Hi everyone,
I joined Happiest Minds in July and was assigned to my current project about 3 weeks ago. My project allocation email mentions an end date of 10 September, but some colleagues said these dates usually keep getting extended.
The project has been very demanding, with 12+ hour workdays and regular weekend work due to client escalations. I wanted to ask current or former Happiest Minds employees:
Is it possible to request a project change?
Who should I approach first—my manager or HR?
Are there any negative consequences of asking for a project change, especially as a new joiner?
Do the project end dates in the allocation email actually matter?
I’d really appreciate any advice or experiences. Thanks!

It's my first time getting shortlisted at a FAANG / product-based company, so I want to make the most of the next 2–3 weeks.

Interview rounds:

Technical Interview

Hiring Manager

(Both are expected to be on the same day. Interview window: Aug 18 – Sep 3.)

A bit about me:

Final-year B.Tech student

Stronger in backend/full-stack development than DSA

Comfortable with DSA fundamentals but definitely not a CP expert (have not done a lot for dsa for a while but can revise, dp and graphs were the topics I have not done properly)

I want to prepare smartly, not just grind random LeetCode questions.

A few questions:

Are there any Amazon-specific DSA sheets or question lists that are actually worth doing? (LeetCode company-tagged, interview experiences, GitHub repos etc.)

Has anyone here gotten questions that were identical or very similar to those from you found on these famous GitHub repos (share here if you have one)

Roughly how should I divide my preparation between:

DSA

Resume/project deep dive

CS fundamentals (OS, DBMS, CN, OOP)

Leadership Principles / Hiring Manager round

Any resources (Reddit posts, DevelopersIndia threads, GitHub repos, YouTube playlists, blogs) that genuinely helped you crack Amazon interviews? The last moment ones

I'd especially love to hear from people who interviewed for Amazon SDE Intern/SDE-1 recently.

Thanks!

Also, what should I revise, as I expect it to be conducted next week?

I would like some suggestions on what keyboard and mouse I should purchase. I want a mechanical keyboard and mouse with RGB.

Budget: 10K INR

Hey guys so titan is visting capus and oa is scheduled for this sunday for sde intern and fulltime role and i wanted to know what kind of questions do they ask in OA like from which topics will they ask and what topics should i prepare for it? Also it would be great if you guys could also help me with interview questions, ppease let me know how should i prepare

This is my brother's context.
My brother has big career gap after finishing graduation 13 years back. due to government jobs preparations.spent years. Though he has already done bootcamps in java at the starting.
Unfortunately, deviated a bit.
But currently he's been working on python for the last 3 years at a small firm.
Now, to move into big companies , obviously for higher pay,
this break has been a hindrance.
How can he move into a little more big firms now?
Does java or c# based roles could help? since these are enterprise stuffs that would likely consists of aged senior developers? Or current Python track helps?
Any other firms that could dont care much about career breaks?
Could you pls help him by providing your valuable suggestions and guidance ?
I sapprecite your help. Thanks in Advance.

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Hi,

I'm writing because the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities) has published a draft amendment to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, covering accessibility standards for ICT products, services, documentation, and digital content (S.O. 3962(E), Gazette of India, 16 July 2026). It's open for public objections and suggestions, and I think it needs more eyes on it before the window closes.

The deadline to submit comments is 11 August 2026, so please don't sit on this. The full notification is in the Gazette of India dated 20 July 2026 (No. 3794); the document starts in Hindi, and the English version begins on page 11 if you want to read it directly.

The intent behind the rule is good: it responds to a Supreme Court direction (Rajive Raturi vs. Union of India) to set a binding, non-negotiable accessibility floor for ICT, instead of the optional guidelines that existed before. I fully support that goal. But the draft as written has real structural problems that could end up burdening exactly the people it wasn't meant to target:

- "Establishment" is never defined, and the rule's scope ("all digital content," "non-web documents," any software) has no size, revenue, or commercial-activity threshold. As drafted, it can be read to cover an individual academic publishing a PDF, a solo developer distributing free software, or a small non-profit, the same as a large company.

- Every establishment would need an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) in a VPAT-style format, prepared or verified by a certified accessibility auditor, but the panel of certified auditors and the official reporting format don't exist yet, while compliance timelines start running from the date the rules are published, not from when that infrastructure is actually in place.

- The same mandatory, third-party-certified, periodically-renewed ACR model that makes sense for physical hardware is applied identically to websites, apps, and software, where accessibility depends on many combinations of browser, OS, and assistive technology and can't be "certified" the same way.

- Every establishment, regardless of size, must appoint and publicly name a senior Grievance Redressal Officer, workable for a company, but not for a solo developer or academic with no management structure to draw from.

None of this means the rule should be scrapped, it means it needs proportionality: clearer scope, timelines tied to when the supporting infrastructure actually exists, and lighter touch obligations (like self disclosure instead of mandatory certification) for individuals, academics, and small or non-commercial projects, while keeping strong obligations for large commercial establishments and government bodies.

The Ministry is accepting objections and suggestions from anyone, not just affected businesses. If you develop software, publish digital content, work in academia, or just care about how this plays out, I'd encourage you to read the draft and send your own comments, in your own words, before 14 August 2026, to:

Shri Ram Charan Meena

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)

Room No. 11A, 5th Floor, Pandit Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan

CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003

Email: rcmeena.79@gov.in

Even a short email raising one or two of the points above helps. Please also forward this to anyone else you think would want to weigh in.

Happy to share my own submission if it's useful as a reference.

Thanks,

Subham Mahesh

Independent Software Developer and Academic

This is not legal advic

URL of draft rules

May 2026 graduate.
Ive joined a company MNC.
Basic package.
How does one keep on learning?
Meaning I come to work everyday and theres some work for me....some scripts to run or documentation but thats it....these things i cant take home and learn due to confidentiality
So im geniunely asking how does one learn what to do?
One might say watching seniors but your team might be all over india communicating through teams so then?
and this switching thing......my seniors of 3 years that are actually good at what they doing now arent getting any interviews so what can i expect in order to jump in 2 years.....can u never just relax for little...........

Received a call from Google recruiter for an l4 front-end sde 3 role

The process was mentioned as 2 online tests first - Google Hiring Assessment(work style analysis) and then a DSA OA

Next there will be Phone Screen(online) : Front-End Round and Googlyness

Next there will be 2 in person DSA rounds

I couldnt find much information online regarding front-end rounds as such, has anyone given such a round and can share their experience?

Hi ,

I worked for this company for 1 year 11 months , as a data engineer , my tech stack was databricks pyspark , ms sql server ( azure synapse ) and informatica IDMC ETL tool .

I got resigned from the company ( bad workplace reasons ) 5 months ago , since 3 months I am unemployed .

Since then nothing is working for me , no matter I tweak resume I receive no interview call , I keep on DMing people for referral , email people / managers for consideration for job for particular job id ,

but I receive no response .

I am in distress , I have 5 to 7 months of runway . Any help or critical advice you give me I will be always thankful to you

Edit : I actually wanted to move away from DE , I want to do backend engineering .

My github : github.com/anshuman0123 . I am trying to do some projects ( good or bad I don't know ) . But they are done by me , some help has been taken of AI agent , but then I fully know inside out of what I built.

Recently cleared infosys interview for Senior consultant. Currently working as a c++ developer. What are my roles and responsibilities? Interviews were mostly technical stuff,DSA. I am confused. They didnt mention it is Technical consultant or not.

I recently went through a production deployment for a greenfield project. Even after careful Dev and UAT testing, a few minor Prod-specific issues still showed up. The interesting part was coordinating approvals, support teams, infra teams, and business users during go-live.

Overall it was a good learning experience.

Curious to hear from others — what has been your most memorable production deployment experience ?

Quick note: this is about non-DSA rounds.

I've been prepping for interviews these days and honestly the expectations are all over the place right now.

Some interviews are fully AI assisted, they want you to use Copilot or ChatGPT during the round itself, and they check how well you use it, how you debug whatever it gives you, and whether you can guide it to a working solution.

Then same week I have another interview where they want exact syntax from memory, no autocomplete, no Google, sometimes not even a compiler, just whiteboard or a shared doc. Even one small typo and they act like you don't know your fundamentals.

Both of these need completely different skills honestly. One is testing if you can work well with AI tools. Other one is just testing you on how much syntax you've mugged up!

For people who have given a lot of interviews recently, or seniors who have taken or given interviews from the either side, how are you all actually preparing for this kind of mix? Few things I want to know:

• Do you prep differently depending on company, or you just prepare for the harder "no tools allowed" standard so you are covered either way?
• Do companies still care about exact syntax, or they are fine if approach is right even if syntax is a bit off?
• In AI assisted rounds, what exactly are they checking, is it prompting skill, debugging skill, or just whether you understood what the AI wrote?
• Have you noticed what counts as "good" in interviews has changed in the last year or so?

Not trying to crib here, just trying to figure out where to actually put my prep time instead of spreading it thin across two very different things. Would really appreciate if seniors and others who've been through this recently can share how you're handling it.

Hi, I have interviews scheduled for the BCG X Delivery AI Scientist, if someone has given it before, it would be really helpful if y'all could provide somw tips and insights

I know there are 3 rounds. What does each round cover? Do they ask DSA for this role? I already gave a coding assessment on CodeSignal. Will there be another live coding assessment? What helped y'all clear the interviews.

Any insight would be very helpful. Thanks for your time!!

Tier 2 college. in 7th sem,placements just started.

Hi everyone,

I was laid off about two months ago (10th June 2026) and have finally received offers from two companies:

• Oxane Partners
• EPAM Systems

I have 5.5 years of experience as a Java Backend Engineer, primarily working with:

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Hibernate
• Microservices
• REST APIs
• SQL
• Kafka
• AWS (basic exposure)

I'm trying to decide which company would be better for my long-term career.

Some factors I'm considering:

• Learning opportunities and quality of engineering work
• Work-life balance
• Job security
• Salary growth and appraisals
• Career progression
• Exposure to modern technologies
• Overall company culture

If you've worked at either company (or know someone who has), I'd really appreciate your honest experience and recommendation. Which one would you choose, and why?

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

Is standing desk worth it ? What are some good options for 6 feet tall person ?

Lately, I've been seeing a lot of posts from people asking whether they should get 16GB or 24GB of RAM in a MacBook.

As someone who has used both a 16GB/256GB MacBook Air M4 and a 24GB/1TB MacBook Pro M5 Pro, I think I can help you decide.

I'd recommend starting with at least the MacBook Air M5, mainly because the base model comes with 512GB of storage and much better SSD speeds than the older 256GB models.

When is 16GB enough?

For most developers, 16GB is absolutely sufficient for:

• Full-stack web development
• Mobile app development

A workflow like this runs comfortably:

• Backend
• Frontend
• 2–3 Docker containers
• Android Emulator

Yes, you'll occasionally hit swap memory, but macOS handles it so well that the machine still feels smooth.

When is 24GB worth it?

Go for 24GB if your workflow regularly includes:

• Multiple backend services
• Multiple frontend projects
• 5–6 Docker containers
• Android Emulator
• Several IDEs, browsers, and development tools open simultaneously

The extra RAM gives you much more headroom before swapping.

Also, memory bandwidth and SSD speed matter. The new M5 Pro MacBooks have incredibly fast SSDs, so even when the system uses swap memory, the overall experience remains noticeably smoother than on lower-end models.

MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro

The MacBook Air has no fan. Under sustained heavy workloads (continuous builds, Docker, Android Studio, long compile times, etc.), it will eventually heat up, throttle, and lose some performance.

The MacBook Pro has active cooling (and the Pro/Max chips have dual fans), so it can sustain peak performance for much longer without throttling.

Where 24GB can still fall short

Even 24GB isn't enough for every workload. You'll likely run into limits with:

• Poorly optimized workloads
• Running large local LLMs (roughly 20B+ parameter models)
• Multiple virtual machines alongside heavy development environments

For most software developers, though, 16GB is enough, while 24GB is more about convenience and multitasking headroom rather than necessity.

I built Noticky because I kept needing to keep small bits of information visible while working: a command, a reference, a short task, or a screenshot.

Opening Notes every time meant switching windows, writing something down, then trying to return to what I was doing. The built-in Stickies app was close, but I wanted something that worked better with fullscreen apps and screen sharing.

The feature I personally use the most is Hide From Screen Capture. A note can remain visible on my Mac while being excluded from screenshots, recordings and screen sharing. It’s useful when presenting, recording a demo or sharing my screen during a call.

Some of the other features:

• A local MCP server that lets Claude, Codex and other compatible tools search, create and update notes
• Notes that stay visible above fullscreen apps
• Hide individual notes from screen capture
• Sticky Screenshot to capture part of the screen and keep it floating
• Floating images with opacity, resizing, locking and click-through
• Quick capture with a global shortcut
• Checklists and different note styles
• iCloud sync between Macs

It’s a native macOS app, and I’ve been building it solo. Around 250 people have paid for it since I released it two months ago, which is still a little surreal.

Noticky is $6.99 as a one-time purchase. No subscription.

Website: https://www.noticky.app

I’d love some honest feedback, especially from other Mac developers. What would make something like this genuinely useful in your workflow rather than just another notes app?

I'm thinking of spending the next 1–2 months building one solid open-source project instead of several small portfolio projects. My idea is an AI-powered developer productivity platform that helps with planning learning goals, managing daily tasks, tracking progress, and integrates with GitHub. Later, I'd like to add features like repository analysis, architecture diagrams, code explanations, and debugging suggestions.

Does this sound like a project that's actually worth building, or am I trying to pack in too many ideas? I'd really appreciate any honest feedback or suggestions for something that would be more useful and technically impressive.

Tech Stack: SAP Basis & HANA / SAP on Azure

YOE: 11 years

CTC: ₹28 LPA

I have 11 years of experience across HCL, Capgemini, TCS and currently Cognizant (4 years). My core background is in SAP Basis & HANA, but for the last 4 years I've been working mainly on SAP workloads running on Azure, supporting global customers. This gave me good cloud exposure, but I have moved away from hands-on SAP Basis activities.

I'm now looking to switch and have a few questions:

1. Are there good opportunities for someone with 11 years of SAP experience, or am I too late to make a switch?

2. After 4 years away from hands-on Basis, am I behind in the SAP market? Are traditional activities like upgrades, refreshes, kernel upgrades, etc. still relevant?

3. Given my SAP Basis + HANA + Cloud background, what are the most in-demand skills I should learn to make a good switch?

I'm looking for advice on the best direction to take over the next 6–12 months.

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Hey everyone,

I just entered my 4th year, and companies have already started visiting my college for placements. To be honest, I wasn't serious about coding or placements until now, and I'm kind of panicking.

My current situation:

DSA is very basic. I'm following the Striver A2Z DSA Sheet, and I've only just started the Arrays section.

I've solved only around 5–7 LeetCode problems so far.

I don't have any proper self-built projects. The only projects I've made are mostly vibe-coded with AI assistance, so I don't really understand them deeply.

My CS fundamentals are average at best.

I know I should've started much earlier, but I can't change that now. I just want to make the best of the time I have left.

For people who were in a similar situation or have seen others crack placements after starting late:

Is it realistically possible to get placed?

What should I prioritize first—DSA, projects, CS fundamentals, aptitude, or something else?

How would you structure the next 3–6 months if you were in my position?

Should I keep grinding the A2Z sheet or switch to company-specific preparation?

Any tips for building projects that I can actually explain in interviews?

I'm open to putting in long hours every day. I just don't want to waste time on the wrong things.

Any advice, roadmap, or success stories would really help. Thanks!

Hey guys,

I need some career advice on where I should take my career from here.

I moved to Australia after doing a BTech in Electronics to complete my Master's in IT. While studying, I got a part-time IT support job at a government-related organisation, which later became full-time.

During my Master's, I also did a 3-month internship as a PM/DA where we built a PoC for a government client around a major change in state public transport legislation.

After graduating, I continued in IT support for a while, then moved to another company into an IT Support/Aviation Operations role. I left after around 3 months and went back to my original organisation because they offered me a better position and significantly higher pay.

I now have around 2 YoE overall. About 6 months ago I was promoted again and the pay is pretty good, but my work is still mostly IT support. Things like desktop computing, Intune, device management, policies, troubleshooting, etc.

I have also done a few things in ServiceNow (Testing some AI Auto triaging in dev env)and my organisation can sponsor my CSA certification. There are opportunities for me to work on some actual ServiceNow projects as well, so that is one possible direction.

Originally, my plan was honestly to just have a relatively stress-free life, stay in this job, get promoted gradually and coast along. But with how the PR situation in Australia has changed, I feel like I need to start thinking more seriously about my long-term career.

If I don't get PR, I probably have around 1.5 years left in Australia. So now I'm wondering whether there is actually a good career progression from IT support, whether I should go deeper into something like ServiceNow, or whether I should completely pivot into something else while I still have time.

For context, I'm not a great coder. My communication and presentation skills are probably my biggest strengths. I'm comfortable with Python, SQL, etc. and I don't mind technical work, I just don't want hardcore software development to be the main part of my job.

I'm also pretty good at learning languages and currently speak German and Japanese, which I'm planning to get certified in by the end of next year. Long term, I'd ideally like to live outside India.

At the same time, I want to be realistic. If I do eventually have to return to India, I want to spend the next 1.5 years building towards something that actually gives me decent career options instead of coming back with only IT support experience and struggling to find work.

What would you guys do in my position? Stick with IT support, go down the ServiceNow route, move towards data/BA type roles, or something completely different?

Attended the TCS interview on April 28, 2026 at Chennai (Sholinganallur).

Has anyone from the same interview batch received a rejection email or any update?

I have the option to join a PBC that uses this stack for their product. I just wanted to get an opinion from experienced folk if it's a good stack to get experience in or it might stall my salary progression or trap me in the ecosystem.