In a Reddit post the techie shared what helped him grow from Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 27 lakh per annum as a flutter developer.
Devaansh Bhandari, founding engineer at Y Combinator-backed startup Wavelength, shared on X that one of his friends earns Rs 62 lakh CTC at Google and another is a remote contractor making Rs 36 lakh.
Taking to Instagram, an Indian techie posted a clip showing a quiet workplace in Sweden at around 4:40 pm with no colleagues around.
The report from Deloitte India’s said the muted rise was due to subdued equity‑market performance, which reduced the value of stock‑linked compensation — a significant component of executive pay.
Earlier, three months of savings was the gold standard but today the dynamics have changed.
While the income of a plumber in Mumbai has become the talk of the town, it has also forced some people to reflect on their life decisions.
In the Reddit post, a techie has detailed his career progression after graduating in 2021 from a small private college and starting his first job.
Around 74 per cent of Gen Z consumers use EMIs or ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ options. Product features ranked as the top decision driver for 68 per cent of buyers, followed by reviews at 61 per cent, price at 59 per cent and warranty at 55 per cent.
An Indian origin techie has been accused of taking kickback from his friend's salary, who was hired by the former for a ghost job in US company.
How much salary is enough for a comfortable life in in metro cities? CA explains, even Rs 2 lakh monthly salary is not sufficient.
An X user added that both the sons of his friend completed their MS degrees, however they failed to secure an H-1B visa despite trying twice.
Sharing his career journey on Reddit, a techie has shared his stellar salary package increase in just two years.
Sharing the image on X, the user said that during layoffs some companies are offering high salaries for one year of experience while paying less to an employee who has been with them having 5 to 8 years of experience.
The CMO of a New York company lef his high paying jobe because of12-hour work-grind.
An electrical engineering graduate from a Tier 3 college has shared his career graph and how his salary doubled in just two years.
India leads in pay fairness sentiment among the 34 markets surveyed, with only 11 per cent of workers reporting dissatisfaction with their pay, the report from human capital management company ADP said.
AReddit post has garnered a lot of attention for the pay hike of a user from Rs 22,000 per month to Rs 2.2 lakh per month in 10 years:
Taking to Reddit, the user has shared how middle-class people are becoming increasingly dependent on EMIs.
Yadav's post on his high-paying job with two job switches has gone viral on social media, with many users finding his story inspiring and motivating.
The report by job portal Indeed, based on job postings published on Indeed India from March 2022 to June 2025, showed that salary transparency is increasingly becoming a common feature in job postings.
What started as one person’s story—earning Rs 65,000 a month, living simply, and quietly amassing a Rs 35 lakh mutual fund portfolio—quickly became a mirror reflecting the ambitions and anxieties of India’s middle class.
Devesh Kumar claimed in a post on X that for a middle-class man like himself, his massive salary jump felt like a dream.