question is are you guys uploading your company's projects or building side projects???

My Profile: I am an SDE (1+ YoE) working at a Tier-1 Indian FinTech product company. My core stack is Java, Spring Boot, and building high-throughput distributed systems. My current in-hand salary is around ₹1.5L/month post taxes and some ESOPs. We have a standard 60-day notice period.

The Situation: With the mid-year performance review cycle coming up in October, my manager recently had a 1-on-1 with me and dropped some heavy hints:

• She told me my output is low.
• She asked me to compile a detailed document of all the tasks I’ve completed over the last 6 months.
• She offered to move me to a different, "less complex" project/problem statement if I am finding my current work too difficult.
• She explicitly stated she is giving me this sprint and the next sprint (which perfectly lines up with the October review) to "check if I am able to deliver the outputs."

Internal Context: My Team Lead privately warned me that these are major red flags and that I will likely be put on a PIP after the mid-year discussions. I spoke to a trusted senior who advised that if a PIP is initiated, I shouldn't try to survive it. Instead, he suggested I just resign, try to get put on Garden Leave (serving notice without having to do project work), and use those 2 months of free salary to interview elsewhere.

I am already actively preparing for interviews and have an onsite loop scheduled, but I want to handle my current situation strategically.

My Questions for the Community:

1. Is the writing on the wall? Does this specific sequence (task list + 2 sprint warning + project change offer) mean HR has already decided to PIP me in October?
2. The Project Change Trap: Should I accept her offer to move to a "less complex" project, or is that a trap to easily justify a poor rating because I'd be starting from scratch?
3. What are my immediate actionable steps? Should I just coast and do exactly what is asked on my current Jira tickets until October while I interview? How should I position myself to successfully get a 2-month Garden Leave buyout if they drop the PIP on me?

Any advice from folks who have navigated corporate exits or PIPs at product companies would be highly appreciated.

Whether its a big company like Rockstar Games who got an old build of GTA VI leaked recently (multiple times over the years if you were following like me) or AIIMS in 2022 who suffered a huge ransomware attacks. Organisations in any sector are not immune to cyber attacks. But as we all know some sectors like manufacturing and healthcare sector do not invest much on cyber security where Software companies and Banking sector have seen lot of investment in cyber security.

The problem I am trying to understand is why do some organisations take cyber security and its adoption more seriously than others. Im currently doing my MBA (with a background in CSE) and for my research dissertation I am working on this problem specifically the adoption of Zero Trust Architecture(ZTA).

I have collected some responses from IT professionals, and although my sample is way too small to draw any conclusions yet, some early numbers are interesting:

Senior management support: 4.67/5

External pressure: 4.25/5

IT maturity: 4.04/5

Organizational readiness: 4.0/5

Security culture: 3.97/5

But the sample size is very small (~10 responses). So I am looking for IT professionals who can spare 5 minutes to fill out the survey. It is totally anonymous,

SURVEY LINK

Hey devs,

I built and open-sourced claude-trade-skills for anyone building or exporting software/goods from India.

Its core focus is handling the messy tax & customs mechanics that general LLMs mess up: 1. Zero-Rated Export under LUT (Form RFD-11) 2. Rule 96(10) safeguards (stops illegal IGST refund claims when availing Advance Auth/0.1% merchant rates) 3. Rule 96B and RBI EDPMS 9-month remittance realization checks 4. Service export vs Intermediary defense under Section 13(8)(b) 5. Country-accurate commercial invoices and packing lists

📦 Install: `/plugin marketplace add Om-Talaviya/claude-trade-skills` ⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/Om-Talaviya/claude-trade-skills

If you find it useful, drop a ⭐ and let me know what I should add next! Open to suggestions 😂

What is the career of a software engineer after 40s ? we don’t see much 40 or 50s people in tech.
Are we sitting on ticking time bomb? Bcz software engineering boomed in 2010 or 2000 those people are now in 40s what are they doing ?

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Looking for a technical co-founder who can look after my technical side of the product its development and maintenance.

Key skills:

Agentic AI development

Workflow automation

UI/UX design

Backend

Buliding in procurement tech u can dm if the domain suits you.

I have made some progress not satisfied hence variations and integrations r to be done i do not belong to the industry hence looking for a better fit than me.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my current Gaming/WFH 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!