She quit her LPA leadership position with an annual salary of Rs 30 Cr to pursue MBBS and cracked NEET UG with AIR 1118. (Photo: X post) For many professionals, reaching a leadership position with a high salary is the definition of success. Years of hard work, promotions, and financial stability often represent career milestones…
Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on July 18, 2026, after entering the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar. Delhi Police said the move was taken based on medical advice and directions from the Delhi High Court after concerns were raised about his health. His…
Software engineer stories reveal the fear behind high salaries. (artificial intelligence image) For many engineering students, finding a well-paying IT job is their dream. A good salary, a comfortable home, and financial independence are often seen as the finish line.But what if earning Rs 7 lakh per month still doesn’t make you feel financially secure?This…
Pruthviraj Prakash (Source: LinkedIn) A quiet dream that began in a small village in Karnataka led Pruthviraj Prakash to one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies.Prakash, who currently works at NVIDIA’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, as a software development engineer in the field of deep learning, recently shared his journey from having limited…
He left home with 1,000 rupees, worked as a security guard, and never went to college. Today, he is a software engineer at the same company that originally hired him. (Photo: LinkedIn) For millions of Indian students, the dream is simple: get good grades in class 12, pass the entrance exam, get a bachelor’s degree…
Manu Agrawal (Image: LinkedIn) For many students, college tuition receipts mark the beginning of higher education. For software engineer Manu Agrawal, it was a sacrifice he has never forgotten.In a recent LinkedIn post, Agrawal recalled how his father sold his mother’s jewelry to pay for his Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree.“Rs 15,000 per semester….
Indian engineer ditched Rs 9 LPA job offer for MSc in US and now works part-time to make ends meet as Rs 40-lakh loan puts pressure on family A friend of a software engineer turned down an on-campus placement of Rs 9 lakh per annum (LPA) to pursue a master’s degree in the US, sparking…
Meet Uday Kiran Kandagatla, a student of the BS program at IIT Madras who mastered Python, data science and machine learning and landed a high-paying system engineer position at TCS For many students, earning a degree is only part of the journey. The bigger question is whether the classroom prepares them for the workplace. Today,…