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Microsoft has unveiled its first quantum computing chip, Majorana 1, and it’s a game-changer! 🌌

This chip uses a revolutionary material called a topoconductor, allowing it to harness Majorana particles for creating stable, scalable qubits the building blocks of quantum computing. With 8 qubits onboard and the potential to scale up to 1 million qubits on a single chip, Majorana 1 could solve problems that today’s classical computers can’t even dream of tackling. 🧪💻

From breakthroughs in drug discovery to developing sustainable materials, the possibilities are endless. Satya Nadella even hinted this could bring practical quantum computing within reach in just a few years instead of decades! However, challenges like scaling production and making it affordable still remain.

What are your thoughts on this? Could Majorana 1 truly change the tech landscape? Let’s discuss!

Microsoft’s Quantum Leap: Meet the Revolutionary Majorana 1 Chip!

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Salary Discussions, Hike & Promotions

It was an accidental slip. A teammate mentioned her CTC while we were chatting casually. Same designation, same team, joined after me but her salary was almost 30% more. My stomach dropped.

I spent days debating whether to bring it up. I didn’t want to come off as insecure or difficult. But I also couldn’t un-know what I knew. Eventually, I had an honest, data-backed conversation with my manager. Turns out, I was right and they revised my pay.

It wasn’t easy, but it taught me this: silence doesn’t protect you. Companies run on numbers. If you don’t negotiate, you leave money on the table. Have you ever been in a similar spot? How did you navigate it?

The day I found out my colleague earns 30% more for the same role

Just got my hands on a viral offer letter from a company that left me stunned. 
For a salary of just ₹12,000, female employees are expected to follow a strict dress code: only churidar-kurtas with a shawl pinned on both sides, hair neatly tied back with a ribbon, no jeans, no open hair, and no casual wear even on Fridays. It’s 2025, and we're still being told how to dress and present ourselves like schoolgirls?

This isn’t about professionalism, it’s about control. As a woman, it’s frustrating to see companies focus more on policing our appearance than valuing our talent. Is this an office or a finishing school?

Must wear churidar, tie hair up', - said the  offer letter

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Career Growth

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.

In tough times it's only Savings that give you cushion and peace nothing else

Stability vs Growth

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Aviation & Aerospace

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is now orbiting earth on a spaceX crew dragon, marking India's first privately backed human spaceflight mission! 

Unlike the 1984 mission, ISRO is partnering with axiom space and spaceX as equals. Shukla's experiments in space agriculture, muscle regeneration, and cognitive performance will directly contribute to India's Gaganyaan program.

By 2027, India aims to launch its own astronauts on its own rockets from its own soil. This shift opens doors to microgravity research, international partnerships, and commercial space opportunities in the $400 billion space market. 

Jai Hind!

After 41 years, the Indian flag flies in space on an astronaut's suit.

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Career Advice

I have a degree in cs bt couldn't get job I did digtal marketing for 6 months ,I ended up with tinnitus and hearing damage. It hit me hard, and I knew I couldn’t keep risking my health.

I have been trying to shift into something safer ideally something tech related. I’m into computers, currently learning C# in my spare time, and I’ve dabbled a bit in IT through some odd jobs. But with every job I apply to, either I get ghosted or told to “just go back to what I was trained in.”
It’s frustrating because I want to move forward, not backward.

I was diagnosed with ADHD years ago, and m doing my best to work with it, not against it. But the rejections and silence are starting to really get to me.

If anyone here has switched fields late, or started over in tech especially without a formal degree .I’d love to hear how you did it.
Any advice, guidance, or even just some encouragement would mean a lot right now

29, no job, tired of hopping  and still getting rejected. What now?

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