Indian companies want freshers with 2 years of experience.
Colleges want students with 75% attendance.
Internships want candidates who have already completed internships.
And parents want everyone employed by 23.
At this point. the only people qualified for entry level jobs are people who already have jobs.
A junior developer using ai to write 500 lines of code is apparently cheating.
A senior developer using ai to write the same 500 lines is called leveraging modern tooling.
Salary difference: ₹28 lakh
🚨 The combined headcounts at Indian IT firms TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and LTIMindtree.
October 2025 - 822,144
October 2026 - 797,722
A decline in headcount over the past year in the IT sector.
(Xpheno)
imagine an IT company announcing that employees can donate their unused sick leaves to coworkers.
within six months, there would be an underground sick leave economy.
senior developers selling migraines for ₹4000, freshers borrowing fevers at 18% interest, and HR launching an investigation into fraudulent tuberculosis.
capitalism always finds a way.
My company has a strict policy against moonlighting.
Meanwhile the CEO is an angel investor, motivational speaker, podcast host, startup advisor, LinkedIn influencer and board member of 4 companies.
Apparently the sun only shines on the top floor.