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Hello friends, Because my performance was excellent, my director recommended me for the Brightest Mind Award , and I received it. I was extremely happy when I received that award. Around the same time, my engagement had taken place, so I shared the award photo with my fiancée. She was also very happy with my success. Then, around June/July, people from my project were scheduled to go onsite, and my name was included in that list. I even had my passport photos clicked and submitted all my documents for the onsite process. But then my name was dropped , and other team members—who were more senior than me—were sent onsite instead. I felt really bad, but by that time, I had matured a little, so I didn’t fight over it. Instead, I started giving interviews elsewhere, and I received a ₹13 LPA CTC offer from a product-based company—Airtel Payments Bank . At that time, interviews weren’t conducted online. They were offline. I took a day off from work and went to Airtel’s office for the...

Hello doston, Kyunki meri performance bahot achi thi, to mujhe mere director ne brightest mind award ke liye recommend kiya and wo award mujhe mil gaya. Main bahot khush tha us award ko lete samay and us time mera roka bhi ho gaya tha to maine apni fiance ko bhi wo photo bheji. She was also very happy on my success. Phir june/july mein onsite log jaane wale the mere project se and usme mera naam bhi tha. Maine onsite ke liye photos bhi click karwa li thi and apne sab documents bhi submit kar diye the. But lekin phir mera patta kaat kar, team ke dusre logon ko, jo ki mujhse se senior the, unko bhej diya onsite. Mujhe bahot bura feel hua, lekin tab tak main thoda mature ho gaya tha aur maine ladai nahi kari. Maine bahar interviews dene shuru kar diye and mujhe 13 LPA CTC ka package offer ho gaya ek product based company se, jiska naam tha Airtel Payments Bank. Us samay online interviews nahi hote the, offline interviews hote the. Main office se chhuti lekar Airtel ke office gaya intervie...

Hello friends, In IT service-based companies, your performance is rated every quarter. You get one of these five ratings: A+, A, B+, B, C A+ means you’ve done outstanding, top-notch work. A means you’ve done great work. B+ means your work was average. B means your performance was below average and you need to improve. C means your work was really poor—and you probably shouldn't be in the company anymore. In my initial few quarters, I received A ratings , but once I started delivering rockstar-level performance, I began getting A+ ratings every quarter , and I got addicted to that appreciation. I always aimed to deliver the best of the best work. At that time, I was single—no girlfriend, no plans for marriage—so I dedicated all my time to my work and to increasing my income. Nagarro also enrolled me in the NAGP program , where I began learning new technologies. Everything was going well, but Nagarro always acted stingy during appraisals. In 2018, I had done in...

Hello doston, IT service based companies mein har quarter mein aapko rate kiya jata hai aapki performance ke basis par. A+, A, B+, B, C - ye 5 ratings mein se koi ek aapko milti hai. A+ ka matlab hai ki aapne bahot todu phodu kaam kiya hai. A ka matlab hai ki aapne badia kaam kiya hai. B+ ka matlab hai ki aapne average kaam kiya hai. B ka matlab hai ki aapne below average kaam kiya hai aur aapko apni performance better karne ki zaroorat hai. Aur C ka matlab hai ki aapne bahot hi bekar kaam kiya hai and aapko ye company chhod deni chahie. To mere initial kuch quarters mein mujhe A rating mili, lekin jabse maine rockstar performance deni shuru kari apne kaam mein, to uske baad mujhe A+ ratings milne lagi har quarter mein aur mujhe us appreciation ki lat lag gayi. Main hamesha yahi try karne laga ki main best to best kaam kar ke doon. Us samay main single tha, na koi girlfriend, aur na koi shaadi ka vichar, to maine apna poora samay apne kaam ko, aur paise badhane ko de diya. Mujhe nagarr...

Hello friends, My first appraisal at Nagarro was ₹1 lakh, which I initially thought was fine. But then I found out that some of my friends had received appraisals of ₹2–2.5 lakhs. Seeing more ghee on someone else’s plate always stings. I spoke to HR about revising my appraisal, but she refused. She said the appraisal was fair, and if I insisted, she could maybe increase it by 5%. It felt like I was begging. That’s when my ego got hurt, and I started looking for a job outside. I had already been preparing, and by then I had pretty solid knowledge of Spring Boot. So I cleared all the interviews at Deloitte, and they offered me a CTC of ₹7.5 LPA . I think that included around 10% as a variable component. The moment I got the offer, I felt like resigning. But there was one problem—the job was in Bangalore. My uncle explained to me that if I moved to Bangalore, I’d have to bear the rent, food, and other expenses myself—things that were currently being sponsored by my parents. So, if my cur...

Hello doston, Nagarro mein mera first appraisal 1 lakh rs ka hua tha, jo ki mujhe theek laga tha. Lekin phir mujhe pata chala ki mere friends ka appraisal 2-2.5 lakhs hua hai. Dusre ki thali mein zyada ghee dekh ke hamesha jalan hoti hai. Maine HR se baat kari appraisal theek karne ke liye, lekin usne nahi mana. Boli thi ye appraisal bilkul theek hai and zyada baat hai to 5% extra kar deti hoon. Mujhe aisa laga ki main bheekh maang raha hoon. Bas vahin meri ego hurt ho gayi aur maine bahar job dhoondhna start kar diya. Tyaari to main kar hi raha tha aur Spring boot ki bhi kaafi knowledge ho gayi thi mujhe us time tak. To mere deloitte ke sab interviews clear ho gaye and deloitte ne mujhe 7.5 LPA CTC ka offer de diya. Usme I think 10% variable amount bhi tha. Jaise hi mujhe offer aya, mera mann hua ki resign kar doon, lekin ek problem thi, job bangalore mein thi. Meri uncle ne mujhe samjhaya ki agar tu bangalore jayega, to tera rent, food etc. jo kabhi tere parents sponspor kar rahe hai...

Hello friends, If you’re working in the corporate world, you’ll have to deal with a certain creature every day—called the manager . A manager’s job is to assign you tasks, evaluate your performance, and give feedback about you to the company so they can decide how much of an appraisal you deserve. My first proper manager used to treat me in a very underconfident and demeaning way. He gave me the worst of the worst work. Even though I was a developer, he never gave me any development tasks—he would make me do testing instead. He was extremely selfish, and I didn’t really have any option but to follow his orders—because, after all, I was getting a salary. I was extremely unhappy in that project, and somewhere deep inside, I had already decided that I would quit the company. Apart from that, the manager’s behavior and tone of voice were also very low-class. I really don’t like working with such people, but still, I had to talk to him—because he was my manager.

Hello doston, Agar aap corporate mein job kar rahe ho to aapko ek prani ka saamna roz karna padega jiska naam hai manager. Manager ka kaam hota hai aapko tasks assign karna, aapki performance ko validate karna and aapka feedback company ko dena jisse ki company ye decided kar sake ki aapko kitna appraisal dena hai. Mera first proper manager mujhe bahot hi zyada under confident way mein treat karta tha. Mujhe ghatiya se ghatiya kaam pakda tha. Developer hone ke bad bhi mujhe koi development ka task nahi deta tha aur mujhe testing karwata tha. Bahot hi zyada selfish tha and mere paas koi option nahi tha uski baat maanne ke ilawa because salary to mil rahi thi na. Main bahot hi zyada unhappy tha us project mein aur maine kahin na kahin soch lia tha ki main company ko quit kar doonga. Uske ilawa us manager ka behaviour aur aawaz bhi bahot zyada down market thi. Mujhe aise logon ke sath kaam karna bilkul nahi pasand, lekin phir bhi mujhe uske sath baat karni padti thi because wo mera manage...

Hello friends, In my previous post, I shared how I tried alcohol for the first time in Class 12. Now, the next step after that is usually smoking a cigarette. But I didn’t have mischievous friends who smoked and provoked others to smoke too. I had one school friend who had started smoking from Class 8, and I used to think of him as quite a delinquent. He scored 60% in his 10th-grade exams but showed a fake mark sheet with 80% to his family. When you start going off-track, eventually everything begins to feel normal. I had understood that cigarettes are extremely addictive and dependency forms very easily. So when I went on a trip to Nainital with my college classmates, I had already made up my mind that I would consume alcohol, but I wouldn’t try cigarettes. There, 1–2 people offered me a cigarette, but I declined. They weren’t close friends, so they didn’t push me too hard. Then, 2–3 months later, I watched the “Last Cigarette Ever” episode of How I Met Your Mother , and it influence...

Hello doston, Apne pichle post mein maine ye share kiya ki maine apni life ki pehli alcohol 12th class mein try kari thi. Ab iska agla step generally cigarette pina hota hai. Par mere badmaash dost nahi the jo ki cigarette pite hone aur dusron ko bhi cigarette pine ke liye provoke karte hon. Mera ek school friend tha jisne 8th class se cigarette pina shuru kar diya tha and wo mujhe kaafi badmaash lagta tha. Uske 10th mein 60% marks aye the, aur usne 80% marks wali ek fake marksheet bana kar apne ghar mein dikhayi thi. Jab aap track se bhatakte ho, to phir dheere dheere karke sab cheezen normal lagne lagti hain. Cigarette ka mujhe samajh aa gaya tha ki wo bahot hi zyada addictive hoti hai, and uski dependency bahot easily ban jati hai, isiliye jab main apne college classmates ke sath ek trip par gaya tha nainital, to maine mind make up kar rakha tha ki main alcohol to consume kar loonga, lekin cigarette try nahi karunga. Wahan par 1-2 logon ne mujhe cigarette offer kari thi, but maine d...

Hello friends, My father used to consume alcohol regularly. And after drinking, he would become very angry and even dangerous. Because of this, I never liked alcohol. In fact, somewhere deep down, I hated it. But in 11th grade, I watched a lot of English movies and TV shows where drinking alcohol was portrayed as completely normal. People would drink and have a lot of fun. That’s where my curiosity about alcohol began. I poured a peg from my father’s bottle into a Gatorade bottle and took it to my room. When I took the first sip, I found it extremely bitter and disgusting. After 2–4 sips, I flushed the rest of the drink down the toilet. Honestly, there’s probably nothing worse than alcohol when you try it for the first time. Later, I shared this experience with my friends, and they gave me a sweet Breezer to try. I liked the taste a lot. Then I tried whiskey mixed with half soda and half water, and that tasted okay too. That’s how I started consuming alcohol. Of course, I didn’t drink ...

Hello doston, Mere father alcohol consume karti the on a regular basis. And alcohol consume karne ke bad wo kaafi gusse wale aur dangerous ho jate the. Is reason ki wajah se mujhe alcohol bilkul bhi pasand nahi thi. Kahin na kahin mujhe alcohol se nafrat thi. Lekin 11th class mein maine bahot saari English movies aur tv shows dekhe, jinme alcohol pina bahot hi normal tha. Log alcohol consume karke bahot zyada fun karte the. To mujhe alcohol pine ki curiosity wahan se jaagi. Maine apne father ki alcohol bottle mein se ek peg gatorate ki bottle mein daala aur apne room mein le gaya. Wahan jakar jab maine first sip piya, to mujhe bahot kadwa aur ganda taste aaya. Maine 2-4 chaar sip leke, baki drink ko flush kar diya. Sach mein first time pine mein alcohol se ghatiya cheez koi nahi hai. Phir maine ye experience apne friends ke sath share kiya and unhone mujhe meethi meethi breezer pilayi. Uska taste bahot acha tha. Phir maine whiskey taste kri in half soda and half water, uska taste bhi t...

Hello friends, I got my first Java project at Nagarro purely by chance. My training was in .NET, but I already knew Java, so I accepted the project. That day, I didn’t go alone to meet the director. There was also a guy from IIT with me. He had gotten into IIT through the disability quota, so he wasn't the top IIT engineer—but still, the director noted his name in the diary, mentioning that he was from IIT. Maybe it makes them feel proud to mention it to clients. And perhaps it makes getting projects easier for him. That very day, I decided I would complete and showcase my POC (proof of concept) project before him—and do it better. I chose backend tech, which involved coding in Java and Spring Boot. He chose AngularJS, which is a frontend technology. I finished my POC project in 3 days. It took him 7 days. That’s when I gained confidence and realized: Just being from IIT doesn’t matter. What matters is the work you do in real life. The one who works better and faster is ...

Hello doston, Mujhe nagarro mein mera pehla java ka project chance se mila tha. Training meri .net mein hui thi, lekin java mujhe ata tha, to maine wo project accept kar liya. Us din main director ke samne akela nahi gaya tha. Ek IIT ka ladka bhi sath mein tha. Wo vaise IIT mein disability quota se gaya tha, so he was not the prime IIT engineer, but still director ne uska naam diary mein note kiya, ki ye IIT se hai. Maybe clients ko batane mein proud feel hota hoga. And usse project milna easy ho jata hoga. Usi din maine decide kiya ki main is IIT ke bande se pehle aur better apna POC project tyaar karke dikhaunga. Maine backend tech choose kia, jisme java aur spring boot mein coding karni hoti hai. And usne Angular js ko choose kiya, jo ki ek frontend ki technology hai. Maine apna POC project 3 din mein khatam kar diya and usko 7 din lage. Bas vhin se mujhe confidence aa gaya ki baba, IIT se hone se kuch nahi hota, real life mein kaam karne se hota hai. Jo zyada badia aur zyada jaldi ...

Hello friends, I was born into a middle-class family. Later, my father made a poor decision by buying a property that never appreciated in value. Meanwhile, life expenses kept rising, and my father’s entire income was consumed by those costs. By the early 2010s, we had slipped from middle class to lower-middle class. Honestly, it was only after I started earning from blogging that I was able to afford a car. If that hadn’t happened, society would have definitely labeled us as lower-middle class. Selling that property turned out to be extremely difficult. We had initially priced it at ₹45 lakhs, but eventually sold it for only ₹28.71 lakhs — a massive blow to our net worth. My Career Journey For around 8 years, I worked my a** off in the IT industry and steadily grew my salary. I started with a humble ₹3.5 LPA package. Within my first company, I reached ₹8 LPA in 2 years. Then came my first switch — I landed ₹13 LPA . Next switch — ₹19 LPA . Then the biggest l...

Hello doston, Main ek middle class family mein born hua tha. Phir mere father ne ek bad property khareed li, jiske rates hi nahi badhe time ke sath. Life ke expenses badhte gaye and mere father ki saari income un expenses ne consume kar li. Early 2010s mein, meri family middle class se gir ka lower middle class mein aa gayi. Wo to maine blogging se kamana shuru kar diya tha, to maine car khareed li, varna definitely lower middle class hi judge karti society. Wo property ko bechna bahot mushkil pada humein. Humne uska rate lagaya tha about 45 lakhs, lekin wo 28.71 lakhs ki biki, which was a big blunder to our net worth. 8 years approx maine IT industry mein apni G ghiswa kar kaam kia aur apna CTC badhaya. Maine basic 3.5 LPA se start kiya. First company mein 2 years mein 8 LPA tak pahoncha. Fir first switch kiya at 13 LPA. Fir second switch kiya at 19 LPA. First third switch kiya at 42 LPA (ye sabse bada switch tha meri life, in terms of money, life bana di Arcesium ne, lekin in terms o...

Hello friends, Ego is a dangerous thing. The moment you start getting proud of your skills, you stop learning—and that's exactly where your knowledge starts to decline. In the IT industry , I’ve often noticed that once someone gains even a little professional experience, they begin to think they know it all. Let me share an example. Once, I was speaking with someone who had around 2.5 years of experience . He asked me, "Do you know the difference between call by value and call by reference?" I replied: Call by value means passing a copy of the variable’s value to a method. Call by reference means passing access to the original memory location, so changes made inside the method affect the original variable. Then he asked, “What kind of language is Java?” I answered, “Java is strictly call by value.” At that point, he challenged me. He said, “But if I pass an object to a method, and the method updates one of its fields, those changes are reflected after the method c...

Hello doston, Ghamand bahot hi buri cheez hoti hai. Jab aapko apne skill par ghamand hone lagta hai na, tab aap seekhna chhod dete ho. Aur wahi se hi aapki growth ruk jaati hai, aur knowledge dheere-dheere dilute hone lagti hai. IT industry mein maine ye bahot baar observe kiya hai ki jaise hi kisi ko thoda sa professional experience ho jaata hai, wo apne aap ko pata nahi kya samajhne lagta hai. Ek real-life example: Ek baar meri baat ho rahi thi ek 2.5 years experienced "senior" se. Usne pucha: "Call by reference aur call by value ka difference pata hai?" Maine kaha: Call by value ka matlab hota hai ki variable ki value ka ek copy method ko bhejna. Call by reference ka matlab hota hai ki method ko original variable ka reference milta hai, jisse usme kiye gaye changes original variable mein reflect hote hain. Phir usne pucha: "Java kis type ki language hai?" Maine jawab diya: "Java is strictly call by value." Ab usne bola: "Agar main...

Hello friends, One thing I’ve observed in India and among Indians is that there’s a massive epidemic of hero worship here. Whether it’s Virat Kohli in cricket or Narendra Modi in politics , people start worshipping skilled individuals as gods. Who will win in cricket? – Virat will win. Who will win in politics? – Modi will win. But it doesn’t work like that, brother. If you dump all responsibility on just one person, it’s completely wrong. Cricket is won by the playing XI , not just by Kohli. India is run by an entire cabinet of ministers , not just Narendra Modi. This hero worship stops us from using our own capabilities . We start thinking that if there’s a problem, some hero will come and solve it. But that’s not how it works. You have to become your own hero and solve your own problems. A leader only shows the path , but you’ve got to walk it yourself. You have to become the hero and win on your own. I think I gave up hero worship during school itself. If someone is good a...

Hello doston, India aur Indians mein maine ek cheez observe kari hai ki yahan hero worshipping ka bahot bada epidemic faila hua hai. Cricket mein chahe Virat Kohli ho ya fir Politics mein Narender Modi, log skilled logon ko bhagwaan maan lete hain. Cricket mein kaun jitayega - Virat jitayega. Politics mein kon jitayega - Modi jitayega. Aise nahi hota bhai, ek bande ke upar agar tum puri responsibilities daal doge to wo bilkul bhi theek nahi hai. Cricket ko playing 11 jitata hai, sirf ek Kohli and bharat ko pura cabiner of ministers chalate hain, sirf ek Narender Modi nahi. Ye hero worshipping humein apni hi capabilities ka use karne se rok deti hain. Humein lagta hai ki agar koi problem hai, to wo koi hero aake solve karega. Aisa nahi hota bhai, khud apna hero banna padta hai aur problem ko solve karna padta hai. Jo leader hota hai, wo bas raasta dikhata hain, chalna to khud hi padta hai aur hero bhi khud hi banke jeetna padta hai. I think school time se hi maine hero worshipping karna...

Hello friends, I am a developer. I was trained in development, and I truly enjoyed coding. But at that time, Nagarro didn’t have any developer vacancies, so they tried to place me in Business Intelligence (BI). I did some research on BI and realized it wasn’t a development role. So, I refused Nagarro’s offer. My ex-team lead warned me, saying, “If you keep sitting on the bench and keep rejecting projects like this, Nagarro will fire you.” But by then, I had become fearless, living life with a mindset of: "Whatever happens, we’ll see!" After that, Nagarro tried to push me into DevOps. Today, DevOps is a hot field—great scope, good money—but back then, it wasn’t as big. DevOps felt somewhat related to development, so I spent a day with the team and initially felt okay with it. But there, I met a godsent person who guided me and said, “Bro, DevOps is good, no doubt. But if your heart is in development, don’t switch. Because today you’ll join DevOps out of compulsion, ...

Hello doston, Main ek developer hoon. Meri training development mein hui and mujhe coding karne mein bahot maza aata tha. Lekin Nagarro ke paas us time vacancy nahi thi developer ki, to usne mujhe business intelligence BI mein daalne ki koshish kari. Maine thoda consult kiya BI ke bare mein and mujhe pata laga ki ye development role nahi hai aur maine nagarro ko mana kar diya. Mujhe mere ex-team lead ne bola ki agar tu aise hi bench par baitha raha aur projects ko mana karta raha to nagarro tujhe nikal degi. Par tab tak main khatron ka khiladi ban chuka tha aur life ko is tareeke se jeene laga ki - "jo hoga, dekha jayega!" Uske bad mujhe nagarro ne devops mein set karne ki koshish kari. Devops aaj ek todu field hai, bahot scope hai and paisa bhi acha hai, lekin us time utna badia nahi tha. Development se related laga mujhe thoda thoda, ek din bhi spend kiya maine team ke sath and sahi lag raha tha mujhe sab. Lekin wahan mujhe ek bhagwaan ka banda mila, usne mujhe guide kiya k...

Hello doston, Main Nagarro mein kuch time tak bench par tha. Mere paas koi kaam nahi hua karta tha to maine Nagarro ke level-up program mein part liya. Wahan par MCQ type quizzes hoti thi and maine 3 din mein 16 badges clear kare the. 15 explorer badges and 1 voyager badges. Isse kaafi confidence aya mujhe ki maine multiple technologies ko samajh sakta hoon aur ek polyglot hoon. Polyglot wo hota hai jo multiple languages bolta hai, lekin tech ke context mein polyglot wo hai jo multiple technologies mein kaam kar sakta hai. And I am definitely a polyglot. Mujhe java, kotlin, python, javascript, typescript, in sab languages mein code karna aata hai. Vaise ab ye skill koi khaas useful nahi hai kyunki chatgpt se aap ek language ka code dusre language mein likhwa sakte ho.

Hello friends, Nagarro is an IT services-based company that hires a lot of freshers. Now, freshers often treat their first job just like their college experience. I don't know about others, but I started treating Nagarro like a college social experience. Everyone who was with me in training, in my team, or in my account—I started considering them as friends. But in the corporate world, there are no real friends—only allies. And I learned this the hard way, through a painful experience. I had started talking nicely to almost everyone and began treating everyone as a friend. Whatever I had on my mind, I would share with others. And in this way, I ended up making a few good friends. Then one day, I made a mistake and said some things to a friend—things I definitely shouldn’t have said, especially in a corporate setup. As expected, we had a fight, and the echoes of that fight reached other friends as well. The office environment became very negative for me. I felt like I shoul...

Hello doston, Nagarro ek IT service based company hai jo ki kaafi freshers ko hire karti hai. Ab freshers job ko bhi college experience ki tarah hi treat karte hain. Vaise bakiyon ka mujhe nahi pata, lekin main to nagarro ko ek college social experience ki tarah hi treat karne laga tha. Jitne bhi log training mein mere sath the, ya fir meri team mein the, ya mere account mein the, unko main friend manne laga tha. Lekin corporate mein koi dost nahi hote, bas allies hote hain and ye mujhe kaafi painful experience ke through samajh aya. To maine almost sabse achi baat karni start kar di thi and sabko friend manne laga tha. Jo bhi mann mein hota tha, wo sabke sath share karne laga tha and is tareeke se mere kuch ache friends ban gaye the. Phir mujhse ek mistake ho gayi and maine ek friend ko kuch aisi baatein bol di, jo shayad mujhe bilkul bhi nahi bolni chahie thi, especially in a corporate setup. Bas, hona kya tha, meri usse ladai ho gayi and us ladai ki goonj baki friends tak bhi pahonc...

Hello doston, IT service based company ki mujhe ye baat bilkul achi nahi lagti, ki wo log bina developer ke interest ko samjhe project assign kar dete hain. Maine apni training coding blocks se java mein complete kari thi. Maine apna interview bhi java mein hi diya tha. Java mujhe bahot ache se aati thi, aaj bhi badia se aati hai, lekin nagarro ko Golang mein development karwani thi to unhone mujhe Golang ki training mein daal diya. Golang ki training bhi koi professional way mein nahi hui thi. Ek project chal raha tha Golang ka, usi ke team lead ne Golang ke 8 assignments ke through humein Golang ki training di thi. DSA to mera acha hi tha to obviously maine Golang to 2-3 weeks mein pick up kar diya and usme coding karna start kar diya. Wahan hum Golang mein web servers banate the, jin servers se IoT devices communicate kiya karti thi. Wo project USA ka tha, to mujhe laga ki agar main is project mein ache se kaam karunga to mujhe USA jane ka mauka milega, lekin jo kismat mein nahi hot...

Hello doston, Ye word padh kar aapko kaafi weird lag raha hoga, kyunki ye koi normal word nahi hai. Ek bar main apne cousin se kuch discuss kar raha tha. Usko main apne Amazon ke interview ke bare mein bata raha tha and in that conversation usne kaha ki Apple mein kyun nahi try karta. Maine kaha ki Apple hire nahi karta, poach karta hai. Chor hai Apple. Is baat par pata nahi wo kyun offend ho gaya and usne mere statement ki jagah mujhe hi attack karna start kar diya. Bolne laga ki aise to har company chor hai. Tu Samsung ka phone use kar raha hai, wo bhi chor hai, to tu kyun chor company ke products ko use kar raha hai. Mujhe samajh hi nahi aaya ki koi banda itna low IQ kaise ho sakta hai. To maine argument ko wahin par end kar diya and decide kiya ki is cousin se main kabhi bhi, kuch bhi discuss nahi karunga. Duniya mein bahot log hain baat karne ke liye, jisse bhi baat karne ke bad bura feel hota hai, us bande se baat karni chhod deni chahie. Ye sabse simple solution hai apne peace o...

Hello doston, Maine apni B.Tech. ek tier-3 college se kari thi. Wahan par maximum package around 5-6 LPA ka lagta tha. Meri college placement 3.5 LPA par hui thi. Main ek AMCAT ka test diya tha, jisme mere bahot ache aptitude scores aaye the. Us platform ke through mujhe Amazon CSA ke liye apply karne ka chance mila tha. Maine first few rounds bahot ache se clear kar liye the. Phir mujhe ek system design ka question mila solve karne ko - Instagram ka high level design banana tha. Obviously, mujhe nahi aata tha, to maine apne instructor Sumeet Malik se pucha. Unhone mujhe Arnav Gupta se consult karne ke liye bola. Arnav Gupta coding blocks mein Android sikhate the. Arnav ne mujhe high level design samjhaya instagram ka, ki instagram kaise itne saare users ko apni services provide karta hai. Maine us full design ko document kiya and Amazon ko submit kar diya. Wo design se main interview ke liye shortlist ho gaya, but in the interview they asked about the design in full detail and rejecte...

Hello doston, Honestly speaking, mere parents ne kuch zyada ache se react nahi kia. Job mil gai, chalo badhiya hai. Lekin jaisa reaction main expect kar raha tha, mujhe vaise reaction to bilkul nahi mila, grand wala. Na mummy se, aur na father se. To maine ye samajh liya ke ye log bilkul bhi appreciative nahi hain mere hard work ya success ko lekar, to maine phir thoda distance banana start kar diya in logon se. Apna subah uth ke main office ke liye chala jata tha. Raat ko ake dinner karta tha, apne room mein jakar so jata tha. Weekend par apna relax aur movies dekhta tha. Family ke sath minimum to minimum baat karna start kar diya tha. And honestly speaking life bahot zyada peaceful ho gayi thi. At least from a family kalesh perspective.

Hello doston, Mera ek dost hai Abhishek. Uski HPE mein placement hui thi. Usko coding bilkul nahi aati thi and college khatam hone ke bad usne bola ki yar java seekh lete hain coding blocks se. Main uske sath brochure lene gaya to usne bola ki bhai tu bhi join karle. Maine kaha ki yar mujhe C / C++ aati hai, mujhe java seekhne ki zarurat nahi hai. But usne mujhe kaha ki bhai agar java ka project mil gaya to tu kya karega. Abhi time hai, seekh le, ghar par tu vaise bhi kya hi kar raha hai. Main convince ho gaya and maine 22000 rs. fee bhar di. Meri family ne bola ki placement to teri ho gayi hai, phir is course mein paise kyun laga raha hai. Agar teri joining aa gayi to paise waste ho jaenge, lekin maine kaha ki bhai mera paisa hai, main jo karna chahun wo karunga uske sath. Ye first time tha jab maine apne decisions khud lene start kare aur apni family ki advice ko ek input ki tarah treat karna start kia, na ki use blindly follow kara. And jo meri family mujhe risk dikha rahi thi wo Ab...

Hello doston, College mein bhi jakar obviously maine ekdum se to padhna start nahi kiya. Maine to blogging kar raha tha full time, to kaafi decent paisa ban raha tha wahan se. At least 30-40K per month. To life bahot mast chal rahi thi. Second year of college mein maine ek second hand Maruti swift car bhi khareed li thi. College mein students school ki tarah padhte the starting mein lekin bad mein sab line par aa gaye. Mere first year mein 70+ percent marks the. Second year mein 60+ percent marks the and ek backlog bhi aayi thi. Uske bad main studies ko lekar kaafi serious ho gaya ki bhai marks lane hain and backlog kabhi life mein nahi aana chahie. Maine self study karna seekha and third year mein meri 75+ percent thi and fourth year mein 85+ percent thi. Mere college mein kuch hi companies aati thi, IT service based jo ki 3-3.5 LPA ka package offer karti thi and maine ye dimaag lagaya ki baba DSA and coding agar mujhe aati hai, to mujhe companies reject nahi kar payengi. And wohi hua...

Hello doston, Second attempt se 3 months pehle mera bus se gir ka pair toot gaya, lol! 3 mahine coaching hi nahi gaya, bas ghar par revise karke exam de aya. IIT-JEE mein not selected aya. AIEEE mein 2.5 lakh se upar rank thi, bc! And IPUCET mein 10442 rank thi. First cutoff IPU ne nikali 8000 tak and mujhe bahot zyada dar laga, lekin phir second counselling mein 15000 tak nikali rank and usme maine admission le liya. Pehle GPMCE IT branch mein liya, phir change karke BPIT ECE branch mein switch kar liya. BPIT, IPU ke baki colleges ke comparison mein infrastructure wise kaafi better college tha, to 4 saal wahan par theek nikle. But kyunki wo college thoda sasta tha to wahan thode cheap mentality wale log bhi padhte the. Filth class, jinko aap kabhi apne aas paas bhi na aane do, lekin class mein sath mein hi padhte the.

Hello doston, Meri AIEEE mein 94000 ke aas paas rank thi aur IPUCET mein 13150 rank thi. AIEEE se to mujhe Delhi NCR mein koi acha college nahi mil raha tha, lekin IPUCET se mujhe GPMCE ya HMRITM mil jata. But wo second counselling mein milta. Mujhe koi guide karne wala nahi tha, mujhe to ye bhi nahi pata tha ki IPU ki second counselling mein 24000 rank walon ko bhi seat mil jati hai. Main AIEEE ke through murthal mein admission lene gaya to mere uncle ne mujhe suggest kiya drop dene ko, ki next year ache se padh kar better rank le aana. Aur main maan gaya! Mujhe laga coaching chahie and maine narayana coaching mein Rs. 75,000 deke admission le lia. Total waste of money. Classes vagerah wo karate hain, notes vagerah wo dete hain, lekin bhai jab tak khud na padho to kuch nahi milne wala. Maine self study nahi karta tha aur ghar par bas blogging hi karta rehta tha saara din. To obviously mere second year bhi IIT ya AIEEE mein koi todu rank nahi aayi. Mujhe ek tuition ka friend mila tha j...

Hello doston, Log kitna kitna effort lagate hai 12th board science stream mein 90% lane ko, jabki unhe ye bhi nahi pata ki, har acha college apna entrance exam leta hai. Mostly engineering exams mein 12th mein at least 60% marks chahie hote hain and kuch BITS pilani jaise exams the jisme 80% chahie hota tha. To agar aapke 60% and above aate hain to bhi apko engineering entrance exam mein baithne se koi nahi rokne wala, par pata nahi kyun society itna pressure daalti hai board exams mein ache marks lane ke liye. I think 70% se marks upar hon to sab badiya chalta hai. Ek additional benefit hai boards ke liye ache se padhne ka. Agar aapne board exams ke liye badiya se studies ki hai, problem solving kari hai science and maths mein to AIEEE and IPUCET mein apka kaafi acha score ane ka chance hai. Maine 12th ke bad MCC se ek crash course kia tha at Rs. 25,000 fee for 2 months and usse meri ek decent rank aa gayi thi. Mere according to self study is the best study lekin us time mujhe self st...

Hello doston, 2010 ke end mein November mein mujhe Google adsense ka approval mil gaya and maine apne blog par ads chalane shuru kar diye. First month mein $30 aye, second mein $60 and fourth mein $150. Dheere dheere ads se revenue badhta gaya, jisse mujhe ye laga ki mujhe engineering karne ki zarurat hi kya hai? Engineering mein mere 3-3.5 LPA ka CTC lagega, which is like 25-30K per month, and about 50K per month to main vaise hi kama raha tha. But meri family nahi maani aur maine engineering ke exams diye. Mera max adsense se earning around $1200 per month i.e. Rs. 72,000 hua tha in the month of june/july of 2011. Bahot sahi time tha yar wo, mast paise aate the and jo bhi life mein khareedna chahta tha, almost sab khareeda tha us paise se.

Hello doston, Class 11 mein mere marks to ache aa nahi rahe the. Mere school ne ek science fair organise karwaya aur hume bola ki wahan par ek project bana kar do. Maine 3 classmates ke sath project banaya jisme the Mayank, Piyush and Sagar. Project mein humne ek rain water harvesting ka model banaya tha. Is project ke dauran meri in teeno ke sath thodi better friendship ho gayi. Inme se Piyush sabse rich tha and uske pass Samsung Corby touchscreen phone tha. Mujhe laga ki wo phone at least 15-20K ka hoga, lekin wo phone 8-10K ka nikla. Use dekh ke mujhe chull hui ki main bhi touchscreen phone buy karunga and grade 12 mein maine Samsung Monte touchscreen phone buy kiya. Project mein to maine kuch nahi seekha, because obviously wo ek normal sa project tha, lekin in friends ke sath bakchodi karne mein bahot maza aata tha. Grade 11 mein main vaise bhi kuch kaam ka to kar nahi raha tha, to timepass hi kar liya. Piyush aur Mayank same personality wale the, Sagar aur main similar personality...

WizardJournal.com maine bahot passion ke sath start kiya tha. Jaise is blog par main dil ki baatein likh raha hoon, vaise hi us blog par main apne dil ki baatein likha karta tha. Maine apne school ke doston ko bola mere blogs padhne ko. Kuch ko wo blogs pasand aye, kuch ko nahi aye. Lekin traffic bahot saara aya tha us blog par. 2-3 months ke month ke bad ek point aisa aya ki mere paas content khatam ho gaya likhne ko aur maine tech news and products ke baare mein likhna start kar dia, kyunki mera bahot zyada interest tha us samay gadgets mein. Usse bahot saare views aur paid posts vagerah ki requests ane lagi aur main 2-3K rupees mein paid posts daalne shuru kar diye. Each month, mujhe 5-10K rupees freelance writing se milte the, aur around same amount mere blog se milne lage, to mujhe to bahot maza aane laga life mein. Jo kuch bhi mujhe buy karna hota tha, main infibeam.com ya flipkart.com se jake order kar lete tha and 2-3 din ke andar wo mere ghar par aake deliver ho jata tha. Us s...

Hey friends, I never had too many friends in school — maybe just 5 to 10 people I used to talk to. Among them were Kunj Gupta and Sehdev Rana . Kunj had a business mindset, and Sehdev knew how to build websites using Dreamweaver software. At that time, the Commonwealth Games were about to happen in Delhi , and Kunj had this idea: "Let’s start a travel agency named CwgBookings.com . We'll help incoming travelers with hotel bookings and shopping, and earn commissions." I wasn’t really working on anything else back then, so I said okay . We used to sit at my house and work on the site. Sehdev built the website, and I started bringing traffic through content writing . Obviously, we were still just school students , so no bookings came in right away — and within 2-3 months , we stopped working on the site. During that time, I had also started my own WordPress blog , and that’s how I learned how to make websites and start blogging. Sehdev paid for the domain name , I...

Hello doston, Mere zyada friends to nahi rahe hain, lekin 5-10 logon se baat hua karti thi school mein. Unme se ek tha Kunj Gupta, aur ek tha Sehdev Rana. Kunj ka business mindset tha aur Sehdev ko website banani aati thi dreamweaver software mein. Delhi mein common wealth games hone wale the and kunj ne bola ki hum ek travel agency banate hain, uska naam rakhenge cwgbookings.com and jo travellers ayenge unhe hotels aur shopping karake commissions earn karenge. Main us samay kuch aur kaam nahi kar raha tha to maine ok bol dia. Mere ghar par baith kar humne website banayi and maine us par content writing se traffic lana shuru kia. Obviously, hum to school students hain to ek dam se koi bookings nahi aayi humare paas and 2-3 months ke bad wo site par kaam khatam ho gaya. Us time par maine ek blog bhi banaya tha wordpress ke through and wahan se maine apni website banana aur apna blogging karna seekha. Sehdev ne domain ke paise diye the, aur maine web hosting ke, and kunj ne kisi bhi chee...

Hello doston, Mujhe gadgets aur video games ka bahot shaunk tha. Lekin obviously mere father se meri zyada banti nahi thi. And unke paas koi kuber ka khazana bhi nahi tha jisse wo meri sab desires ko fulfil kar saken. Meri english article writing skills ache the, to maine socha ki agar main online blogs ke liye articles likhun, to shayad mujhe wahan se kuch paise mil jaen. To ek blog tha largestdemocracy.com, jahan maine freelance articles likhne start kiye. Mujhe i think 50 rs milte the ek 200 word article ke aur usse maine 6000-7000 rs kame liye summer vacation mein. Kyunki main minor tha, to main wo amount receive nahi kar paya, lekin mujhe ye zarur pata lag gaya ki market mein mere articles ke liye log paise dene ko tyaar hain. Uske bad maine i think $200-$300 kamaye articles likh ke. Paypal.com par account bana lia tha, aur wahan paise aa jate the. Paypal se directly main Infibeam.com se shopping kar leta tha. Bahot zyada maza aata tha apne paison se cheezen khareedna.

Hey friends, I chose the science stream in Class 11 thinking I could manage it with the same effort I put into Class 10. But I was completely wrong. The science and math subjects in 11th grade were way tougher than I had expected. I struggled a lot with my studies, and in the end, I could score only 60%. It got so bad that I had to take a remedial math exam just to get promoted to Class 12. That year was really tough for me. The only thing that helped was that I joined tuition classes right from the beginning of 12th grade. But you know what the worst part was? My parents had zero interest in my studies. They didn’t try to understand what I was going through — they just kept blaming me all the time. Neglectful parenting is honestly one of the worst forms of parenting. It doesn’t just affect your marks — it messes with your self-worth.

The Year My Health (And Confidence) Completely Broke – My Class 10 Board Exam Story Hey friends, Everyone says that Class 10 is extremely important because it has board exams, and the certificate is supposed to be useful throughout life. Well, maybe a little bit — but definitely not as much as people hype it up to be. I had made up my mind that I would study really well from the beginning of the year. But in June, I was hit with jaundice. My health went downhill completely. I had no energy in my body, and even my memory became weak. I couldn’t focus or retain anything. Just as I started to recover a little, in September I got dengue. It was a terrible phase — I had 104-degree fever, and my body became very weak again. Because of all this, I missed a lot of studies. I started feeling sad because I was missing tests, falling behind, and obviously, my marks weren’t coming either. Then in December, I got chickenpox. Yes — in one single board exam year, I went through jaundice, d...

Hello doston, Maine 11th class mein science stream select kari thi. Mujhe laga ki 10th jitna padh kar kaam chal jayega. Lekin 11th ki science aur maths bahot tough hai. Bahot zyada struggle kia maine studies mein and sirf 60% hi score kar paya. Ek remedial maths exam bhi dena pada tha mujhe 12th mein promote hone ke liye. Bahot tough tha, lekin phir maine 12th mein starting se hi tuition lagwa li thi. Worst part! Mere parents ko koi interest nahi tha meri studies mein. Unhe to bas mujhe kosna aata tha. Neglectful parenting is one of the worst forms of parenting.

Hello doston, 10th class ko bahot hi zyada important bataya jata hai, kyunki us class mein board exams hote hain, and uska certificate, kehte the, ki aage bahot zyada kaam aata hai. Thoda bahot kaam to ata hai, but bahot zyada to nahi. 10th mein mera vichaar tha ki starting se hi badhia se padhunga, lekin june mein mujhe jaundice ho gaya, aur mere health bahot hi kharab ho gayi. Meri body se energy khatam ho gayi, aur meri memory bhi thodi weak ho gayi thi. Uske bad september mein mujhe dengue ho gaya tha. Wo bhi kaafi zyada difficult phase tha, mujhe 104 degree fever hua tha, aur body kaafi weak ho gayi thi. Studies chhoot gayi thi kaafi and thoda sad bhi rehne laga tha kyunki exams miss ho rhe the and marks bhi nahi aa rhe the. Phir thoda theek hua to December mein mujhe chicken pox ho gaya. Mere parents shayad theek se meri health ka dhyaan nahi rakh rahe the. Unhone mujhe chicken pox bina theek hue hi school bhej diya aur mere ek friend ko bhi chicken pox ho gaya. Ye bilkul bhi sah...

Hello doston, Sab parents ye kehte hain ki padhai sabse important hai, lekin unhe khud bhi shayad ye nahi pata ki duniya kitni zyada badal chuki hai. Texas instruments naam ki ek company ne ek state level school quiz competition organise karwaya tha delhi mein, jab main 9th class mein tha. Mere school se 10 teams, yani 20 students, jo ki mostly toppers the, unko wahan bheja gaya tha participate karne ke liye. Unfortunately, unme se 1 bhi team qualify tak nahi kar payi. And mostly logon ko 1-2 se zyada questions ke answers nahi pata the. Mujhe 7-8 questions ke answers pata the, aur wahan mujhe laga ki yar in toppers se mere marks to kam hain, lekin global culture ka knowledge to zyada hai. To matlab mera hypothesis mujhe wahan se sahi lagne laga. Maine uske bad se current affairs aur global knowledge ko priority rakhna shuru instead of marks. And ek tech blog bhi start kia, us knowledge ko capture karne ke liye. Blogger.com par maine ek blog banaya jiska naam tha sci-tech-zcool.blogspot...

Hello doston, 9th class mein aake, starting mein to mujhe aisa laga tha ki main bahot tagdi padhai karunga aur maximum marks score karke school ka topper ban jaunga. Mere 8th mein 83% marks aaye the, aur main top 5 students mein tha apni class mein. Meri english ki teacher kaafi shocked thi ye jaan kar ki maine itna score kiya and I was like halke mein le rahe ho kya mujhe? 9th mein high score karke ke liye starting mein maine Sanskrit subject le liya tha. Mujhe laga, jab 8th mein maine sanskrit padh liya, to 9th mein bhi padh loonga, but aisa bilkul nahi hua. Jaise hi maine 9th class mein pehli sanskrit ki class attend kari to mujhe kuch bhi samajh nahi aya aur mera dimaag kharab ho gaya. Mujhe laga, arey yaar! isme to bahot zyada ratta lagana padega. Aur mujhe dar lagne laga ki meri percentage achi hone ki jagah aur kharab ho jayegi. To maine apni teacher se baat kia aur hindi mein shift ho gaya. Hindi section mein padhne wale bache kam the, aur masti karne wale bache zyada the. Kuch...

Hello doston, Bachpan se mere role models mere cousins rahe the. Mera ek cousin ISM Dhanbad, jise IIT Dhanbad ke naam se jana jata hai, wahan se B.Tech. ECE kar raha tha. Usne mujhe Grade 6 mein bola ki video games vagerah mat khela kar zyada, tv par cartoons vagerah mat dekha kar, agar dekhna hi hai to discovery channel aur natgeo dekha kar. Maine dekhna start kia to mujhe natural sciences mein bahot interest aane laga. Grade 6 mein hi mujhe ye clarity aa gayi thi ki main science field mein hi kuch karunga. Grade 8 tak aate aate, mere mann mein ye aaya ki doctor ban jata hoon. Doctor ek acha professional hai jisse humanity ki bahot help hoti hai. Lekin, jab main Grade 9 mein aya, to mujhe music, gadgets, video games, movies etc. ki hawa lag gayi aur mera focus padhai se shift hokar, thoda maza masti ke towards shift ho gaya. Mujhe grade 9 mein ye pata laga ki doctor ban-ne ke liye to 5-8 years tak padhai karni padti hai. And maine ye socha ki doctor ban-na cancel, science mein kuch au...

Hello doston, Mujhe scientist ban-na tha, lekin scientist ban-ne mein kaafi padhai karni padti hai, aur kaafi kharcha bhi hota hai. Mujhe mere cousin ne bola ki tu engineer ban ja. And uske liye IIT ka exam hota hai, aur uske liye coaching hoti hai Vidya mandir classes (VMC) punjabi bagh mein. VMC ka apna entrance exam bhi hota hai. Main leke aya tha uska test prep course. Maine try kia tyaari karne ke liye, lekin 1 week mein kya hi tyaari ho pati. To nahi ho paya mere selection VMC mein. Lekin FIITJEE aur Narayana aur Brilliant Tutorials mein mera selection ho gaya tha aur scholarship bhi mil rahi thi 10-20% ki. Maine apne father ko bola ki mera admission karwa do, lekin kyunki mere 10th mein 78.4% hi aaye the aur VMC ka exam bhi crack nahi hua tha, to mere father ko laga ki main padhne ke liye serious nahi hoon and unka paisa waste ho jayega. Isiliye mere father ne mujhe IIT ki coaching mein admission nahi dilwaya. Mujhe kaafi bura laga, lekin I belonged to a lower middle / middle cl...

Hello doston, Jab mujhe 11th mein science stream mil gai to main bahot khush tha. Main hamesha se ek scientist ban-na chahta tha aur mujhe laga ki ab main real science padhunga aur maza aayega. Lekin sachai isse bahot door nikli. Chahe maths ho ya science, bharat mein practical application ya interesting way mein kuch nahi padhaya jata, bas ratwaya jata hai. Jab maine studies start kari 11th class ki to mujhe laga ki main ye easily kar loonga. Jitna main 10th mein padha karta tha, usse kaam ban jayega, lekin aisa nahi hua. Mujhe koi guide karne wala nahi tha. 9th mein maine self-study se 81.4% score kia tha, to mujhe laga ki main 11th mein bhi 70-75% score kar loonga aur 12th mein tuition le loonga. Aur ye meri sabse badi galti thi. 10th aur 11th ki studies mein zameen aur aasmaan ka farak hai. Summer vacation ke pehle sirf 1-1 chapter karaya har subject mein, aur summer vacation ke bad, sirf 1 month mein teen aur chapter karwa diye har subject ke. Har chapter sar ke upar se gaya aur k...

👋 Hello Doston, CBSE 10th ke marks kya sach mein career aur life decide karte hain? Is honest blog mein ek real student journey ke zariye jaaniye kya marks hi sab kuch hote hain ya life mein aur bhi factors important hain. Aaj ek important sawal ka jawaab dene ki koshish karta hoon: "Kya CBSE 10th ke marks se life mein kuch farak padta hai?" Mainne apne school ke dino mein teen tarah ke students dekhe the… 🧠 1. Jo Marks Ko Life Maan Lete The Yeh mostly wo students the (especially ladkiyan), jo teachers ki har baat blindly follow karte the. Unhe lagta tha ki agar 10th board exams mein 90+ percent aa gaye, to life set hai. Har waqt tension, har exam ke baad rona, aur topper banne ka pressure. 😎 2. Jo Life Ko Chill Mode Mein Jeete The Yeh category un students ki thi jo padhai se zyada awaragardi, ladkibaazi aur masti mein lage rehte the. Unka motto simple tha: "Pass ho jao, kaafi hai!" 50% aaye ya 60%, fark nahi padta. Aur honestly, unka stress level ...