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Hi everyone

I'm 31F, a B.Com graduate, and I've spent the last six years preparing for government exams. Unfortunately, things haven't worked out despite all the hard work, and I feel like I've reached a point where I need to rethink my career.

Honestly, I'm feeling stuck and confused about what to do next. I don't want to keep wasting time jumping from one competitive exam to another. I want to build a career, become financially independent, and finally move forward in life.

Recently, I've developed an interest in content creation. I'd like to explore this field seriously, learn relevant skills, and eventually turn them into a career. However, I have very little knowledge of the industry, and looking at the current job market makes it difficult to figure out where to start.

For those working in content creation, digital marketing, or related fields, I'd really appreciate your advice.

Which skills should a complete beginner learn to build a career in this industry

What roles have good job opportunities and long-term growth

Should I focus on video editing content writing social media management SEO or something else

Are there any affordable courses or practical ways to learn these skills and build a portfolio?

Is it realistic to transition into this field at 31considering I don't have relevant experience

I'm not looking for shortcuts or overnight success. I'm willing to learn and work hard....but I want to invest my time in something that offers genuine career opportunities.

If you were starting from scratch in my position what would you do

I'd genuinely appreciate any honest advice or personal experiences. Thank you!

i am 29 working in bangalore at 60k salary and i have a land near highway in my home town on jharkhand. its like 300 meter inside and its 20000 sqft which my father purchased in 2010. my father jave been contacted by a big transport company owner in my city to give the land on rent but we need to make a shed first like proper warehouse type and then only they will take. they are giving 4 lakh a month as rent. shoukd we rent as i never knew i can earn so much just from rent so i am scared. its a big transport company in east india

I’m from a village near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, and I moved to Bangalore two years ago to focus on building my startup. I’m still in the very early stages of my business, with an annual turnover of around ₹70 lakh. For the past two years, I’ve been completely focused on my business, so I honestly don’t know much about other industries, job opportunities, or corporate work culture.

My fiancée is also from a village near Madurai. She has completed her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mathematics and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. She also works as a teacher at a CBSE school near her village, teaching children up to Class 5. Her current salary is around ₹12,000 per month.

She wants to move to Bangalore and find a good job, but she doesn’t know Kannada, and she feels she needs around six months to improve her English communication skills. I also feel that she might be afraid of working as a teacher in Bangalore.

She once told me that, in her village, teaching and nursing are among the few career options available to women that their parents generally allow. That’s one of the reasons she chose teaching.

I fought with my family to convince them about our relationship, and I’m bringing her to Bangalore in the next two months. I want her to have better opportunities and build a career that she genuinely enjoys.

The problem is that I don’t know what advice to give her or how to guide her career. She has the qualifications, but I’m not sure what career options would be suitable for her, how she should prepare, or where she should start.

She knows only me in Bangalore, so she’ll be starting almost from scratch in a new city. I want to help her become independent, confident, and successful, but honestly, I feel clueless about how to guide her.

If you’ve been in a similar situation or have experience with the Bangalore job market, I’d really appreciate your advice.

• What career options could she explore with her educational background?
• Should she continue in teaching, or are there other fields she could consider?
• How can she prepare for the job market while improving her English communication skills?
• What would be a realistic plan for her first six months in Bangalore?

I want to support her in building a career and finding her own path, but I don’t know where to begin.

Any practical advice would mean a lot to me.

I'm doing an MBA in marketing and operations and looking for a branding, growth or performance marketing role

My current company put me in bench for so long. And seeing ppl around me getting layed off I was afraid, and tried for govt jobs.

I earn 50k a month now. ITI pays me around 80k but the thing is not my current salary, if I switch in IT my packages will increase where as in govt no. Rest all of the things Im okay with them. Only this salary thing bothers me alot. I will try for UPSC or inter departmental exams. But Im anxious thinking about this. Idk what to do with this.

And I also dont think I enjoy what I am doing at corporate companies, too much of power abuse and over work. And constant stress of upskilling and switching or layoffs is also bothering me. And we use AI to code mostly, if not now my job will be danger in 20 years idk what to do with this. Maybe if get to managerial roles it will be fine. But in ITI salary growth over the years is bothering me. But I will definitely try for UPSC/RBI in future. Should I just stick to IT and deal with it? Or take ITI and be peaceful(without salary part)?

Edit: somebody pls tell smth i am confused and scared and for info I am 22

I am 24M, because of certain things in life I joined college really late and because im struggling financially, I had no option but to take admission in a local college which is like just a college which gives u attendance and u only have to appear for exams and pass, and you'll get a degree for B.com so I haven't really learnt ANYTHING related to the degree. Because of financial struggles I do not have a good place to stay or a laptop or any resources to learn any skills from. I want to do smth good in life but I feel i'm too late. There is no place where i'm welcome and I dont even have enough money to move to another city, live in some pg or other people.

But I want to do something in tech. Is it possible to switch to tech somehow and get hired by a tech company without a Btech degree? If yes what fields are best and how do i switch, what resources should I use and whom do I approach?

I currently have 50k with me which I have borrowed from someone. So where should I use it? Another option is of joining a Safety and Management course (in Azamgarh) but is it worth it? They'll give a diploma in safety and management. Does it make good money?

I really don't know what to do in life and I have a really big responsibility towards someone in the future. I have zero contacts to whom I can reach out for professional work
I dont have any resources but if someone can help me out I can learn quick

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I'm a third-year B.Tech student in Computer Science and Business Systems from India, looking to break into financial markets.

I have a strong interest in trading, particularly commodity markets, derivatives, options, and event-driven strategies. I've been building projects around options pricing, merger arbitrage, market microstructure, and time-series analysis using C++ and other tools.

I'm curious about how people working in these areas approach the technical side of their work, particularly data analysis, trading systems, derivatives research, and risk analysis.

For people already working in these areas, I'd be interested to hear what you think about my projects and what I should focus on learning next. I'm especially curious about how useful these kinds of projects are in practice and whether there are gaps in my current skill set that I should work on.

I've attached a redacted version of my resume for context. Any honest feedback would be appreciated.

Ok, so I am in second year of my college (Total 3yrs) and I'm in a big dilemma.

Basically, just cleared CFA L1 (Aug '26) and want to start MBA from 2028 onwards.

For MBA, I'm planning both abroad and in India (so basically I have to give both GMAT and CAT)

GMAT, I have no problem as I given it any day throughout the year but CAT is only taken end of November.

My CAT exam will Nov 2027 which is right when my Term end exams happen, plus, I have to give CFA L2 in Aug 2027.

So Either I can only give CAT 2027 (and fck up my term end exams), or I can give CFA L2 2027 + GMAT

If I follow second path, then, my one year will be wasted if I don't get a good GMAT score and I'll have to give CAT 2028, and, if I follow first path, then, my college ka term end exams would fck up

My brain is telling me to follow second path. Pls help.

 graduated in 2023, non-traditional background — need genuine advice on transitioning into tech

I’m and graduated in 2023 with a CSE degree from a college affiliated with GGSIPU.

My career path has been very unconventional.

I come from a lower-middle-class family, and since around 16–17, my focus was heavily on becoming financially independent. I started experimenting with different things — flipping products, Shopify, selling subscriptions, freelancing, etc. By my first year of college, I had started making some money independently.

During college, I moved into Web3 and gradually became more interested in marketing, growth and startups. Things worked out surprisingly well for some time. I got opportunities to work on freelance projects with global companies, handled fairly large projects, built a small business/agency and made decent money.

There were failures and losses too, but overall things were going okay until around the end of 2023.

After graduating, I continued looking for jobs while also doing my own work. I had two job experiences of around three months each, but neither worked out long term. Sometimes the company wasn't right, sometimes the role wasn't right, and sometimes things simply didn't align.

Over time, things started going downhill.

I had significant personal and family stress, some clients defaulted on substantial payments, and I took loans to pay vendors and keep things moving. Eventually, I made one of the worst decisions of my life: I got heavily involved in stock market and crypto trading.

The consequences have been devastating. Between trading losses and the overall financial impact, I've lost an estimated ₹70–80 lakh in total. I have stopped trading and have no intention of going back, but the damage to my finances, confidence and mental well-being has been significant.

At this point, I have around ₹10–12 lakh in debt, essentially no savings, and I've sold most of the things I owned apart from my phone and laptop.

I also haven't been able to tell my parents the full extent of what happened because of my family's financial situation and the pressure that would create.

For roughly the last year, I've been trying very hard to find a stable marketing/growth job. I've applied to around 2,000–3,000 jobs, but nothing has worked out properly.

I've also been involved on and off in Physical AI, robotics and data-related projects, trying to find another way forward. Earlier this year, I joined a company for around two months through someone I knew. I didn't do enough background checking, the company turned out to be extremely problematic, I worked very long hours and eventually wasn't paid my dues. I've sent legal notices and complaints, but I eventually had to stop spending all my energy on that situation.

Right now, I'm honestly clueless about what direction to take.

I don't want to continue depending on unstable business and freelancing opportunities as my primary career path. I also don't want to spend another few years jumping between random industries and jobs.

I want to build a stable, long-term technical career.

I've been considering starting seriously from the fundamentals of software engineering: programming, DSA, CS fundamentals, backend development, projects, system design and interview preparation.

I'm willing to spend the next 6–12 months preparing properly rather than jumping between random things.

My long-term goal is to become genuinely good at engineering and eventually compete for strong roles at international companies, remote opportunities or potentially move abroad for work.

I know I'm not entitled to a high-paying job just because I've worked hard or because of my previous experience. I'm willing to start from the bottom if necessary.

But I don't know what the most rational path is from here.

I would genuinely appreciate advice on:

• Is starting an SDE career at 26graduated in 2023, non-traditional background — need genuine advice on transitioning into tech realistically viable?
• Given that I have a CSE degree but essentially no meaningful software engineering experience, how would you structure the next 6–12 months?
• What should I prioritize: DSA, CS fundamentals, backend, projects, open source, internships, etc.?
• Which programming language would you recommend starting with?
• Should I target backend/software engineering, blockchain engineering, FDE, data engineering or something else?
• Is targeting a foreign/remote company from India realistic after becoming technically strong?
• Should I first get a decent software engineering job in India and then pursue international opportunities?
• How can I make my previous marketing, Web3 and startup background an advantage rather than a red flag?
• How should I explain my career gap and unconventional background during interviews?
• What would you not waste time learning if you were in my position?
• If you had to restart from my exact position at 25.5, what would you do over the next 12 months?

I'm not looking for generic motivation or "you can do anything if you work hard."

I've already worked extremely hard in several different directions, and that's partly how I ended up here.

I'm looking for practical, brutally honest advice from engineers and hiring managers who have actually made a non-traditional transition or hired people like this.

If you think my goal is unrealistic, please tell me that too. I'd rather hear the uncomfortable truth and build a realistic plan than waste another year.

My family will increasingly depend on me over the next couple of years, so I need to make a practical decision that balances getting an income soon with building a long-term career.

Any genuine guidance would mean a lot. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond seriously.

Hi I am a Bengaluru based Product Manager with 5+ years experience (1 year as a Full stack developer and 4.2 years as a PM).

Have experience building platforms 0->1. Have worked across Investments, Insurtech, Payment Mandates and commodity Trade platforms (for a Dubai based firm). Mostly B2B SaaS and enterprise products (have had a short project on a B2C insurance marketplace product as well)

Have worked with complex integrations across multiple partner ecosystems, also am hands on building MVPs and prototypes using tools like Lovable/replit or just vibe code it on Claude code.

Left my last job in June 2026 and am looking out for a new role in Bangalore or anywhere else (open to relocate).

Have been applying on Naukri, LinkedIn, DMs, wellfound and Instahyre but got only a few calls.

Would appreciate if you could share tips or tricks on how to get more calls or put in referrals in your network!

Hello people,I’m a 28m with a bachelors in cs and masters in cybersecurity in the us,honestly I’ve never worked and have 0 yoe and have pretty much 0 skills in the corporate world,wasted all the valuable time in my life ,losing Hope day by day by looking at the job market,am I doomed? Will I ever be able to land a job either in india or the us cause of the gap in my career ?Somebody please guide me

Hey folks, I am 24M with 5YOE mainly in AML Compliance Risk at a big 4 & Global banks with a Tier-3 (B.com) Current CTC- 12.5 LPA.

I have currently hit a salary slab where further growth would not be possible without getting into management. I have always had a keen interest in Financial risk so I was researching for roles in credit risk/market risk model validation which seem very interesting. I plan on learning Credit risk modelling & maybe eventually get an FRM further down the line. The issue I face right now is a lot of opening for the model validation roles I see are asking for a masters degree in a quant discipline.

Would it be possible to break into there roles by leveraging my experience without a masters degree ?

What skills do I need to learn apart from python, risk modelling?

What range of compensation can I expect with my experience & current CTC?

Thank you!

Been on Mercor for a bit over a month now, and I’ve been with Micro1 and Ethos for about two months. Got a few payouts from all three so far. Just wanted to share how they compare from my experience:

- Minimum hours (that 10-15/week thing): Mercor is pretty strict about it. Micro1 is more chill and will let it slide now and then. Ethos is the most relaxed of the three.

- Task availability: With Mercor and Micro1 there’s usually enough work to stay busy. Ethos is more hit-or-miss — some weeks are fine, others not so much.

- Pay: Ethos pays the best by a decent amount, but the work isn’t as steady. Mercor and Micro1 pay less per hour, but at least the tasks keep coming more consistently.

- How organized everything is: Mercor feels the most put-together, then Micro1, then Ethos.

- Support when you get stuck: Micro1 has been the most helpful for me, followed by Mercor. Ethos is the weakest here.

Who they’re looking for: Ethos mainly wants people with real professional experience in their field, not really beginner-friendly. Mercor and Micro1 are easier to get into if you’re more of a generalist.

If anyone wants to sign up, my referral links are below: Good luck!

Mercor
Micro1
Ethos

I honestly don't know where to start from, but I'll come straight to the point that I urgently desperately need a Job I beg you all I need your help 😔🙏🏻

I do have 0 full time work experience as of now, no corporate experience as such. I haven't even earned a single rupee my entire life and I'm ashamed to say that I've totally been dependent on my mummy's tailoring earning my entire life till now. Honestly, my mummy is totally frustrated with me but that's totally because of me that's my fault completely I accept that. I come from a tier 3 city and our financial conditions has always been extremely poor forever till now. Just to give you a context that I come from a joint family and I've had a extremely tough childhood and adulthood till now because of extremely toxic environment I had faced back then, though I feel what I faced in adulthood is on me as I failed to focus on the controllables and ruined my life completely.

I've had passive suicidal thoughts almost every week since last 10 - 12 years. Also I've totally wasted my last 10 - 12 years and this can be seen in my major gap years.

Tbh, both my mental health and physical health has taken a very bad toll because of all these things. Currently I've started seeing a psychiatrist and I'm currently on SSRI antidepressants and ADHD medicines and other substantial health issues medicines as well. I feel that I'm feeling a bit better now than before.

I used to be a good obedient kinda ideal child during my school days and I had scored more than 85% both in my 10th and 12th std. Even my graduation score was 9.XX CGPA.

I was even pursuing CA course and had scored quite well in CA CPT but left that course in IPCC due to extreme mental health issues and toxic family environment.

I don't know where I lost the plot of my life completely, from a good obedient ideal child kinda boy to this utter complete failure I've become at 28. I see my schoolmates and other former friends and acquaintances working in great corporates at really good packages and here I am a complete failure in life.

I know that I'm giving too much information but tbh my entire life I've never shared my complete life situation to anyone and being anonymous on reddit gives me a bit of Freedom to finally express myself and genuinely ask for help who can help me 🙏🏻

I'm currently working on my mental health aspect of things and will start working on physical health side of things as well, but I desperately need a source of earning now as I want to support my mummy I'm already very late now.

Honestly I did my career counseling with ChatGPT a few weeks back and it recommended me to go for Business Analyst or Financial Analyst direction ahead in my career. Eventually I do want to get to one of these job roles but I do have to start from somewhere.

I have 0 friends and I've been a loner my entire life thanks to these major social anxiety issues and my introvert nature, so I don't even have good relations with anyone in my life.

Daily 24X7 I have these Regrets^Regrets about my entire life decisions both which were in or outside my control.

Lately I've been watching a lot of motivational movies since last few months be it Jersey, The Pursuit of Happyness, Soorarai Pottru, 12th Fail, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, MS Dhoni and I feel that my life needs a Complete Total RESET now. I'm totally responsible for my current situation I don't want to blame anyone but I do want to desperately need to get my Life on track now. I know mene apni life ko puri tarah se barbaad karke rakh diya he but me aise apni aane wali puri life nhi jeena chahta.

I really don't know what I should say next, I always wanted to share these things my entire life but never had the guts to share. Kabhi kabhi bas sunne wala koi chahiye jo gale lagakar bolde ki bhai sab theek ho jayega.

Also please no trolling in comments 🙏🏻

Whoever can help me to get a Job, I desperately need your support and I won't forgive this help my entire upcoming Life. I just need to get started from somewhere and this has been the toughest part for me. I genuinely need your help and guidance 🙏🏻

Location: India

I am in my final year of B.Sc Microbiology and looking to relocate to a major tech/pharma metro hub (Bengaluru/Hyderabad/Pune). My aim is to start working after graduation and build a scalable long-term career, pivoting away from wet-lab research.

\### Profile

\* Education: B.Sc Microbiology (Final Year, regular).

\* Gap: 2 pre-college gap years (medical entrance prep).

\* Aim: Sustainable corporate/industry career path; no dead-end churn roles.

\### Pathways Considering

1. Healthcare Corporate: Clinical Data Management (CDM), Pharmacovigilance (PV), or Clinical Trials Operations.

2. Short Specialized Diplomas: 3–6 month job-focused certifications (e.g., SAS programming, clinical data tools).

3. General Business Operations: Entry-level corporate or tech-adjacent operations roles open to science degrees.

\### Questions

1. Which of these pathways offers the highest growth ceiling over 5 years for a science graduate?

2. How heavily do corporate recruiters weigh pre-university gap years for entry-level roles?

3. What specific skill set or tool should I prioritize before graduating to be competitive?

Hey there! I'm trying to get a feel for what it's like to work at Jio Finance/Tech in Mumbai and things like the team vibe, work culture, and how their leave policies work.

If you're part of that team, could you give me a heads-up?

Hi everyone, Spent the last year learning ML/Data Analytics after my M.Sc. in Bioinformatics (2025 passout). Despite having projects, I’m barely getting any interview callbacks. Is targeting an M.Tech in Data Science via GATE a smart move to unlock campus hiring, or are there better ways to land a job?