u/abourggcru

I will say something controversial. After starting as an LLB student a year ago, I feel so conflicted. A lot of my friends & girls I know are so casual about meeting what I would generously classify as “Uncles” at best and proactively going on dates. It used to be limited to casual pocket money to gifts to trips. I didnt care much about that so it didnt bother me.

But now a lot of them have leveraged this to get internships and even jobs. And rest of us who are just working hard? I am afraid it will become an expectation. Whats the point of working hard or studying? Am I the only one who thinks this is unfair?

I genuinely dont care about the morality of all this - to each their own. But sometimes I feel disappointed and there is genuine temptation to do the easy things 😭

I will give 3 specific incidents so everyone knows I am not shooting from the hip.

1. Girl matched with a 35y/o VC backed founder on dating app. Went on a date. Didnt want to go on a second date. Founder texts here for a few weeks. Then someone from his company calls her for internship. Now she is dating him. - Can't pin it on the girl. sure.
2. Classmate applied to a boutique law firm with her picture on her resume. Partner calls her. They keep texting. Invites her over for dinners, drinks many times. Now she has a full time offer and her insta is full of trips she takes with him.
3. This girl really wanted a role in a bank. Stalked everyone on Linkedin. Sent messages. A few of the senior uncles replied. One of them offers to fly her down to Mumbai for a long weekend...need I say more.

I don't know how normal this has become but seeing three examples in my immediate circle makes me question my own ethics and approach to finding jobs..which I will have to do soon.

I will say something controversial. After moving to Delhi a year ago as a LLB student, I feel so conflicted. A lot of my friends & girls I know are so casual about meeting what I would generously classify as “Uncles” at best and proactively going on dates. It used to be limited to casual pocket money to gifts to trips. I didnt care much about that so it didnt bother me.

But now a lot of them have leveraged this to get internships and even jobs. And rest of us who are just working hard? I am afraid it will become an expectation. Whats the point of working hard or studying? Am I the only one who thinks this is unfair?

I genuinely dont care about the morality of all this - to each their own. But sometimes I feel disappointed and there is genuine temptation to do the easy things 😭

I will give 3 specific incidents so everyone knows I am not shooting from the hip.

1. Girl matched with a 35y/o VC backed founder on dating app. Went on a date. Didnt want to go on a second date. Founder texts here for a few weeks. Then someone from his company calls her for internship. Now she is dating him. - Can't pin it on the girl. sure.
2. Classmate applied to a boutique law firm with her picture on her resume. Partner calls her. They keep texting. Invites her over for dinners, drinks many times. Now she has a full time offer and her insta is full of trips she takes with him.
3. This girl really wanted a role in a bank. Stalked everyone on Linkedin. Sent messages. A few of the senior uncles replied. One of them offers to fly her down to Mumbai for a long weekend...need I say more.

I don't know how normal this has become but seeing three examples in my immediate circle makes me question my own ethics and approach to finding jobs..which I will have to do soon.

I will say something controversial. I am not trying to offend any woman - I am only sharing this so others understand predatory behaviors, gullibility and how it affects people around (I am one of them).

After moving to Delhi a year ago as a LLB student, I feel so conflicted. A lot of my friends & girls I know are so casual about meeting what I would generously classify as “Uncles” at best and proactively going on dates. It used to be limited to casual pocket money to gifts to trips. I didnt care much about that so it didnt bother me.

But now a lot of them have leveraged this to get internships and even jobs. And rest of us who are just working hard? I am afraid it will become an expectation. Whats the point of working hard or studying? Am I the only one who thinks this is unfair?

I genuinely dont care about the morality of all this - to each their own. But sometimes I feel disappointed and there is genuine temptation to do the easy things 😭

I will give 3 specific incidents so everyone knows I am not shooting from the hip.

1. Girl matched with a 35y/o VC backed founder on dating app. Went on a date. Didnt want to go on a second date. Founder texts here for a few weeks. Then someone from his company calls her for internship. Now she is dating him. - Can't pin it on the girl. sure.
2. Classmate applied to a boutique law firm with her picture on her resume. Partner calls her. They keep texting. Invites her over for dinners, drinks many times. Now she has a full time offer and her insta is full of trips she takes with him.
3. This girl really wanted a role in a bank. Stalked everyone on Linkedin. Sent messages. A few of the senior uncles replied. One of them offers to fly her down to Mumbai for a long weekend...need I say more.

I don't know how normal this has become but seeing three examples in my immediate circle makes me question my own ethics and approach to finding jobs..which I will have to do soon.

We are a decent sized global tech startup (Series C, major funds etc). We decided to use HK as our base for Asian expansion. Got a 25 seat office in Central TEC. On one hand GenZ complains there are no good jobs, the govt. wants more startups etc.

And yet all GenZ wants is easy jobs. We actually pay better than PWC etc and very close to entry level banking jobs. And we had so many openings mostly for Asia sales, BD, Ops etc.

But almost every interview we conducted, the response we sort of got from GenZ candidates was we want a large team, big setup, better hours..I mean we were offering great pay, opportunity to build an entire ops yourself and just move quickly.

This is opposite to my hiring experiences in SF, NY & London. Have others felt the same? Or we are doing something wrong?

Whats the point of investing in Indian mutual funds if I am an NRI? First I have to bring money to India and I pay 1% FX, then I pay tax at time of transaction when I sell, then capital gains tax, then if god forbid I decide to take my money out - Indian banks fleece you with a 2pc charge and complex paperwork. Why am I doing all this? Why not just buy the Blackrock India ETF from my Robinhood or Revolut or IB account? This is when India needs more global investors to put money in India..!!