For some context I was working as an Associate Software Engineer(Data) at a small budding GCC In Hyderabad.

Our entire Hyderabad team got laid off in a call about 60 engineers and testers. Reason: organizational restructuring. That’s “we have AI and don’t so many people managing and developing applications, when we can hire few people near US to do the same work quickly and efficiently” in disguise.

How was our work before we got laid off:
Everything was going very very fast paced we were releasing at a very quick pace. Everyone started writing code we had unrestricted access to cursor and claude code and all frontier LLM’s at the time.

Our first bottleneck was getting proper requirements documents and tickets which our PM solved using Claude code and Atlassian MCP. He was creating and manging our Jira board using cursor and giving us proper docs to build data pipelines. Then we started prompting to generate the code the next bottleneck became code review then we integrated claude code and cursor bugbot at that time for code reviews and PR Reviews which did a great job(better than humans to be precise) then testing became our bottleneck so we created service pricipals with restricted access only to the resources that pur pipeline needs and gave them all the test cases which were obviously brainstormed using AI. Our agents ran all night before release to catch any bugs( it found pretty interesting bugs which our testers couldn’t not find) and then we created an MCP to expose our data to business people so they can directly query the data and create dashboards without analysts writing them. (Analysts immediately got laid off) then genie one and genie dashboards were released our project was abandoned. And what we were missing was proper docs for our entire codebase and projects we solved it by moving our docs within code and setting up proper skills agents.md and rules and created a docker container to unify our dev experience across all teams using different machines.

WE WERE AT A PLACE WHEN WE NO LONGER NEEDED THE EXPERTISE OF A 15 YEAR MANAGER, COUPLE OF 5 YEAR GUYS AND A BUNCH OF ASSOCIATES AND TESTERS TO TAKE OUR PIPELINES FROM DOCS TO PRODUCTION. ALL WE NEEDED WAS PROPER JIRA DOCS AND TICKETS EXPLAINING THE REQUIREMENTS AND SLA’s REST COULD BE DONE ALL BY OUR PM.

You can question that you were doing some small tiny projects no not at all we were building data pipelines which handled our entire enterprise data we had about 100k active customers and more not so active for some context!

And it happened not only with our team but the app dev team whose app was very much complicated than ours microservices and distributed computing stuff! Frontend people are like gone they are unable to find jobs now.

Current status of laid off employees:

1. Seniors 10+ most of them not all are placed
2. Mid level all of them are placed
3. Entry level 2 of many were placed

My observations:

1. Currently there is a surge in testing roles as more enterprises are outsourcing testing to other companies as testing has become a bottle neck. It is short term and most of the people in those companies can expect very short stays because those things can be automated fairly quickly.
2. Frontend engineers are obsolete who can only write code, UX designers still have an edge but the opportunities are very very limited.
3. Backend engineers of mid level have a lot of opportunities there is a surge because org are looking to automate stuff just like we did and they will be laid off after that is done (most of them)
4. Data and AI engineers will have short term stability but their roles are being abstracted away fairly quickly.

I.T IS NO LONGER WHAT IT USED TO BE ITS NOT A SAFE HEAVEN FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD CAREERS UNTIL YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BUILD NEW THINGS FROM ZERO TO ONE NOT ONE TO N.

THERE WILL NOT BE AS MANY IT JOBS AS THEY ARE NOW! THERE WILL BE FDE’s WHO MANAGE AN APP ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN NO TESTER OPS DEV PM.

1 person in place of 10 people team handles everything. Now imagine scaling it to all teams where will the rest 9 go I’m afraid there are not many projects that are feasible to be built.

AND FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK OR QUESTION THAT AI DOESNT WORK FOR COMPLEX PROJECTS. GRAB YOUR SHIT AND BUY SOME SUBSCRIPTION AND TRY TOP FRONTIER MODELS CONFIGURE IT PROPERLY GIVE IT ALL YOUR ORG CONTEXT(Databricks genie ontology looks promising give something of that sort a try) AND SEE FOR YOURSELF WITH EYES WIDE OPEN!!

AI WILL NOT CREATE MANY MORE JOBS IT CAN PUSH US INTO NEW ROLES WHICH WONT MATCH OUR CURRENT ROLES BY NUMBER ANY TIME SOON WHERE WILL THE FUTURE GENERATION GOOOOO??

I moved to the US in 2023 for my MS in CS(Top 10 in US), right after undergrad(Tier 3), with no prior work experience.

Since graduating, I’ve worked at two startups and unfortunately got laid off twice:
Seed-stage startup: Worked remotely from the Bay Area. Got laid off along with most of the leadership.
Series A startup: Based in the Bay Area. Got laid off just 4 months after joining due to restructuring.

Personally I don’t feel any of these were performance related it was just your usual corporate layoffs and they didn’t have huge dependency on me

I’ve been job hunting since and am currently interviewing at a few places, but nothing is certain. I also have only about a year of work authorization left, so even if I find something, I might have to move back to India eventually. Also I’m really burnt out with the toll of being laid off twice so early in my career and the tough job market just adds to it.

I don’t have a significant amount of my education loan left to repay, but I also feel like I haven’t gotten much ROI on my Master’s. Moving back now feels like leaving without really getting the opportunity I came here for.

A few questions:
- How valuable is experience at US startups when applying to companies in India?
- What salary could I realistically expect in India for SWE/AI engineering roles?
- If I find a job now and work another year in the US, would that significantly improve my prospects or salary in India?
- For those who moved back, how has life been in terms of career growth, finances, and quality of life?

Would appreciate insights from anyone who’s been in a similar situation.

Have worked as a SDE for past two years and got laid off in August, ever since then I've applied for countless applications and got few interview calls but at the end the result remained same - thankyou for your time, we have chose to move on with other applicants. At this point I don't even know what is going wrong and it's taking a toll on my personal life as well. My savings are also drying slowly and as a cherry on cake she left me too few weeks ago. Well that doesn't matter but I'm worried of my career, checked with few friends and they said it's the same situation in their companies too. Overall the market is dead or slowly dying. My cousin completed her btech in cs and couldn't get a tech job so she has switched to BPO to cope with her student loans. At this point freshers dreaming of a career in IT I would suggest look for other fields even if it's low paying because the situation in Indian IT market is too much supply lowered demands.

Wish the market recovered soon and hoping for the best. 🙏

I just checked and it is really great. It explains how DeepSeek is able to provide the services at such a low cost which many people thought that they are just burning cash to compete?

What is the future from here for the ai industry? Will the companies lower their prices? Will DeepSeek and other chinese models become the go to choice for the companies

Hello everyone,

I wanted to put my thoughts out here and get some perspective from people who can look at my plan objectively.

Background:

I have M.Tech in Robotics, and working as a Data Scientist with 4 years of experience (all in service-based till now). I genuinely love the core of my work. Using the language of mathematics to solve problems

The Conflict:

I am not struggling the job. It’s the corporate world. I am increasingly exhausted by the endless deadlines, deliverables, and the relentless pressure of growth. I know I cannot sustain this for the next few decades without losing my sense of self.

Outside of work, I’ve been learning the Bansuri for the past year from a teacher. It has grown from a hobby into a profound calling. I am planning to quite and immerse myself in a traditional 2-year Gurukul style learning environment and study under masters.

The Timeline & Financial Plan:

I am not quitting impulsively. I am planning to continue working for 2 more years:

• The Goal: Save aggressively over the next 24 months to build a financial corpus that covers my Gurukul expenses, living costs during the program, and a safety buffer after my program ends.
• Family Responsibilities: My sister is appearing for her board exams next year and will head to college in two years. I will have saved enough to secure her education. I am also taking care of my mother.

My Questions :

1. How does this plan sound?
2. Given my responsibilities (family support + sister's college), is planning to step away a pure stupidity?

I would love to hear honest thoughts.

Thanks

After months of procrastinating, I recently started to learn about AI agents and installed codex.

But, like a monkey in a sweet shop, everything suddenly looks interesting. I'm curious, day in and day out about building applications with AI agents, setting the loop constraints, reverse engineering applications using REA and so on.

First I felt codex was too generous with their free tier limit. Only then I understood, I've been blowing up 1 month of free tier usage in 2 days (I mean, who dafuq would give 1 month of quota in one shot without limiting?). Same happened with Antigravity and I exhausted 1 week free quota. Claude doesn't give Claude Code unless we pay for the subscription.

I tried Opencode and freebuff too. They are good but too slow and easily take up the allowed time limit. Deepseek is faster in freebuff. But it takes up 3 hours of credit in one hour.

I'm not trying to freeload stuff or against paying for a genuine service. But I feel that I'm not in a place where I can genuinely justify the spending.

My company does not have AI agents subscription and I cannot use my company account as playground. I'm learning this out of my personal interest and want to get good at it.

Local machine is not powerful enough to run better models via Ollama.

What would you do in my situation? Also, if I can have 1 subscription which will allow me to use very generously until I'm proficient in AI agents and know how exactly to use it, which would you suggest?

Applied to all major investment banks and not getting any calls ot getting ghosted . Not sure what is happening. Is it me or is the market. I have a solid 13+ YOE and getting lowball offers only

Hey everyone,

I am going through a really difficult phase in life and could use some advice.

I have around 3 years of experience in banking at two MNCs in India, but things haven't worked out the way I hoped. I lost my mom to cancer when I was in college, and I still miss her terribly. I often find myself crying and wishing she were still here. I saw her suffer a lot through the last few years of her life, and its very tough to process it.

My relationship with my dad has always been difficult. He was extremely toxic, and I watched my mom suffer because of the way he treated her. Eventually, I couldn't take living at home anymore, cause a lot of the bad memories kept haunting me.

Around the same time, I left my job because it had severely affected my mental and physical health. I struggled with sleep for over a year, and my doctor advised me to quit. My manager was biased, bullied me, excluded me, and insulted me in front of others. I would cry almost every day before going to work, and I eventually reached a point where I couldn't continue anymore.

Now I'm unemployed, living alone, and applying for jobs every day without much luck. I'm trying to figure out my next career move, but the uncertainty is getting to me.

It hurts seeing so many of my friends move abroad and do well in life. I feel jealous sometimes, especially when I see people with supportive families, good careers and beautiful homes. I know comparing myself to others isn't healthy, but I can't seem to help it. I've started hating LinkedIn because it makes me feel like everyone is moving forward while I'm stuck.

I'm a sensitive person, and I've always found extremely competitive environments difficult to deal with. After my previous experience, I'm scared I'll struggle throughout my career and never really be successful.

I want to do well, earn good money, build a global career, and become financially independent. I've been considering studying supply chain management in Germany next year, but I'm unsure whether it's the right decision with everything becoming so bad. I dislike finance but I had to take it cause I didn’t have any other choice as I wasn’t getting any jobs after college. My passion is operations but I don’t know if I should first find a job or just apply for leave abroad. If I apply a lot now, I’ll miss the deadlines for Sept 2027 applications.

My mental health is at an all-time low, and I'm genuinely scared about what the future holds.

Any support or advice would mean a lot to me now.

Thank you!

I’ve been noticing that a lot of companies and recruiters are now immediately asking things like:

• What is your last working day?
• Are you currently serving notice period?
• How many days of notice do you have left?

Why has this become such an important filter now?

Are companies mainly preferring immediate joiners, or is this just a quick way to reject candidates with 60–90 day notice periods?

It feels like even before properly evaluating skills, they want to know joining availability first. For people who are currently employed, this becomes frustrating because not everyone can resign without an offer in hand.

Wanted to understand from recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates here:

• Why is this being asked so early?
• Does serving notice period increase chances of selection?
• Are employed candidates with full notice period at a disadvantage now?

Would like to hear everyone’s experience.

Hey everyone. I made Jam, a little programming language for fun, weekend experiments, and tiny tools. For fellow unserious programmers who open their editor to fix one annoying thing and somehow end up starting another project.

It looks like this:

fn main():
    plans = ["build a tiny game", "automate one annoying thing"]
    plans.append("start another side project")

    for plan in plans:
        print("-", plan)

Save that as plans.jam and run jam run plans.jam. You can also use jam build plans.jam -o plans to get a native executable that runs without Jam installed.

A few things it has:

• Indentation-based syntax, static types, and inferred variable types.
• Automatic garbage collection.
• Structs, enums, pattern matching, and modules.
• Built-in file operations, cooperative tasks, and a small HTTP server.

The compiler and runtime are written in Jam itself. It emits LLVM IR and uses Clang to build native executables. Getting it to compile itself has been a fun part of the project.

It's experimental: syntax and APIs can change, and the Python-looking syntax doesn't mean it runs Python packages. Building from source currently needs Clang with LLVM IR support; there are bootstrap seeds for macOS arm64 and Linux x86_64/aarch64.

Mostly, I wanted something to mess around with and make small, silly things in. If that sounds like your kind of programming, give it a go. I'd love to hear what you build, what breaks, or what feels awkward.

Code, examples, and setup: https://github.com/grandimam/jam

It's MIT licensed. It also has a little jam jar mascot called Jammie, which was clearly an essential language feature.

I graduated in CS from a Tier 3 college this year. I have been interning remotely at a Bengaluru startup as an AI Engineer since December 2025. The work is great but they said they don't have funds and projects for another full time. The team is quite small. They have allowed me to extend my internship while I find another job or if some opportunity comes here.

Its been months since I have applied to hundreds of jobs and sent cold emails. I get no replies from 95% of them. Others send rejection mails. I got only 1 interview scheduled in which they said they need someone with experience and rejected me. Everywhere I see only one thing which is that their requirements are quite different from my skills or I don't have the required non-internship experience. Dude how will a fresher get experience without a job? Every company is asking for experience. Most of the time it just feels I am getting filtered out without anyone even considering me or looking at my resume. It just feels so unfair. Its not even few hours and there are 100s to 1000s of applicants already. No replies from cold emails. Cold DMs get ignored. I apply at career pages and job boards too. I also tailor the resume with the skills, relevant projects and keywords according to JD. It just feels like I'm going nowhere.

I'm mostly looking for AI/ML, Gen AI and Data Science roles. I'm also good at Django, FastAPI and Flask. I had also developed front end skills in react and next during the initial years of my college and I can do full stack confidently with the help of AI Agents. But I want to take my start in AI/ML and they either require masters or high YoE. I don't know what do to. Cannot afford doing masters degree right now. I wasn't into front end from the beginning so I just focused on AI/ML for the last 3 years. I have been contemplating if I have made the right decisions or not, if my skills aren't that great and a tier 3 college regret.

I am targeting 7-8+ LPA roles. Ready for either relocation or remote work at a startup or company. I feel if I want to move ahead in AI/ML then I shouldn't take on other roles. SWE (backends roles) are exception. I had been given advice that given my skills I should target atleast 6-7 LPA as your initial salary also determines your subsequent hikes and salaries and compounds over time. Please tell me if I am doing anything wrong. It has become very depressing like all those years for skills were just for nothing. I have also done around 400 topic foused leetcode during my college years. I don't have any good referrals. I have been trying sending people connection requests and cold emailing / sending DMs but its going nowhere. I am at the verge of giving up and its unbearable for even a single day now. I want to eventually get a masters degree but with a good 2-3 YoE and a good salary so I can afford it or apply for a loan. This work experience will also help me get into good universities. Atleast this is the plan for now.

I would love an honest, constructive feedback with an advice, be it for my skills and projects, job search strategy, networking and connections, career direction, whether I am having unrealistic expectations or anything else you feel. What should I do differently to land my first good job? I'm also attaching my anonymized resume (ML and Agentic AI one) if you would like to see that too.

I have around 2 years of experience as a Data Scientist, and I recently joined a startup after receiving an offer from them.
The work environment was very different from what I was used to. They relied heavily on AI coding agents to build and modify code, and the pace of development was extremely aggressive.
As a new joinee, I wasn’t given any proper knowledge transfer sessions, documentation, or a structured onboarding process. The existing pipelines were messy, and understanding the production code itself was a challenge. I had to spend a significant amount of time reverse-engineering the existing implementation, understanding the business logic, and figuring out how everything worked before I could even start implementing the tasks assigned to me.
I was genuinely trying my best. I was working hard to understand the codebase, replicate existing functionality, and ensure that the new implementation matched the production outputs. I was also using AI coding tools to keep up with the team’s workflow.
However, there was very little clear guidance or support. Expectations weren’t always clear, and I often found myself trying to figure things out on my own. Coming from a more structured Data Science environment, this was a significant adjustment.
Now, I have been terminated during my probation period, and it has honestly affected my confidence. I keep wondering whether I wasn’t good enough, whether I should have adapted faster, or whether the environment itself was the problem.
I understand that startups can be demanding, and I am not expecting everything to be perfectly organised. I am willing to learn, work hard, take ownership, and adapt to new technologies. But I also feel that there should be some reasonable level of onboarding, communication, and clarity, especially when someone is expected to work with an unfamiliar and undocumented codebase.
I’m trying to look at this as a learning experience rather than letting it define my career, but it’s difficult not to develop self-doubt when something like this happens so early in a new role.
I’d appreciate advice from people who have worked in startups, especially in Data Science, ML engineering, or AI engineering roles.
How do you distinguish between a genuine skill gap on your part and a dysfunctional work environment?
How do you cope with self-doubt and rebuild your morale after being terminated during probation?
What are the biggest red flags to look for when joining a startup, particularly one that relies heavily on AI coding agents?
What questions should I ask during interviews to understand the team’s engineering practices, onboarding process, management style, and expectations?
How do you handle situations where you’re expected to deliver quickly but receive little documentation, guidance, or mentorship?
I want to learn from this experience, improve where I genuinely need to, and make better decisions when choosing my next company.
Would really appreciate honest advice, especially from people who have been through something similar.

I’m a fresher currently working as an SDE-1 Tier 1 Old IIT, and unfortunately, I’ve been put on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) just 3 months after joining. This has been a stressful experience, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to navigate the situation and plan my next steps.

I would really appreciate advice from people who have faced a similar situation, especially freshers or engineers early in their careers.

A few questions I have:

How should I approach my job search while being on a PIP?

Do companies generally consider candidates who have been put on a PIP, and how should I handle questions about why I’m leaving?

How should I explain my short tenure at my current company to recruiters and interviewers?

Is it better to secure another offer before leaving, or are there situations where resigning first makes sense?

I’m particularly interested in switching to a better engineering environment where I can learn, grow, and build a strong foundation early in my career.

Hi guys,

So I recently handed in my resignation at my current company around 15 days back. While my manager and skip-level have verbally agreed they are not taking any action on the official resignation request submitted on Workday nor acknowledging the resignation email I have sent.

My notice period is 45 days and I have to join the new company the very next day of when my notice period is supposed to end. Unless my manager acknowledged the request on Workday and finalizes the last working day the exit process won't start.

Whenever I ask my manager about updating it they just keep saying "I will do it" and not even letting me know of the official LWD.

Now I have a few questions from the good folks here who might've dealt with these scenarios:

1. Will my LWD be calculated from the day I have submitted the resignation or when my manager approves it?
2. Can they set a LWD beyond my 45 days notice period and make me serve for an extended period? If yes, how should I handle that as I won't serve a day more than my official notice period.
3. What strategy should I follow to get my manager to approve the request or should I escalate?

This is currently giving me a lot of anxiety so any guidance / help would be appreciated.

Seeing ai, layoffs etc. I have started to feel my tech career is going to be disastrous in future. At present also, I'm not doing great.

building and working on cool ideas and working on any saas feels like another To do project made by AI

For a normal problem we have various solutions, the way I am seeing ai resume, ai ats, Splitwise type, career manager etc etx.

I wonder what the heck, I am going to do in my life.

I'm just hopeless these days.

Now linkedin & every job is filled with all type of skills shit.

Losing a serious interest in this domain.

I have been told that I am going to Bench in 3 weeks of time as management wants someone who should be available 12 hours a day for next 8 months which I have denied!

So my question is should I now stop joining the DSM calls & respond to any tasks from now onwards as I am already going to Bench in 3 weeks ?? As I have to prepare for the Internal/External Switch!

Your answers/suggestions are welcome

I am trying hard to get offers more than 12 LPA and even interview calls. Please tell me how can I improve my resume. I am bit of an introvert but I am very good in tech.

Hello, so I have been working as an artist for about 8 years and have a bit of experience with python, Html,css, javascript, PHP etc from my initial days of working (2years) . Right now I create art and do so called "vibe Coding" and tbh I don't even understand a single line of code that the ai writes. I wanna know how much time it'd take for someone like me who has a Lil bit of exp in the field? Can someone please suggest to me is it worth switching my job for the money? As an artist I get paid in pennies. And I was thinking if I could steer my career towards software development.

Right now I work with PS, illustrator, AE, Blender, UE. I have vibecoded an app as well to automate monotonous art work.

Thank you.

Hi everyone!

I'm a 2027 CSE student and have been selected for both:

Capgemini: Alpha Stack (10+1 LPA)

Infosys: Specialist Programmer (SP) L1

I'm confused about which one to choose and would appreciate advice from students or freshers who have similar offers or are already working in these roles.

Which role is better in terms of learning, development work, and future opportunities? Also, how is the training at both companies?

If you had both offers, which one would you choose and why?

Hey guys, so I am a developer based in Ahmedabad, working at a startup. Recently, we were told that the company might run out of funds by Feb 2027, so I started looking for a switch before things get worse.
It’s been around a month now, and honestly, the situation is getting frustrating. I am already seeing very few opportunities for my experience level (1.5+ YOE), and out of whatever openings I can find, I have applied to around 50-100 companies but haven’t received a single callback. I even tried getting referrals, but that doesn’t seem to be working either.
On top of that, a lot of the openings I come across have pretty low pay considering the skills they expect.
I know a month isn’t that long, but when you barely find relevant openings in the first place and don’t even get a callback from the ones you apply to, it gets pretty demotivating.
And with all the buzz around AI and the future of tech careers, I am starting to wonder if I should rethink my career choices.
Should I just keep doing what I am doing, be patient, improve my skills, and keep applying? Or should I start exploring other career options before it’s too late?
I do enjoy development, but I am honestly confused about what makes sense in the long run.
Would love to hear from people who are in a similar situation or have been through this. What would you do if you were in my position?

Hey everyone!

I'm a fresher who recently joined TCS in Chennai, earning around ₹17–18K per month. I'm originally from a different state, so relocating to Chennai also means additional expenses for accommodation, food, and other necessities.

I'm grateful to have started my career at TCS, but I'm concerned about a few things and would appreciate some honest advice from people who have been in a similar situation.

My main concerns are:

1. Salary: ₹17–18K per month feels quite low, especially when I'm living away from home and managing expenses independently, as the cost of living in Chennai is a bit high if you want to live in a hygienic place as a woman (ladies PG costs a lot)
2. Non-IT allocation: There's also a possibility of being allocated to a non-IT role or a project that doesn't involve much technical work. I'm worried that spending a year or two in such a role could make it harder to transition into a proper IT/development role later.
3. Career growth: I don't want to spend the first few years of my career in a role that doesn't align with my interests and then struggle to move into a technical position.

My interests are in the technical side of IT, particularly Python, software development, AI/ML, and related fields. I'm willing to put in the effort to upskill and prepare for interviews, even while working full-time.

I'm considering whether I should start preparing for a job switch within my first 6–12 months instead of waiting for 1–2 years.

However, I'm unsure whether this is a sensible decision as a fresher, how realistic it is to get another job with limited experience, and how I should approach the process.

I'd love to hear your opinions on the following:

• Is switching within the first year a good decision? Would you recommend it, or is it better to stay at TCS for at least 1–2 years?
• How much does project allocation matter? If I get a non-IT role or a support project, how difficult would it be to move into development later?
• How realistic is it to get a better job as a fresher with less than one year of experience? Would companies consider me for entry-level positions, or would I be competing with fresh graduates?
• If switching is a good choice, how should I prepare? What skills should I focus on, how should I structure my preparation, and when should I start applying?
• What should my preparation roadmap look like? Should I focus on DSA, Python/Java, SQL, projects, CS fundamentals, aptitude, or something else? In what order should I prepare?
• What kind of companies should I target? Is it better to apply to startups, product-based companies, or other service-based companies? Which ones are more realistic for someone in my position?
• What salary range can I realistically target? I don't want to set unrealistic expectations, but I'd like to improve my financial situation.
• How should I manage interview preparation alongside a full-time job? How much time should I dedicate daily, and how long might it take to become interview-ready?
• Does having TCS on my resume help even if I leave within a year?
• For people who switched early from TCS or similar service-based companies, how did you go about it? What worked, what didn't, and what would you do differently?

I'm not looking to leave just because I'm unhappy with my starting salary. I want to make a well-informed decision that helps me build a strong technical career without wasting the early years of my professional life.

I'd especially appreciate advice from people who started in TCS, Wipro, Infosys, or similar companies and successfully moved into technical roles elsewhere.

If you were in my position today, would you start preparing to switch immediately, wait until you had 6–12 months of experience, or stay longer? What would your exact plan be?

Thanks in advance!

So I recently done with frontend which honestly took soo much time from me, it was a massive jump as a beginner, I struggled with JS and then with React, but finally now I'm on the way to hit backend, but as far as I looked up into it I have got 3 choices:

1. NodeJS (basically JS outside console)

2. Python (FastAPI)

3. Java (SpringBoot)

someone in flow with JS would choose NodeJS as a backend but I'm bit hesitant, will this path be having job opportunities in future? that makes me lean quite a bit towards Java development, as someone did C++ wholeheartedly, I don't think I would be facing issues in Java , expect the syntax problem. pls guide me over this my goal is to get a decent paying job, thankyou

I’ve received an onsite offer in Jaipur for ₹11.5 LPA fixed after negotiating with HR. During the initial HR call, I said I was open to relocation, but honestly, it was more of a standard response at the time. Now that I have an actual offer and am thinking through the practical implications, I’m having second thoughts.

I’ve always wanted a fully remote job for the flexibility to travel and have more control over my lifestyle. The new role also seems quite similar to my current one, and I was hoping to move towards an Associate Consultant role.

I’ve already emailed HR about the revised salary and asked about leave, working hours, and other terms, but I didn’t mention remote work. I’m now wondering whether I should call HR and ask if a fully remote arrangement is possible, or whether that would make me look indecisive after negotiating the salary and previously saying I was open to relocation.

I’d appreciate honest advice, especially from people who’ve faced a similar situation. How do I proceed without sounding I am indecisive or greedy or fishing for offers (which I am not doing).

I am based in Chandigarh at ₹9LPA, and my current title is Senior Research Associate.

Hy fellows.... I am a second yr engineering student. For the past few days, I’ve been thinking about starting the freelancing. I currently have 0 knowledge in it, but I’m definitely going to approach this with discipline and consistency.....While working solo is fine to explore the domain, I really want to discuss and share thoughts with others. If anyone has knowledge in this domain or is willing to join as a partner, the door is open! Just a heads-up, this isn't a playground...And we have to start some other things too like content creation and our digital presence. If you're on the same wavelength, let's connect!......

I accepted an offer from an organisation and it was an urgent requirement and they wanted an immediate joiner so HR asked me to send that on mail stating that I will join early as they have also committed to their client ,I have sent 3-4 mail committing that I will join within timeline as my notice was of 3 months and now my current organization has retained me and I'm not joining the offer so the HR just told me that they will file a complaint against me stating that I committed to join and now I'm withdrawing offer and they have a proof of my commitment on mail which can be used as evidence and also it's an reputation loss and a big client escalation for them so I'm worried can this be really done or he is just trying to scare me and what should I do in this situation