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I worked in a company for 20 years and suddenly put off role. Searching jobs I realised I am over age for various roles that I could do and less experienced for Leadership Roles as my exposure was limited. I always thought I am earning decent money and can work another 7 years and retire at 50. Though the younger generation is much smarter I still want to advise them (BFSI specific)
* Work in a role for max 2-3 years and switch when you feel you are done.
* By age of 30, if you are still earning less than 10 lakh you are not growing 
* By age of 35 you must become AVP as no company will hire AVP if you are more than 36.
*Be loyal to your self, not your organization. 
* Most importantly save atleast 30% or more of whatever your CTC. Donot spend much with every raise. 
* Buy a property, and pay loans before 35.

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Current Role: Data Scientist (Gen AI)
YOE: 5.5
CCTC: 18.5 LPA

Offers I have:
1. Quantiphi Analytics (Bangalore) - 32.9 LPA (29 Fixed + 1 JB + 2.9 Variable)
2. STG Labs (Bangalore) - 33 LPA (32 Fixed + 1 JB)
3. Rakuten Symphony (Bangalore) - 32.8 LPA (28 Fixed + 1 JB + 2.8 Bonus)
4. IBM (Hometown) - 35.6 LPA (32.55 Fixed + 3.05 Variable)
5. Programmers.io (Remote) - 35.5 LPA (33.5 Fixed + 1 Variable + 1 JB)
6. Fractal Analytics (Bangalore) - 32 LPA (29 Fixed + 3 Variable) - Asked them to revise it

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The pay feels illegally low. Companies are doing zero to negligible original work. They think software engineering is something where you hire people who work 20 hours a day for 20k salary. I recently spoke to a company called bluebuck research located in dingy Kaikhali. That company had the audacity to tell me since I have been preparing for UPSC, I might not be able to answer his dumb Python questions when I have a GSOC internship and a NIT degree. Like shove your 30k jobs up your whatever. If you cannot interview, politely reject- don’t gauge candidates from gaps when people in US without having degrees are in programming jobs. 0 sense. 

Plus what is this illegally low pay to everyone and not just me? Has labour become that damn cheap? It is reprehensible.

Does Kolkata have the dumbest at IT sector in India?🙄🙄

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I'm holding offer from Boeing, Citi and Ford which one should I choose? My priority is work life balance and job security at some point.
Boeing - 35LPA Team Lead
Citi - 33.5 LPA Sr. Software Engineer
Ford - 37LPA Team Lead
Iris software - 28 LPA WFH - Sr. Software Engineer

Which one should I select?

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