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IDBI Bank (and many other private banks) are teaching Post Graduate Diploma In Banking & Finance (PGDBF) for Rs.3 lakh. If you pass the exam then you'll get a job that pays about 50k/month with a 3 year bond. If you break the bond then you'll have to pay about Rs.2 lakhs. 

I think this is a pretty good option for fresh graduates to pursue. Pays better than most IT companies. Don't you think?

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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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News

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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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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Engineering - Software & QA

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?

i was recently working at a Bangalore startup where my JD said “Full-Stack Developer,”

 but within a month I was also writing LinkedIn content, fixing the office router, and once even booked hotel rooms for a team offsite I wasn’t invited to. along with my job i was also being used as a PA , i mean there are limits to chaos 
i have realized this now that in startups, your job title is just a suggestion.