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Microsoft layoffs: 'My entire team was eliminated' says former Indian employee
Former Microsoft employee Vandan Kaushik had worked with the tech giant for eight years. 'Although I had prepared for the possibility, hearing the news was still difficult,' he said.
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Nithin Kamath: 'Getting investors on board is like getting married. Doesn't usually end well'
The Zerodha co-founder and CEO said that there have been businesses that would've otherwise done well but are struggling because they raised money at unrealistic valuations.
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Laid off techie finds inspiration in Goa. Offers to work for 3 months pro bono
Amit Bhatia had worked as CX analyst with tech company Forrester for seven years before being laid off in February.
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Indian-American Google techie on 2 am layoff email: 'Thought it was spam, ignored it'
'My wife had an opportunity to join Google. Looking back, her deciding against it helped diversify our incomes,' the former Google employee wrote in a note shared on LinkedIn.
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Indian laid off after 5 years with Microsoft in US: 'Since I am on H1B, clock’s ticking'
'It took me a few days to come to terms with this news but I am back to the grind now,' Alisha Acharya wrote on LinkedIn with an appeal for help in finding a new job.
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Google employee laid off in Mumbai: 'I stole something valuable that I can’t be sued for'
'It feels weird, since on one hand there’s the grief of losing a job where I got the freedom to do amazing things with tech along with really talented people and on the other hand...
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Bengaluru man laid off by Swiggy bags new job, lists what helped him through tough time
"The industry is still in a tough spot and I would like to offer help in any way I can," shared former Swiggy employee Ankit Paradise.
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Google's 'star performer' of the month in Hyderabad laid off: 'Why me?'
'My salary is half for two months! My financial plans are completely ruined!' shared the former Google India employee.
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Celebrated my 5-year 'Googleversary' then I was laid off: Ex-Google staffer from Gurgaon
'As I plan the road ahead from here, the next hardest thing for me right now is -- how do I make my six-year-old daughter understand why mumma's not going to work?' the former Google employee said.
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Meet Lia: This AI makes music, chats for 'emotional connect' and has 3 lakh followers
Two of Lia's songs are titled 'Love For Humanity' and 'One And Zero'.
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CEO shares photo of staffer dozing in auto, calls him 'diamond asset'
Bombay Shaving Company CEO Shantanu Deshpande's post of appreciation, however, received mixed reactions with some lauding the man's dedication while others pointing out that not "shutting off" work is unhealthy.
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Ashneer Grover has a tip for DigiYatra users: 'Save yourself from last-minute inconvenience'
Ashneer Grover wrote, "Hey DigiYatra users! The app won’t work after the new update."
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Shark Tank India's Anupam Mittal wonders what he would do 'if I had just 24 hrs to live'
"It's surprising that nobody said they would spend the first half worrying about the second half," Anupam Mittal said after opening up a discussion on Twitter.
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Smartphone vision syndrome: Hyderabad woman suffers blindness after spending hours on phone
Symptoms included seeing floaters, bright flashes of light, dark zig-zag lines, and at times inability to see or focus on objects, especially at night.
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Zoho's Sridhar Vembu has 'deep respect' for Zerodha's Nithin Kamath. Here's why
Lauding Nithin Kamath's advice, Sridhar Vembu said, "This is integrity. This is Dharma."
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Elon Musk turns his Twitter account private: 'Something is wrong'
In order to test a theory, Elon Musk updated his account settings so that only his 127.7 million followers can see his tweets.
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Shark Tank India's Anupam Mittal wonders why Budget is such a big deal in India
Budget 2023: While some agreed with Anupam Mittal, others pointed out the irony of an entrepreneur, especially a Shark Tank India judge, asking about the relevance of budget when they bargain for equity on the business reality show.
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Zerodha's Nithin Kamath says the biggest reason active traders lose money is...
"Controlling your impulse to trade is like a person with a sweet tooth going on a sugar-free diet—assume that you'll do something stupid, " Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath said.
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Anand Mahindra says this highway is going to be 'the most critical artery' for India’s GDP
The industrialist's tweet was in response to one by the minister in which he called the expressway "a true example of world-class highway construction".
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Ashneer Grover: 'Smart founders and employers hire for competence, not degree'
Ashneer Grover said, "You need competence in life; any smart founder/employer always hires for competence, not degree."
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More IIT graduates laid off by Amazon, Goldman Sachs. 'It's really disheartening'
"It is really disheartening, without any performance considerations they are laying off just like that," wrote Samyak Jain who had worked with Amazon for six months. "It was my first job and my first experience in software development."
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Ashneer Grover recalls how he met his wife: 'When I saw her, I knew I wanted to marry her'
Ashneer Grover said that although he would keep asking Madhuri Jain out for dates, initially she was very apprehensive of him.
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Amazon layoffs: Sacked employees get job offers from LinkedIn users
Amazon intends to cut off more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction. In number of layoffs, the company has surpassed the 11,000 job cuts at Facebook-parent Meta and other tech-industry peers.
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Shark Tank India's Namita Thapar reacts to 'hateful post': 'This makes people toxic'
"An educated house help who was removed stole my phone and put a hateful post on me on social media. Price of being a public figure! Apologies!" Namita Thapar said, explaining the sudden change of her Instagram bio.
