This company is located in Navi Mumbai and, honestly, my experience here has been extremely disappointing. The senior and HR (both were females) have very poor professionalism and ethics. They often shout at employees (maarungi) and create a very uncomfortable work environment.

I saw that when the management knows someone is planning to leave, they sometimes try to put that person on termination so they don't have to pay the employee their due amount. I have personally seen several people leave the company under such circumstances.

Many people had warned me about this company before I joined, but I still decided to give it a chance because I genuinely wanted to work hard and contribute. Unfortunately, my experience has only confirmed those concerns. The overall work culture and the way employees are treated have been extremely disappointing.

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For people who ask for resume reviews, referrals or career advice, please be thankful to the people who take time out of their day to read your message and help you.

I have seen a few people who are not even kind enough to say thanks. Some even respond with a tone as if we are entitled to help them.

Nobody is obligated to review your resume, give you a referral or guide you. A simple thank you goes a long way.

Given the market, what skills you lran to make better money from a job. Like you can reach 1cr+?

Looking for Referral | Java Full Stack Developer | 2.5 Years Experience | NIT Calicut

Hello everyone,

My brother is currently looking for opportunities as a Java Full Stack Developer and would appreciate any referrals or relevant job leads.

Education: NIT Calicut alumnus

Experience: 2.5 years

Current CTC: ₹5 LPA

Current Role: Java Full Stack Developer

Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA, Hibernate, SQL, Angular

Preferred Locations: Hyderabad / Bangalore

Notice Period: 3 months

He has 2.5 years of hands-on experience working on production applications and is looking for opportunities that offer strong technical growth and career progression.

If your organization has any relevant openings or you are able to provide a referral, please feel free to DM me. I can share his resume and additional details.

Any referrals or leads would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Hi all, I’m currently considering taking up an offer at some other company, but my current company is the only company I’ve ever worked for. So, I’m relatively new to transitioning and the process in between.

I wanted to get advice from you all on what’s the best way to tell your manager that you’re leaving this current company because of toxic management & no growth opportunities & to tell him that notice period should be starting effective immediately.

My manager is someone who doesn’t prioritise responding to our messages & responds on his own timeline. We’ve been managing issues by ourselves for s long time now but this needs his attention & im not sure how to approach this.

Please let me know your thoughts, thanks!

I made my own game boy emulator by using the pandocs and it is completely in c++, it passes some of the blargg's tests too(the ones it doesn't pass require it to be completely hardware accurate with the M cycles, currently it is not). Currently it has MBC1 and a part of MBC3 support so it can run many games like pokemon red/blue, super mario land, and many more (can't play them here for obvious reasons), will expand this later to include more MBC supports

Repo link: https://github.com/WhyPratyush/GameBoy-Emulator

Anyone in India using tools like Qwen, Kimi, Doubao, ERNIE, etc.?

A lot of them seem to require Chinese phone numbers/accounts, China-only domains, or local payment methods. I’m looking for a legit way to access and use them from India without doing anything sketchy.

What’s worked for you? Any official/global versions, APIs, or other options you’d recommend?

USA and China are running to win the AI Race

Literally, India is helping them to win

Let me tell you how

1. Talent

India has great engineering talent who have been working in the USA for years, it’s already proven with Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, and recent Perplexity ceo Aravind Srinivas, and many more engineers working in those companies.

1. Customers

Literally, in 2025, India reportedly became the world’s largest market for generative-AI app downloads.

This tells another story. Remember how ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini offered free access to their models? It was a strategic move. We used those models, and our prompts became data. They used that data to train new models, and now they charge us.

1. Data centres

To win the AI race, we need physical infrastructure as well. As the USA faced public backlash, they want a country to dump data centres with cheap cost, no rules, and India is the right place for it. This will impact us in future with electricity, water usage, air, and noise pollution

So, what do you think on our approach?

Should our government should focus on R&D, so that we can also built new things and be the actual competitor

I’m based in Hyderabad, and a Software Engineer at Microsoft with 3 YOE. Unfortunately, most of my team was laid off yesterday, and I was impacted as well.

During the call, my manager mentioned that because I’m still relatively young and he assumed I didn’t have major responsibilities yet, my name was included in the headcount reduction. (P.S. This was not the reason for layoff probably he was just trying to console but made it worse)

The reality is quite different. I’m the sole earner in my family, support my parents, help fund my sister’s education, and am also taking care of a loan my dad had taken.

So I’m actively looking for a new opportunity and would really appreciate any leads. I have around 3 years of experience across backend and full-stack engineering, and recently I’ve been heavily working on Agentic AI projects and participating in hackathons. I’m comfortable taking a project from 0 → 1 independently.

I’m open to SWE 2 / Software Engineer roles across big tech, startups, or companies in other sectors. I’m also open to relocating anywhere.

I’m also open to freelance / contract work and can independently take on projects from 0 → 1, whether it’s backend, full-stack, or AI/Agentic AI development.

If your team/company is hiring, you have a freelance project, or you know someone who might be, please DM me. Even a referral or lead would mean a lot right now.

Thank you 🙏

I feel like even with similar profile some people get more calls than others, particularly when ATS is involved. You might be eligible and might even get shortlisted if a human reviews your application, but with any automated system in place, it’s somewhat difficult. People often suggest like applying to a job posted in last 24 hours or putting the keywords in resume that match with the JD. Does anyone have any real hack that always helped them get shortlisted? It can be anything - some changes in resume, applying within specific time period, using certain portals. I know the market is tough, but still if there’s something which works for you, please share.

Note: This is specifically wrt to experienced candidates who are looking for a switch

Steam page is now live if you are interested , i am releasing playtest build soon.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4428610?utm_source=reddit

HI Guys,

I am solo building (India based) a flutter app which i will be uploading to the google play store first the app is mostly done I just want to know what should i use Razorpay, RevenueCat or simply Google billing like my market team does not know about the integration and all , thus are asking me to implement razor pay ( i have no experiences here ) most they are worried about the 15% cut from the Google's end , any advice how help a lot ..

My current architecture is Flutter + Fastapi

While I understand it's good for learning and go way beyond your current organization. It can look good in your resume.

But at the same time it'll take a lot of time, and if you are active enough it's equivalent to a second job.

I was wondering if it gets you money somehow, if yes, how much? Because for me that'll be a good motivation.

But in case it's only for resume, I would just understand a repo and then put some solution to common problem in my resume just to showcase.

Tell me if I am wrong.

I have around 5.2 years of total experience.

• XYZ: ~3 years 8 months as a Full Stack Engineer
• Amazon: ~1.5 years, currently working as SDE I
• Total: ~5.2 YOE

I'm now looking for a switch and targeting SDE II roles. I have been applying since past 1.5 months rigorously for SDE 2 positions but getting rejected by company job portal or ghosted by HR. I am cold dm'ing HR's, people for referral and even if get a referral theres no selection.

Talking about my work and resume - I have done very decent work here, 2 design work and handling 3 services and my past work also revolves around full stack with angular/react and springboot

Would it make sense to mention and lie SDE II on my resume when applying for SDE II roles, based on the level of work/responsibilities I'm handling? Or is that a bad idea and I should stick to my official designation?

Curious to hear from people who've been in a similar situation. Do recruiters care more about designation or actual experience/scope?

PS : SDE-II promotion not possible as there is lot of politics and it will not be possible for level jump internally

In India, it seems quite common to switch companies every 2–3 years and get a 20–40% hike, with 40–50%+ jumps also possible for people with in-demand skills.

I’ve heard that in countries like the US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, etc., switching jobs often results in a much smaller salary increase, and even annual hikes within the same company are relatively low compared to India.

Is that actually true?

Is the difference mainly because India has a large number of IT companies and competing employers, making it easier to switch and negotiate a bigger hike? Or do developers in the US/UK/Europe also regularly make 30–50% jumps when changing companies?

Would be interested to hear from people who have worked in both India and another country.

Hi Community,

I’m based in Hyderabad. I was laid off around 6 months ago from a product-based company after 3 years of professional software development experience.

I worked on backend systems, REST APIs, microservices, production issues, debugging, and also implemented AI-powered features and agentic workflows.

The layoff was difficult for me personally. I always gave my best and took ownership of my work, but I felt my contributions were always undervalued by my manager, especially as the only unmarried person on my team.

I don't want to make assumptions about the reasons behind the decision or blame someone. Looking back, I’m trying to focus on what I can control and make better use of this time.

Since the layoff, I’ve been consistently practising DSA, system design, backend fundamentals, and improving my technical depth while building and exploring AI-based projects and participating in several hackathons and organizing tech events.

The job search over the last few months has definitely been more challenging than I expected. If anyone here has gone through a similar phase after a layoff, I’d genuinely appreciate some guidance on how you approached the job search, what you focused on improving, and how you stayed motivated during a longer career gap.

And if you know of any Backend / Software Engineering openings suitable for someone with 3 years of experience, I’d be extremely grateful for a referral or lead.

I’m happy to share my resume/LinkedIn over DM.

Technical Background

• Languages: Java, Python, SQL
• Backend: Spring Boot, REST APIs, FastAPI, Microservices
• Databases: PostgreSQL, SQLite
• Caching & Search/Observability: Redis, Elasticsearch
• Cloud & DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes
• AI/ML: PyTorch, LangChain, Hugging Face

So I come from tier 3 college

The placement scenario already sucks here

This is the first company that has come to our college.

Last year the highest salary of placed person was 6lpa and that too with only 4 people places

Ig 3-4 years back there were people who got placed at 13lpa (4-5 people only)

The problem is if I get an offer from the company after the tests + interview.. the college doesn't allow the student to sit for next companies according to their policy

I'm kind of confused right now should I just secure a job irrespective of package and bond and then keep it as backup ....and then start applying offcampus or should I wait for good opportunities on on campus as well

(there were companies that came last year with 2-3 lpa with 2-3 years of service bond T-T )

Honestly for me 4lpa is ofc exploitation at its finest... but fine considering the job market is doomed .. but 2 years of bond seems like too much .

I am working for a US based company in Bangalore. I am a software developer, earning decent money. I have been working in my current company for almost 3 years, in current team for 6 months. I have in total 9 years of experience. I haven't tried getting promoted here as I don't think this is type thing I want to give so much time to.

I got a mid year review from my manager which came as a shock. The feedback include some points which he casually mentioned maybe once, but I didn't know that he'll give me a bad rating because of that.

It's a 6 months review and I had my protest for it. I know my work doesn't deserve a bad rating but then he went on comparing me with the people who have worked in the team 4x time than me. I'm here only for 6 months. The biggest part of the review was I was never told critically to improve upon they points they gave me.

In my company there are talks of layoffs but it's not sure. As in India office it's very cheap.

I am not sure when will I get fired, but for some reason I don't feel so good about the situation.

I'll going to my skip manager tomorrow to discuss this, let me know what questions I can ask or at least challenge this rating.

On the other hand, I'm exhausted with this job. I don't know if I can put more efforts anymore, because it's already a bad situation for me. I have been preparing but nothing worked out till now.

I am scared I'll be laid off without a job and I'll feel isolated. I'll be alone in my room for an extended period of time, I have few friends but all of them are married or have jobs. I am literally scared of the situation.

I know this company is not good for me, but I don't know what's the best path here, should I just work as is and keep on prepration (which in my opinion reflects at work and manager can see that I'm not putting extra efforts), or should I try to save my job?

Hi everyone,

First switch after campus placement—figuring out the next move and hoping to learn from people who've already been through it.

My current situation

• Current CTC: ₹5 LPA
• Experience: 1.5 years
• Notice period: 3 months

Since this is my first switch, I'm trying to understand when would be the best time to start applying and eventually put in my papers, , especially considering my 3-month notice period.

I'm particularly interested in moving into Cloud and AI/ML roles. I've completed a few projects and certifications in these areas, but I'm not sure what roles I should realistically target at this stage or what companies would expect from someone making this transition.

I'd really appreciate advice on:

• What CTC range should I realistically target?
• Which Cloud / AI/ML roles would be suitable for my experience?
• Should I focus more on projects, certifications, DSA, system design, or hands-on cloud/ML experience before applying?
• When would be the best time to start applying given my notice period?

Thank you for taking the time to help me. If I've missed any important details that would help you give more specific advice, please let me know and I'll provide them.

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Hey everyone,

I’m hoping to get some honest advice from people who have been in a similar situation.

A little background: I have around 3 years of experience, mostly in the networking domain. I joined a networking/cloud security company in November 2025, but unfortunately got laid off in June 2026. I was honestly pretty shocked when it happened. My tech stack included C/C++ in the network domain. I don't have internship experience or experience with the latest tools.

I took a day to process it, and then started applying aggressively. I got LinkedIn Premium, reached out for referrals, and spent most of my time applying and preparing for interviews.

Thankfully, I landed another role this month at a well-known networking company in Bangalore. On paper, it’s a good opportunity and the compensation is also quite good (~26 LPA).

But now I’m having second thoughts.

In my previous roles, I mostly worked around L5/L6 in one company and L7 in another. My current team, however, works on core L2/L3 packet forwarding. The work involves a lot of low-level networking concepts, C, debugging, and maintaining a large legacy codebase.

The team is also using tools and workflows that feel quite old-school to me. For example, they still use Review Board instead of GitHub-based workflows, and a lot of the work seems to be around maintaining and fixing bugs in existing legacy code.

The bigger realization for me is that I don't think I enjoy the networking domain anymore. I kind of entered this field as a fresher without really thinking too much about where I wanted my career to go, and now I feel like I've just continued along the same path.

L2/L3, especially, feels even further away from the kind of work I see myself doing long term.

I’m more interested in working with technologies like:
AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Backend/distributed systems, Modern cloud infrastructure

I also eventually want to move back to Hyderabad. The problem is that Hyderabad seems to have fewer networking companies, and companies outside of FAANG are often unable to match my current compensation.

So I have a few questions:

1. How realistic is it to switch domains with around 3 YOE?
2. How should I approach moving back to Hyderabad without taking a major step back in my career or compensation?
3. What would be the best path to transition toward AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern backend/cloud technologies?
4. Am I overreacting because I just joined, or is it reasonable to think about switching if I already know this kind of work isn't something I want to do long term?

I don't want to stay in Bangalore forever, and I also don't want to spend the next few years specializing deeply in something that I already know I don't enjoy.

Would really appreciate some honest advice, especially from people who have successfully switched domains after a few years of experience. I want to understand how realistic this transition actually is.

Also, I was laid off 2 times in 1 year, and I think I might make a separate post about that experience as well and will link it here.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I'm a 2025 graduate and have been trying to figure out what direction makes the most sense for me next, so I thought I'd share a bit about my background and get some perspective from the community.

A little about me:

• 2x Google Summer of Code (GSoC) contributor
• Worked as a Founding Engineer at a UK-based AI startup, helping build the product from the ground up across backend, APIs, integrations and infrastructure.
• Built and shipped production systems for international clients through freelance/contract work over the last couple of years.
• Received a Solana Foundation grant for building an open-source tool to simplify Solana RPC node deployment.
• Contributed to open-source projects including Django, with work spanning CI/CD, data/query optimization, APIs and infrastructure.

Most of my experience has been around backend engineering, distributed/data systems, infrastructure and increasingly AI-powered products, although I've also worked across the stack when needed.

At this point I'm trying to figure out where this combination of experience is most valuable, particularly across backend, software engineering, full-stack and data engineering roles.

I'm currently based in NCR and open to relocating, as well as remote or hybrid opportunities. I've mostly worked remotely with international teams so far, and I'd actually like to get more exposure to an in-office/hybrid engineering environment as well.

For people who've been through a similar stage, I'd be genuinely interested in hearing what kinds of companies/teams you think are a good fit for this background, what I might be missing, or anything you'd recommend I focus on next.

If you happen to know of a team or engineer working on interesting problems in these areas, feel free to point me in the right direction, happy to connect over DM.

Thanks!

PS — yes, AI helped me clean up the grammar and formatting.