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BS MS MD PhD from Hogwarts

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

remember how it took several hrs to fly commandos to mumbai during the 2008 attacks (some clearance required for their plane to take off)

[Rajeev Mantri @RMantri]

There could be a full-scale war tomorrow morning - and the nation shall cook itself in these politely named “bureaucratic impasses”.

This cabal of thugs, cheats, crooks, duffers and traitors are going to pummel the India story into pieces.

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

Dhandos over bheeja beggar anyday

[Chandra R. Srikanth @chandrarsrikant]

Without Sachin Bansal and Mukesh Bansal, who made their wealth in the much reviled *consumer* that Indian VCs backed, Ather and Skyroot would have had a much harder road.

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

@NigersaurNigas @bvlldhist_ Already taken care of by various software packages

[Hal Jordan fan account(TB+HD) @EmrlDWill]

Covid overhiring

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

glad more folk are looking at it this way

barring some exceptionally exciting projects, folk (in a position to) should grab such offers and enjoy time with kids or parents; travel, get fit etc.

[brijrajsingh @brijrajsingh]

@iamnarendranath Yes, and the offer is generous. I work for Microsoft and many very senior folks are thinking of taking it up. It's not a layoff, it's an offer to take voluntary exit.

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

@bvlldhist_ Yeah it's the more fancy AC office video-call types who seem way more at risk

PM, Senior Analyst type

AI can't sell toothpaste in Darbhanga

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

@4b44c11622d7459 No idea about what's safe

For safety, better to stick to whatever role u have in rough weather

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

those in their 20s taking up jobs post-btech/MBA should look at what's going on

and not get drowned in loans

will be quite comfortable @ 35

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

what the hell

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

The scariest mistakes are the ones you realize can’t be undone.

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

ok seems like first 5L only

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

VRS package in govt jobs is tax-exempt AFAIK

if that is indeed true, must extend to the pvt sector too

[Arnab Ray @greatbong]

Microsoft is kicking out workers, but Modi gormint must subsidize….

Else Modiji regign

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

guy with a decade is getting 65-70 post tax

very good for someone looking for a break, wanting to spend time with kids or parents

[Saurav Choudhury @sauravv123]

Microsoft's voluntary exit package is a masterclass in why job hopping is not always the smartest career move.

The package offered for Indian employees : 3 months base pay plus 1 month for every year of service.

Do the math.

Someone who joined Microsoft 8 years ago is walking out with 11 months of salary in hand. That is nearly a full year of runway. Enough time to find the right next role without desperation. Enough capital to start something of your own. Enough breathing room to actually think.

Someone who switched every 2 years chasing a 30% salary hike is walking out with 5 months. Maybe less.

Yes the job hopper probably earned more along the way. But they also gave up something the market rarely values until a moment like this arrives. Tenure. Loyalty. The compound interest of staying.

The Indian tech industry spent a decade glorifying switching. Every LinkedIn post was about how someone left Company A for a 40% hike at Company B. Nobody talked about what they left behind.

Severance packages, vesting schedules, pension benefits, long service awards. These are not relics of a boring corporate life. They are the financial reward for the people who stayed when everyone else was leaving.

The next time someone tells you that you are leaving money on the table by not switching, show them this Microsoft math.

Stability has a price. It also has a payout.

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

@sentientlabrdor think of 3 semesters of mathematics or CS coursework which sets u on a long term path

2 yrs can be similar

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

everytime large companies downsize, some of their employees eventually go on to create new businesses and organizations

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

@sentientlabrdor <2y is enough to get some real world idea about large systems and processes plus confidence to take some risk with an ok name on the CV

gaurav of TBO is a similar case

iitd -> microsoft redmond -> back

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

@sentientlabrdor flipkart
razorpay
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rippling
hackerrank

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

@naveenkopparam for L64 with a decade (so ~32-25 yrs of age)

everything included with gratuity, unused vacation etc

it's about 65L post tx

will easily be 2 cr or more for L67 and above with 15+ yrs

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

folk who are feeling burnt out or bored, tired

should jump @ any generous buyout offer if they have attained a point of financial stability

say you have liquid 2-3cr + house paid off (or something you'll inherit)

take it & start afresh

spend time with fam/ learn something new

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

headcount at Microsoft India Dev Center Hyd

have 2-3 connections who relocated hq->india at very senior levels

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

i think just too many ppl were way too leveraged

and not diversified sufficiently

margin calls kicking in or close

nothing else explains this level of screeching

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

5 of the 12 participating orgs seem to be non-engg/non-tech

finance
HR
office of CTO
Strategy
Corp, external, legal

hey @grok how much headcount does MSFT have in these organizations

[Conspiracookie @Conspiracookie]

These are all of the orgs being impacted by the cuts. Screenshot provided by the same Sr. Director.

[Cameron @cappucher]

Interesting bio from a 17 year old Dario
- multiple time USAMO qualifier, 2nd at BAMO, Physics olympiad camper, Sumac
- Calc BC as a freshman, Real Analysis, Abstract algebra in high school (back in late 90s/early 2000s, where acceleration was much rarer)
- sub 5 mile time!
brutal IQ mog

[LearningPoint (24x7 Chatterboxes) @learning_pt]

wtf do people expect

"there's no job security ... even in quant finance"

folk have seriously unrealistic expectations

in fact burnout hits well before the security angle kicks in

[codinzhub @codinzhubcom]

Quant offer revoked (₹90 LPA base) 🤯