u/Unnai_pol-oruvan

Recently I left a startup because they don't have the budget to onboard me full time. But while working there, I noticed one thing that I could have handled their entire project single handedly. This giving me a little confidence to start a B2B startup. Now say me, do I need 50 lakhs as a leverage to think about a startup or 50K is enough.

I want to grow step by step. First one client, later multiple clients and then a pure product etc.

I'm 28M now. Been exploring this software field for the past 7years

Hey everyone, need urgent advice on a suspicious remote job situation.

I was referred to a US-based consultancy. I’ve been working for them, but there are massive red flags:

No Formal Contract: I never received an official offer letter or employment contract. Everything is handled over informal emails.

The Currency Discrepancy: I just got paid for May. The COO sent an email explicitly stating: "Paid $15000 as pro-rated for may-2026." However, I only received ₹15,000 INR in my bank account. I worked only for past 1 week.

Proxy/Identity Fraud Doubt: I strongly suspect they are billing a US client a massive dollar rate for my labor under someone else's identity and leaving me with zero legal paper trail.

Should I stop working immediately? How do I safely confront them about the contract and discrepancy?

Has anyone encountered this specific scenario with US/Desi consultancies? Thanks.

I'm 3 yrs experienced 28M + now in career break (caregiving -2yrs)... Looking for SDE 1 roles.. Want to work on Backend. Kindly share some inputs. 🫤