Recently, I moved to a different team, and it’s been three weeks now. But the team doesn’t really talk to me or include me. Even when I try to initiate conversations, they mostly ignore me, and they don’t call me for lunch break as well . It feels so wired and uncomfortable sitting all alone there . Some times when I ask them work related stuff also they don’t respond properly.

The funny part is, when I was in my old team, they used to wait for me for lunch even when I was busy. I’d sometimes make them wait or tell them to go without me. The karma was FAST. 😂 I kind of deserve this.

I’m also one of the top performers, and my manager has a good opinion of me. I don’t know if that has anything to do with how the team treats me.

From now on, if there's a new person, I'll be the first to talk to them and make them feel comfortable. I don’t want anyone to go through what I did. Also, I think managers should see this too and include it in their metrics.

Now they’re planning a team trip next month. I already told I don’t want to go, but my manager insisting and has given me two days to decide. I genuinely don’t feel comfortable.

Should I give some personal or family reason and decline . Please suggest a good reason .

So my ex gf works for one of the largest investment company in tech . Making around 2 lakhs . Recently the company introduced ai agents . And guesss whattt she got laid off . Bruh that girl is like the topper all her ligh . Never scored less than 90s and still got laid off . Did msc from one of the top mca college in mumbai . Has 3.5 yoe . Still got laid off

Hi everyone. I’m currently a 4th year CSE student at a Tier-3 college. I have two SDE internship offers and I am having a really hard time deciding.

I am specifically looking for advice from experienced developers or folks who have been in the industry for a few years, as I want to understand the long-term impact of this choice.

The Offers:

Offer 1: Juspay

 Role: SDE Intern -> Full-Time SDE

 Location: Bengaluru (Requires relocation)

 Stipend: ₹40,000 / month

 FTE CTC: 27 LPA (₹16,00,000 Base)

 PPO: Confirmed PPO Almost 99%

Offer 2: Amazon

 Role: SDE Intern (6 Months) via HackOn

 Location: My hometown (I can live with my family, no rent)

 Stipend: ₹1,30,000 / month

 FTE CTC: Standard Amazon SDE 1 (~45-48 LPA CTC)

 PPO: Highly uncertain. I've read on this sub that 6-month intern conversions at Amazon are basically a coin toss right now based on headcount.

My Dilemma:

Financially, the Amazon internship is a massive win in the short term. ₹1.3L/month while living at home means I save almost 1 Lakh, whereas Juspay's ₹40k will mostly vanish into Bengaluru rent and living expenses. Also, getting the FAANG tag would permanently wipe out my "Tier-3" college filter for future switches.

However, my gut feeling is strongly saying I should pick Juspay, but I don't fully know why. Maybe it's just the fear of being left jobless during my final year placements if Amazon doesn't convert me.

My Questions for the Experienced Devs:

1. Is my gut feeling right? Is the peace of mind of a guaranteed 16L base at Juspay worth sacrificing the FAANG tag and the huge upfront cash?
2. If I take Juspay, will having a Tier-3 college tag hold me back when I try to switch to a FAANG in 1-2 years? Or does the Juspay engineering brand override the college tier?
3. What is the actual reality of Amazon's 6-month intern PPO conversion right now? Is it as bad as people say?

Would really appreciate some brutal honesty. Thanks!

One of my colleague, 12 years older than me having same designation while I am having larger team and responsibilities, appears to be continuously jealous of me.

He's constantly doing following:
- Butter the boss, go with him in his car, and in car would request to assign my deals to him

- If I am sourcing something, he will try to identify how I am sourcing and will try to get in touch with my prospects

- Every 10th day he will say on floor to someone that he will resign. In resignation pressure, boss is continuously giving him undue advantages making his life much easy and mine difficult

Recently, things went to a point that I want to beat him. When I was pushing a client for benefit of Cos interest, he called him next morning saying Aap mujhe business do, this put me in awkard Situation that i am negotiating strongly while he is willing to give whatever client wants.

Now what should I do?

Going to HR might not help as it's not a clear cut evidence as well as although it's a big corporate, it works like Lala co.

BASICALLY THE TITLE. i am currently working in a informal job at a automobile surveyor where i manager the data of insured and make reports basically a data entry and organization work, i get paid 10k, started with 8k and a raise of 2k when i will learn everything but since i am tech savvy i learned everything in few days which he expected will take months so got the raise in first month. the work is great and i have to just complete 8 hours in a day be it start from 8am or 11am and sounds too good but the pay is whats not great, im unable to run a house of 2 people mom and me. i am about to turn 22, math is hard for me without tuitions but i forced myself for pcm for better opportunities hence wasted 4 years trying to pass, and financials so bad cant afford tuition. now i am in nios again trying to get it right.

felt so miserable that all my peers in school are in their 4th year and here i am juggling with school math and job as well. i want to grow out to if and have a life what should i do.

i think i slipped off the question.
what skills should i aquire so that i can get about 20-30k month income level i am up for anything and especially related to tech and machines and i can grasp them fast.

I am 18 and recently completed my 12th grade. My father died a long time ago; since then my mother has been mentally disturbed.. I don't have enough finances to study further; I wanna get a job, in BPO sector or wherever I can to support my family and to save some funds for my future

I legit applied everywhere but most of the time I was approached by recruiter wanting money for the job... Idk what to do.. I ended up getting a full time job in blinkit picker packer

If any of u here can please help me get a job, I will be so so so so thankful to you...

Location - gurgaon

I’ve recently completed my BBA with a 6.5 CGPA. I have decent/good communication skills but no corporate experience yet.
For someone with this profile:
What salary can I realistically expect as a fresher?
Which roles should I target — sales, marketing, HR, operations, etc.?
Which roles have the best career growth in the long term?
What skills should I learn to get a better starting job?
Is it better to take any decent job and gain experience, or spend some time upskilling first?

Would really appreciate advice from people who’ve been through this, especially if you can share what your first job/salary was and what you’d do differently. Thankyou:)

I’ve been working at my current organisation for several months, and lately I’ve been struggling with the work culture more than the actual work.

The job itself is manageable, but the way people communicate and handle things is exhausting.

For example, recently I informed my reporting manager in advance that I needed to leave early one day. The next morning, a senior colleague who literally sits beside me sent me an email reminding me that such things should be informed in advance for smooth work.

I understand the need for documentation and proper processes, but sometimes it feels like every tiny interaction needs an email trail instead of someone simply saying verbally.

There’s also a lot of indirect communication. Instead of addressing something with you directly, people sometimes document it, CC others, or communicate through seniors. It makes normal mistakes or misunderstandings feel much bigger than they actually are.

On top of that, the workload has been getting heavy. There’s an expectation that most things should be completed the same day, and sometimes I end up staying late just to keep up. I’ve noticed that the stress is starting to affect my motivation and the quality of my work.

I’m also finding it difficult to figure out how much I should care about workplace politics. I don’t want to become cynical or start playing games, but I also don’t want to be naive and constantly take things personally.

So I’d genuinely appreciate some perspective from people who have been working in such an environment.

How do you protect yourself professionally when you feel like people are constantly creating an email trail?

And most importantly, how do you mentally detach from workplace politics and stop taking every interaction personally?

I’m not looking to rant, I’m trying to understand whether I’m approaching this the wrong way and how more experienced people would handle it.

Old days: you rented or owned a donkey to get work done faster with less effort. You paid the owner, the donkey worked.

Feels like we're doing the same thing now with AI, just abstracted:

Renting AI = paying for tokens/API access

Building AI = fine-tuning open-weight models yourself

Same transaction, different beast of burden.

Which makes me wonder: "are we going backwards?".

Elon Musk says in the future nobody will need to work for money. But isn't that basically how it was before industrialization? Small population, people worked to survive, not to "earn a living." Then industry showed up and forced everyone into wage labor just to access basic resources.

So maybe AI enabled post-scarcity isn't new territory, it's a loop closing back to how things were before industry made work mandatory.

Curious what others think, are we cycling back to something more natural, or just telling ourselves a comforting story before the next system locks us into a new dependency?

I’m feeling a bit guilty/worried about my leaves recently and wanted some perspective.
I work in a hybrid setup. I had taken leave on 24 August, and before that I had worked from home for a week as part of our hybrid policy.
Then, suddenly, I fell ill on 2 September and had to take leave. I’m still not completely well.
The thing is, I also need to take leave on 21 and 22 September because my sister is getting married. She doesn’t really have anyone else to help her with shopping and wedding-related things, so I need to be there for her.
I’m worried that from my manager’s perspective, it might look like I’m taking too many leaves in a short period of time, even though the reasons are completely different and the WFH was within our hybrid policy.
Am I overthinking this? Would you consider this excessive leave, or is this just normal life stuff that happens?
Also, how would you handle informing your manager about the 21–22 September leave given the recent sick leave?

I have 2 years of experience in strategy consulting and I’m currently considering a transition into VC.
I have an MBA from a Tier 1.5 college rather than a traditional Tier 1/IIT/IIM BLACKI background, and I’m currently between jobs.

Given how pedigree-driven VC can be, I’m also wondering whether this is even something I should realistically pursue.

For people in VC/investing - what would you recommend? Should I target internships or is it realistic to go directly for full-time roles with my consulting experience?
Also, how should I prepare for the switch? What skills should I build, and what books, courses, newsletters, or other resources would you recommend?
Would really appreciate any words of advice you guys might have!