Curious to know…from your experiences..
“Work hard and you’ll get ahead”?
“Your company is your family”?
“Do what you love”?
“Job hopping is bad”?
What did you learn the hard way?
Curious to know…from your experiences..
“Work hard and you’ll get ahead”?
“Your company is your family”?
“Do what you love”?
“Job hopping is bad”?
What did you learn the hard way?
Something that looked like a great decision early in your career, but you see differently today?
* A job you took
* A job you walked away from
* Staying too long
* Chasing money
* Choosing stability over growth
* Saying no to an opportunity
Or
* Simply playing it too safe
Curious to hear the decisions that made sense then, but look different with hindsight.
Curious to know…from your experiences..
“Work hard and you’ll get ahead”?
“Your company is your family”?
“Do what you love”?
“Job hopping is bad”?
What did you learn the hard way?
I sometimes wonder what happened to the Hyderabad I knew in the 2000s 😄
The city has obviously grown massively, but a few things I noticed recently:
• Every other tech building seems to be glass-heavy. With Hyderabad’s heat, can we not think a little more about climate-friendly urban design, like Singapore?
• Just 15 minutes of rain and some roads were already flooded.
• Traffic is crazy. At times, even crossing the road felt like an achievement 😂
• Potholes in quite a few places — not great for either two-wheelers, cars or pedestrians.
• Saw an incident where someone was hitting an auto driver, while police were right there but didn’t seem to intervene. That was probably the most disappointing part.
• And Uber/Rapido during rain… ₹1,100 for a 15 km ride 😄
Hyderabad has definitely become bigger, richer and more ambitious. But I do miss the relatively calmer, more liveable Hyderabad of the 2000s.
Maybe it’s just nostalgia… or maybe the city really has changed that much.
I sometimes wonder what happened to the Hyderabad I knew in the 2000s 😄
The city has obviously grown massively, but a few things I noticed recently:
• Every other tech building seems to be glass-heavy. With Hyderabad’s heat, can we not think a little more about climate-friendly urban design, like Singapore?
• Just 15 minutes of rain and some roads were already flooded.
• Traffic is crazy. At times, even crossing the road felt like an achievement 😂
• Potholes in quite a few places — not great for either two-wheelers, cars or pedestrians.
• Saw an incident where someone was hitting an auto driver, while police were right there but didn’t seem to intervene. That was probably the most disappointing part.
• And Uber/Rapido during rain… ₹1,100 for a 15 km ride 😄
Hyderabad has definitely become bigger, richer and more ambitious. But I do miss the relatively calmer, more liveable Hyderabad of the 2000s.
Maybe it’s just nostalgia… or maybe the city really has changed that much.
A post here caught my attention recently.
Someone was weighing ₹9L fully remote against ₹18L with 3 days WFO. They’re currently quite comfortable working from their hometown.
It got me thinking.
WFH can be a huge advantage. Family, lifestyle, health, being in your hometown — all of these matter. And I’m definitely not someone who believes everyone needs to get back to the office just because that’s how things were done earlier.
But especially early in a career, I do wonder how much we underestimate the value of being around people.
The informal conversations. Seeing how senior people handle situations. Finding mentors. Building relationships. Getting noticed for the right reasons. Sometimes you learn things simply by being around a good team. And those things can compound over time.
At the same time, if someone genuinely values the flexibility of WFH and is happy with the trade-off, why should that be considered a bad career decision?
The part I find interesting is when we choose something because it feels right today, and a few years later start wondering whether we gave up something without realising it.
Maybe the answer also changes with career stage.
What makes sense at 24 may not make sense at 34 or 44.
For someone early in their career, would you take the higher-paying WFO role for the learning and exposure?
At mid-career, does flexibility start becoming more valuable than another jump in salary or title?
And if the opportunity was genuinely better, would you still move cities today?
I’d also be curious to hear from people who have stayed fully remote for several years.
Have you actually felt a career disadvantage, or is that mostly something we assume happens?
I don’t think there’s a universal right answer here.
Just wondering whether sometimes we’re choosing WFH because it genuinely fits the life we want — or because, once we’ve become comfortable with it, moving out of that comfort zone becomes harder.
A post here caught my attention recently.
Someone was weighing ₹9L fully remote against ₹18L with 3 days WFO. They’re currently quite comfortable working from their hometown.
It got me thinking.
WFH can be a huge advantage. Family, lifestyle, health, being in your hometown — all of these matter. And I’m definitely not someone who believes everyone needs to get back to the office just because that’s how things were done earlier.
But especially early in a career, I do wonder how much we underestimate the value of being around people.
The informal conversations. Seeing how senior people handle situations. Finding mentors. Building relationships. Getting noticed for the right reasons. Sometimes you learn things simply by being around a good team. And those things can compound over time.
At the same time, if someone genuinely values the flexibility of WFH and is happy with the trade-off, why should that be considered a bad career decision?
The part I find interesting is when we choose something because it feels right today, and a few years later start wondering whether we gave up something without realising it.
Maybe the answer also changes with career stage.
What makes sense at 24 may not make sense at 34 or 44.
For someone early in their career, would you take the higher-paying WFO role for the learning and exposure?
At mid-career, does flexibility start becoming more valuable than another jump in salary or title?
And if the opportunity was genuinely better, would you still move cities today?
I’d also be curious to hear from people who have stayed fully remote for several years.
Have you actually felt a career disadvantage, or is that mostly something we assume happens?
I don’t think there’s a universal right answer here.
Just wondering whether sometimes we’re choosing WFH because it genuinely fits the life we want — or because, once we’ve become comfortable with it, moving out of that comfort zone becomes harder.
A recent post here caught my attention.
Someone was debating between **₹9L fully remote** and **₹18L with 3 days WFO**, while currently enjoying a comfortable WFH life in their hometown.
It made me think about a broader question.
**WFH** can be a huge advantage when your priorities are family, lifestyle, health, hometown, etc. But particularly early in our careers, could exposure, networking, learning, mentorship and visibility compound faster than we realise?
At the same time, I don’t think everyone needs to chase the office just because that’s what previous generations did. If remote genuinely gives you the life you want, that’s a perfectly valid choice.
My only concern is when we **choose something because it is comfortable today, but later worry that we’re missing out on something else.**
Maybe the answer also changes with career stage.
*What makes sense at 24 may not make sense at 34 or 44.*
So I’m curious:
**Early career:** would you take higher pay + WFO for faster learning/exposure?
**Mid-career:** does flexibility start becoming more valuable than acceleration?
**Would you move cities for a significantly better opportunity today?**
**Have people who stayed remote for years actually felt a career disadvantage—or is that just an assumption?**
And perhaps most importantly: **are we choosing WFH because it fits our priorities, or because**
**we’ve become comfortable with it?**
Would genuinely like to hear from people who’ve made **both choices**, rather than just the usual “WFH is best” vs “WFO is best” debate.
Planning a 5-day road trip from Bengaluru in mid-October with my family (2+2) and our 3-year-old Shih Tzu.
We’re considering Wayanad for 2–3 nights and are looking for a really good stay where the property and surroundings themselves are part of the experience.
Looking for:
• Genuinely pet-friendly
• Clean and family-friendly
• Lush greenery / forest / plantation surroundings
• Hills or valley views
• Quiet and relaxing
• Space to walk around with our dog
• Good vegetarian food / hospitality
We’re not looking for a busy commercial resort or a sightseeing-packed trip. We’d rather stay somewhere beautiful, relax, walk around, sit outside in the evening and enjoy the property.
If you’ve personally stayed at a place in Wayanad that you’d happily recommend to a family with a dog, please share the name.
Lesser-known places are especially welcome.
Also, which part of Wayanad would you recommend for this kind of stay — Vythiri, Kalpetta, Meppadi, Sultan Bathery, Mananthavady or somewhere quieter?
Thanks! 🙏
Planning a 5-day road trip from Bengaluru in mid-October with my family (2+2) and our 3-year-old Shih Tzu.
We are considering Coorg / Sakleshpur / Wayanad, but Coorg is currently one of the options we’re most interested in.
Looking for a good, clean, genuinely pet-friendly homestay or resort — preferably surrounded by coffee estates, forest/greenery, hills or valley views.
We are not looking for luxury or commercial resorts. More interested in a peaceful place where we can slow down, take walks, sit outside in the evening and enjoy the surroundings.
For those who have actually stayed in Coorg:
Which lesser-known places would you genuinely recommend for a family with a pet?
Also interested in whether we should stay around Madikeri or Virajpet, look at the quieter plantation/estate areas.
Personal experiences would be much more useful than generic Google recommendations. 🙏
Planning a road trip with my family (2+2) and our 3yr ShihTzu in mid October for 5 days.
route:
Bengaluru → Coorg / Sakleshpur → Wayanad → Bengaluru
Looking for good, clean and family homestays/resorts that are more about nature and the experience than luxury.
Our preferences:
Lush green / coffee estates / forest surroundings / quiet and relaxing only / No hurry touristic style
Ideally hills, valley views
Must be genuinely pet-friendly
We are looking for places where we can slow down, enjoy the surroundings, take walks, sit around in the evening and simply relax rather than pack the day with sightseeing.
If you’ve personally stayed at a place that genuinely fits this ???, I’d really appreciate your recommendations.
Especially interested in lesser-known gems rather than the usual commercial resorts.
Also open to suggestions on whether Sakleshpur, Coorg or Wayanad would be best for this kind of stay.
Thanks in advance!
Hi guys, planning to visit Chikmaglur during October 4 member family, by road , with a pet (shihtzu). Can help with suggesting some good stay? Looking for more close to nature, green and quiet rather than busy or crowded. Suggest some good ones, worth checking. Thanks.