'Bengaluru needs serious traffic planning, not just...': Google techie travels 4 km in 45 minutes, asks 'hamare taxes kahan jaa rahe hain?'A Google employee in Bengaluru highlighted the city's severe traffic woes, taking 45 minutes to travel just 4 kilometers. He questioned whe...
24 May, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Bengaluru techie says he invests Rs 15 lakh per month in equities but for his mother and netizens the 'math is not mathing'Shobhit Bakliwal, founder of Indusbit, ignited a discussion by stating he invests ₹5 to 15 lakh monthly, adding that his mother is not inte...
27 Apr, 2026, 03.34 PM IST
Bengaluru feels like first world taxes for third world infra: Techie compares ₹50L salary vs $100K in US, sparks debateA Bengaluru tech professional sparked debate by comparing a ₹50 lakh Indian salary to a $100,000 US salary, arguing the former doesn't equa...
15 Apr, 2026, 06.55 PM IST
From Rs 10 LPA to Rs 40 lakh in 2 years: Techie from little-known Tier 3 college shares how he raised salary 4 timesA software professional from a Tier 3 college shared his journey of increasing his salary from ten lakh rupees per annum to forty lakh rupe...
13 Jan, 2026, 01.06 PM IST
As Infosys canteen video from 90s trends online, ex-employee misses that era: Fitter bodies, no phones, no AI fear, 'genuine laughs'...A viral 1990s clip of the Infosys canteen in Bangalore evokes nostalgia for a simpler IT era. While users recall fitter individuals and gen...
20 Oct, 2025, 10.11 AM IST
Rs 50 LPA feels like Rs 25 LPA in Bengaluru: Are techies lying about salaries? Netizens unveil the truth behind fat paychecksA viral social media post questioning whether Rs 50 lakh per annum (LPA) has become the new Rs 25 LPA in Bengaluru sparked widespread debat...
11 Jun, 2025, 07.30 PM IST
From 5 LPA to Rs 2.3 crore in 8 years: Techie shares his six job changes and upskilling journeyAn Indian techie scaled his earnings from 4.7 LPA to 2.3 crore per annum in eight years. He achieved this through persistent upskilling, st...
01 Apr, 2025, 10.43 AM IST
'At least life decent in Pune': Man moves to Bengaluru after 40% salary hike, says Rs 25 LPA is 'peanuts' to live in IT capitalA corporate employee moved from Pune to Bengaluru for a 40% salary hike but regretted the decision within a year. He found the cost of livi...
23 Mar, 2025, 07.48 PM IST
Soon-to-get-married techie, earning Rs 25 LPA, asks how to survive happily in BengaluruA 27-year-old techie earning Rs 25 LPA in Bangalore expresses struggles managing finances despite a good salary. His fiancée earns Rs 3.6 L...
05 Mar, 2025, 03.13 PM IST
Techie freshers offered Rs 40 LPA salary for Indiranagar, Bangalore, job. Candidate asks can he save 20K a month?A Bengaluru-based tech firm is offering an annual salary of ₹40 lakh for a five-day in-office full-stack developer position without requiri...
27 Feb, 2025, 10.44 AM IST
IT workers fora flay steep hike in top executives compensationAccording to the 2017 annual report of Infosys, payouts of at least four Infosys executives have increased by over 50 per cent in the previ...
24 May, 2017, 02.29 PM IST
How Lehman Brothers collapse impacted IT workersAbout 50,000 techies were pink-slipped during the meltdown of 2008 and most were without work for years, later settling for whatever offers...
14 Sep, 2013, 11.12 AM IST
- TCS, Wipro, Infosys, loosen purse strings to retain staff
Cos such as Cognizant, SAP, Mahindra Satyam, TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Oracle, etc may offer a pay hike of 7-15% at operational level and 12-18%...
18 Jan, 2010, 08.47 AM IST
- BPOs lose sleep over Re appreciation
The unrelenting march of the rupee against Uncle Sam’s currency is giving sleepless nights to tech and BPO captains.
28 Oct, 2007, 05.25 AM IST
- High-end techies have last laugh
High-end product firms like MS Research, Google, Yahoo & Amazon are the highest pay masters.
07 Nov, 2006, 08.40 AM IST
- Young techies quit to follow heart
Young techies calling it quits to follow their heart and venture into different business streams is a recent trend.
06 Oct, 2006, 09.42 AM IST
- Is Indian IT getting too expensive?
Salaries of mid and senior-level professionals are a particular cause of worry.
23 Jun, 2006, 09.40 AM IST