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Hello everyone,

I am a Data Engineer with 4 years of experience, and my current CTC is 7 LPA. I am currently exploring new opportunities and would greatly appreciate some guidance. Could you please advise on what salary range I can expect from my next company? Also, I would love some insights on how much I can negotiate during the process.

My technical skills include Spark, SQL, Hadoop, Hive, AWS, Snowflake, Airflow, Python, Scala, and RDBMS.

Thank you in advance for your help!

How much I can ask?

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Anyone else’s office turns into a haunted building the moment it drizzles? Or is it just us pretending to follow “flexible culture”? 👀

Rainy day or unofficial holiday? Office feels like a ghost town today 😅

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Why aren't cost audits mandatory for hospitals, colleges, and schools? 🤔

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Though non-profits in theory, many act like revenue setups, straining parents. 😔

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Education is a right, not a business. Healthcare is a necessity, not a luxury. 

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One of our colleagues was so enraged because our manager was forcing the employee to work a rotational shift and making him work hard.
We can all see he was too hard on him, but we thought it was part of work and our manager's behavior with everyone....... 
That person went so much into rage that he poisoned extra caffeine in our manager's coffee. He is old, suddenly collapsed after one drink, the blood pressure shooted but after drinking water, he got normal.............. That's what they call the taste of his own blood. Also, a colleague left the job after all this drama.

is it what managers want now? Waiting to get poisoned?

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I spent 4 years getting an engineering degree. Then 3 more years building “corporate experience.”
Learned Python, Java, debugged more issues than I’ve had hot meals.

And guess what I earn?🥲

25K a month.
Yes, a whole 25,000 shiny rupees to be a glorified Google searcher who knows how to “fix backend issues.”

Meanwhile, YouTubers making “A Day in My Life” vlogs with 3 cuts and a cringe transition are pulling in lakhs per month. Just because they can say “Hi guys, welcome back to my channel ☕.”

Did I choose the wrong career? Or the wrong country? Or the wrong life?
(Asking for a broke, overworked friend. And for myself.)

Does tech even pay in India anymore? Or is entertainment the only profitable industry left?