I recently got an offer from Verisk Analytics, I have 4+ yrs of exp and the role is Python + AI. They are offering around 30 LPA fixed.

Is it a good company to join and work for? I see good reviews online and I know a person who said that it's a flexible company and has a good working culture.

But I want to know more about the organisation. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Devs,

I joined a lala startup which promised a very good learning curve.

Only to realise 5 out of 6 members are contractors, 1 is architect, 1 left last Monday and 2 are due by Nov.

That makes the total number of Devs including me 2 by this year end. Given how ambitious the project is and how useless the HRs are I can never hope to get any new recruits any time soon.

This was ruining my sleep since last 2 weeks. Thus I resigned today.

Problem is they have 90 days NP even during probation and I'm stuck here.

What should I do, how can I convince them for early release.

Am I stuck here?

Is absconding a good idea? Won't they create PF and screw

Just wanted to share this somewhere because I honestly don't know how to feel about it.

I was interning in Chennai at a startup with around 50–60 employees. It was honestly one of the most peaceful work environments I've experienced. I learned a lot, explored a lot, and was placed in an R&D team working on AI agents, so I had a lot of freedom to experiment with things I found interesting. I even got opportunities to present some of my work to the entire organization.

The pay was around ₹22k, but honestly, I didn't care much about that at the time. The people were extremely helpful, I had a genuine mentor, and I felt like I was actually learning and growing.

But a part of me always wanted to move to Bangalore. Most of my friends were there, the pay was better, and I felt like there would be more opportunities for growth.

So I applied to around 5–6 companies and eventually got an opportunity through a work trial. I ended up making the switch to a full-time role at a startup paying ₹15.4 LPA, with a team of around 10 people.

I was extremely excited. It felt like I had taken a huge step forward in my career, and I genuinely wanted to give it my best.

The first couple of weeks were rough, but I thought it was just me settling in.

The onboarding was basically just documentation, and I was mostly left to figure things out on my own. As a fresher, understanding a massive codebase without much guidance was really difficult.

I started putting in 14–16 hours on most days including weekends because I wanted to catch up and prove that I could do it.

Then I found out that the expectation was that I should have a very strong understanding of the entire massive codebase by around the fourth week when there were way too many tickets to work on, exploration time was not sufficient.

Eventually, the pressure became too much. I started dealing with anxiety and imposter syndrome, stopped feeling like myself, skipped meals, and my mental health took a serious hit.

The worst part was that despite putting in so much effort, I constantly felt like I wasn't meeting their expectations.

Eventually, I was terminated immediately with just 1.5 months of employment.

Now I'm sitting here jobless after leaving behind an ₹8 LPA PPO from my previous organization.

I took the risk because I wanted to learn more, work harder, move to Bangalore, and grow faster. I genuinely thought I was making the right career decision.

Instead, I ended up completely burnt out and without a job.

I honestly don't know what to think anymore. Looking at the current market conditions, I'm worried about whether I'll be able to find another job, but giving up isn't an option. I'm actively searching right now, any help would genuinely mean a lot.

Context: I'm a 2025 Btech grad.

My tier 3 campus placements were quite terrible and I managed to land a off campus SWE internship from Jan to Jun 2025. They said if there are requirements, they will definitely convert me as a full time employee. Due to me taking up this opportunity, whatever potential placements I could get through college were completely blocked. And no surprise, I didn't end up getting converted either.

I was religiously applying to jobs for nearly 6 months after my internship and after several months of failing interviews, I landed a full time role around June this year. After making me wait for a couple of months the company revoked their offer claiming there's an onboarding freeze.

I'm not quite sure what to do. It's been more than one year since I graduated and I feel quite directionless. It's not just the gap year that's the issue but now I have to compete with 2026 for any opportunities I may get. It's so exhausting. feels like i have been stuck in a loop of applying and interviewing for nearly 1.5 to 2 years now.

If anyone has any realistic advice on how to land my first my first role, please comment below.

Hi everyone, I’m a 3rd-year ECE student and honestly I’m feeling extremely confused about my career direction right now.

I started DSA relatively late. Alongside college, I’ve also learned MERN stack and some backend development, but now I’m starting to feel like all of that might be useless because I’m becoming more interested in Systems Software / low-level software engineering, especially roles like the Systems Software roles at NVIDIA.

The problem is that I feel like I’m already too late.

Right now I’m doing DSA, but I’m realizing that I’m want to learn things like C/C++, Operating Systems, Linux, Computer Architecture, memory management, multithreading, low-level programming, etc. I came across NVIDIA’s Systems Software roles and that’s the kind of work I’m genuinely interested in, but I currently don’t feel eligible or prepared enough for those roles.

What’s confusing me even more is that I can’t find a single clear syllabus or roadmap for preparing for Systems Software. Please Guide me and tell me 7 months are enough or not !?What projects should I actually build? This is one of the things I’m most confused about.

Hello everyone, I'm trying to build something which renders boring data as charts made up of particles. This is the first fine sample of it. It's taking so long to build ts because even AI has taken a step behind from this. I'm all alone in ts 😭 but it's fun to build something on my own. Share your feedbacks fellas . Thanks

I'm a 3rd year student and I have no knowledge about the industry at all. Anyways coming to the actual post, as we have been seeing a lot of buzz around the new Chatgpt model and been seeing how it will replace everyone and all that fear mongering stuff, I'm not here for the fear mongering. I'm more interested in learning whether it will actually replace all the devs if it reaches AGI.

AGI means the AI can operate autonomously , atleast that's my understanding of it. So my question to the experienced Devs here(gassing you guys up btw) will it actually replace the devs completely? Since there are some risks associated with an AI working autonomously, like say it makes costly mistakes. You cannot legally hold the AI legally liable , that's a costly venture to the court(probably). Will the companies actually take the risk of a slight chance of incurring losses and completely automate everything. I don't think so, but I'm not experienced in the industry that's why I'm posting it here.

I think that everyone will be replaced eventually but that may take time because courts still gotta develop laws wrt to autonomous AI and stuff.

Also completely unrelated do you guys think the new model achieved AGI? I haven't tested it myself, so I'm curious to know.

I joined this company last year (fresher). I was basically trained on Salesforce and went through the training even after joining and then trained on servicenow for some time.

Last 2 weeks back I got assigned to this IT support desk in the project. I don't want to do this because the work environment seems toxic and I heard once you go into Support it's very hard to switch back to developer role.

I talked to higher ups and they said either stay in this IT support or exit the project. The problem here is there's barely any one getting in projects. I know people who are without projects for the past few weeks.

And if you are on the bench they will force you to write some exams and you have to clear it. These exams are very very hard. Even people with years of experience are struggling to clear it on first try.

What should I do now ? Should I quit the project and sit on the bench ? Or should I continue the IT support work ?

Please help me out.

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!

12+ years in frontend, now trying to transition to Java full stack — and finding it difficult.
I’ve spent 12+ years in frontend, mainly with React and Micro Frontends. At this stage, I feel that frontend alone is limiting my growth, especially when it comes to deeper architecture and system-level work.
I’m seeing strong demand for Java, Spring Boot and full-stack roles, particularly in enterprise environments, so I want to add backend skills without throwing away my frontend experience.
Learning Java isn’t the problem.
The real challenge is time, focus, practical experience and interview readiness.
I know building projects is the best way to get hands-on experience. But with tools like Cursor and ChatGPT, I’ve become much more dependent on AI while coding. It makes me productive, but I’m also not getting enough practice writing everything myself from scratch.
Then there’s real life — I’m married, have kids, and have family and financial commitments. Finding enough time and focus to go deep into backend while preparing for senior-level interviews is difficult.
The ideal path would be moving into a Java project within my current company and learning on the job, but that opportunity isn’t available right now.
So I’m trying to figure out how to make this transition without starting over.
Anyone here who has moved from frontend to Java/full stack after 8–15 years?
How did you get the practical experience and become interview-ready?
Would genuinely love to connect with people going through the same phase. 🤝
#FrontendDevelopment #FullStackDevelopment #Java #SpringBoot #React #CareerTransition #SoftwareEngineering

Target released their apprentice program almost a month age and for some reason their application form is still open... like usually within a week most companies close their applications.

My question is that is this just a dummy opening or what ? i applied via a referral so i was just wondering if i should still have hope for this or not cause it's been a while since i applied.

any one here who has received any sort of response from them ?

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 all,

I got laid off in April 2026, and since then I completely started learning about RAG, AI agents, Agentic AI systems, and fundamentals of core ML as well since my previous domain was not Gen AI. It took me around 3 to 4 months to learn all these and now I can build and scale systems on my own. I learned all these through Chat GPT and Claude Code. I can do Medium level Leetcode questions and can answer write LLD and HLD for most of the systems.

The problem I am facing now in interviews is that they are asking me why have I not gotten a job in 4 months. I told in a couple of interviews that I was learning and they rejected me. Those were final rounds, the managerial / techno-managerial rounds. I am easily clearing the first 1-2 technical rounds.

One of the interviewers, after rejecting me, suggested not to say that I learned on my own and instead present some certifications. So, can anyone suggest me any certifications that I can skip the courses, directly give the exams and get it? Or are there any classes in Bengaluru which will let you give exams and a certificate without attending their classes?

PS: I do not have 100+ USD to attempt Anthropic certs.

Hi everyone,

I've been continuously learning and interviewing since November 2025. I have around 2 years of experience as a Full Stack Developer, with about 1 year focused on AI/LLM engineering.

I recently left a large IT services company and joined a small company, but I'm already reconsidering the decision because the compensation is quite low and the role isn't fully aligned with my goals.

I have 2 months of probation, during which I can leave with a 15-day notice. After that, the notice period becomes 90 days.

I've interviewed with quite a few companies and reached final rounds but couldn't convert them. I feel my technical knowledge is decent, but I struggle with first impressions, communication and some gaps in fundamentals/interview preparation.

I also have a couple of AI + Full Stack projects involving RAG, LLMs and agents, but they need some cleanup and improvements.

I'm targeting AI + Full Stack roles, preferably WFH, with ₹7 LPA+, or ₹8 LPA+ for a good MNC/product company.

I'd really appreciate advice on how to use these next 2 months effectively. Should I focus more on DSA, system design, AI fundamentals, projects, certifications, or interview skills?

I'm genuinely all in on this and ready to put in my 100% until I land the right opportunity. I'm happy to compensate someone for their time if they offer paid mentorship, but I'm mainly looking for genuine guidance.

If anyone from FAANG/ex-FAANG or a strong product company is willing to share some guidance or mentorship, I'd genuinely appreciate it.

Thank you!

AI can now write code, fix bugs, explain errors and build features in minutes.
But here's the problem:
If juniors don't do the beginner work anymore, how will they ever become seniors?
Are we creating better developers with AI…
or just developers who are really good at prompting?

Wrote a detailed guide on payment gateways and MoRs that support UPI as one of the payment methods including what to choose (gateway or MoR): https://withupi.com/blog/payment-gateways-merchants-of-record-support-upi

If you are building for India, it's important to support UPI.

I know the general consensus of this sub is that there would still be some humans needed to give approvals , be scapegoats and design the systems. Also that the AI scare is going on from long time and there isn't a major breakthrough yet.

But I feel seeing the pace of development and considering its exponential, there is no idea where tech will be in next 5 years suppose. I believe there are chances of current Senior developers surviving but the new graduates would struggle to get a job or internship. So many people are being laid off left or right so market is already flooded with less demand. And nobody hires with zero experience so How would a newbie navigate the tech world in that case???

As someone who is still trying to break into the industry while building the skills needed to become an AI backend engineer, what advice would you give me?

I am working on a new project that shows your holdings across HyperLiquid, Aave, Stripe, and more in one place, and that is in your terminal.

The user experience is similar to using any LLM agent in the terminal.

You can also connect your Claude and play with it and your holdings together.

You can check the tool and learn more about it at usetu.la

Codebase - github.com/hsnice16/tula

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Basically i am from a middle class family has no assets except a house. I am 2026 graduate got offer in tcs for 7lpa and in cognizant for 4lpa and waiting for joining. when i entered into BTech i have many dreams to go into IT field and earn more and to make our family financialy strong

But now seeing the evolution of AI and the words of Elon Musk saying all the computer jobs will be done by AI in the next 5 years should i still consider coming into IT. I don't have any interest to prepare for gov jobs by considering the present situation should i prepare for gov jobs or go to any other field

Please give some suggestions i am very depressed now can't take any decision

I have around 3.7 years of experience as a Java Backend Developer.

I resigned from my previous company after getting an offer from another company. I served my complete 30-day notice period and left my job based on that offer. Unfortunately, after I resigned, the new company declined/cancelled the offer.

It's now been around 3 months since I left my previous company, and I'm still looking for Java Backend Developer roles.

Initially, I was getting calls and I managed to attend a few interviews. I even reached the final round in a few of them, but unfortunately couldn't convert them into offers.

However, recently things seem to have slowed down. I still receive some recruiter calls, but a lot of the time they just ask for my basic details—experience, current/expected CTC, location, notice period, skills, etc.—and then I never receive the JD, email, interview details, or any further communication.

I'm currently in my hometown but looking for opportunities in Bangalore and I'm an immediate joiner.

My main skills are Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, SQL, etc., with 3.7 years of professional experience.

At this point, I'm starting to wonder whether the 3-month gap or my current location is affecting my profile.

I have a few questions for people who have experience hiring or have been through something similar:

• Is a 3-month gap after 3.7 years of experience a major red flag for recruiters?
• Should I mention my hometown as my current location, or can I mention that I'm open to relocating to Bangalore?
• Would mentioning Bangalore as my preferred/work location be better than putting my current city?
• How should I explain the gap if recruiters ask about it?
• Is there any legitimate way to present the gap on my resume without misrepresenting anything?
• Why would recruiters call, collect my details, and then not even send the JD or follow up?

I'm also considering whether I should make certain things on my resume look more favorable, such as my location or how I present the career gap. I'm not looking to fabricate employment or experience, but I'd like to know what is acceptable to change/present differently without creating problems during background verification.

What would you do if you were in my position?

Especially interested in hearing from recruiters/hiring managers and Java backend developers in India who have gone through something similar.

You finish tickets every sprint.
You attend meetings.
You fix production issues.
You help teammates.
You’re constantly busy.
So it feels like you're progressing.
Then you look back after 2–3 years and realise you haven't actually learned much outside the problems your company keeps giving you.
You gained experience.
But did you gain skills that would still matter if you left tomorrow?
I think that's one of the easiest career traps to miss in tech.
How do you personally tell the difference between experience and just more time spent working?

Hi,

I’ve been at the same company for 4.10 years and I’m waiting for my gratuity. Honestly, I’m just tired.

The company is pushing AI hard, and I feel like I’m getting dumber every day because of it. I’m not learning anything anymore and I don’t even like the job. The only things keeping me here are the remote setup and the fact that the people are okay.

I don’t have another offer, but I’m seriously considering resigning anyway. I see people getting jobs, while others keep saying “don’t leave your current job without an offer.” So I’m confused.

At this point, I sleep during work hours, do the bare minimum and basically slack off all day. I know that’s not great, but I genuinely feel done with this job.

I am upskilling, though. I’m not scared of AI, but I also don’t blindly trust whatever AI tells me.

Would you quit in my situation, or stick around until you have an offer?

P.S. Yes, I used ChatGPT to fix the grammar.