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So in one of my interviews, the manager asked, What’s a tool you’re really comfortable with? Without thinking much, I said, I love using Excel.

Biggest mistake of my life! What followed was 20 minutes of non-stop Excel questions. Nested formulas, pivot tables, macros, stuff I’d only touched once during appraisal time. I was internally screaming but still nodding like I totally had it under control. Managed to bluff through most of it with confidence and some (I’d approach it like this) lines.

Lesson learned: never confess your “love” for a tool unless you’re ready to marry it in the interview. Be real, but don’t oversell. They’ll test exactly what you claim.

I Said, I Love Excel in an Interview and Regretted It Instantly

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My manager is at 50lpa and age of 32 years, fully in the tech world.
But I feel he is broke, Home loans and EMI are consuming his salary.
1.5 crore apartment, shiny car, apart from all this, he can't afford a single stress-free vacation.
Welcome to India's newest illusion: high income with zero financial freedom.

Literally feel he deserves this, but feel bad for him also!
So in short, why do you want a good package and a good designation when you can't afford a happy vacation with family?

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Dolly Chaiwala. A name that started with fun videos and reached all the way to Bill Gates.

And now when 1,600+ people want to open his tapri franchise,
we understand that it was never just about tea.
It was about doing something different, every single day

No MBA. No big money.
Just hard work, confidence and staying real.

Some people look for jobs.
Some people become the opportunity.

What do you think made Dolly successful.....his look, his hustle or his heart?

He didn’t make a business plan. He just served tea — in his own style

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My friend cracked a top MBA. Landed a dream role. First few months, he was giving it everything. Long hours, proactive ideas, trying to learn fast.

But slowly, he realized the truth. He wasn’t growing, just getting better at chasing deadlines. His manager barely gave feedback. Promotions went to favourites. The work? Same slide, different title.

One night he told me, “I don’t even hate my job but I feel like I’m wasting my best years doing nothing that matters.” Since then i have been thinking about what he said. Because honestly, so many of us are quietly stuck, not unhappy enough to quit, not excited enough to grow.

No advice, yaar. Just felt like sharing this. Maybe you’ve felt the same? Yahi ghissi pitti life hai kya?

Job mil gayi, career kaha hai?

I’ve been in this company for 4 years. In the beginning, I was excited and doing well. But slowly, that feeling just went away.

These days, I barely open my laptop. I manage most of my day through my phone. Haven’t felt truly engaged in months. I’ve been applying out consistently for 7 to 8 months, reaching out, networking, tweaking my resume everything. But m exhausted.

Every single promotion cycle just brought another reorg. And with every reorg, I got moved farther away from the work I actually wanted to do. The team I cared about doesn’t even exist anymore. There's no real growth path left, no appreciation, and now there are whispers about layoffs in the next 6 to 7 months. 

I’ve emotionally checked out. I dread opening Teams. Most meetings feel like noise. I don’t even know what I’m working toward anymore. And the worst part? I used to care. Deeply. About the impact, about my team, about doing good work.

How did you pull yourself out of it?

How long am I supposed to last like this?

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