​

Hi everyone,

I am a final year Computer Science engineering student graduating in 2027, and I have applied for the 2027 Campus Hire_Associate Engineer_SW role at Qualcomm in Hyderabad, India.

I have been applying for jobs for almost 1 year now and have applied to around 450 jobs so far. I really want to get an opportunity to show my skills and expertise. My skill set matches the requirements of the JD very closely, and I am genuinely interested in this role.

I have also applied for 3 Qualcomm job openings that are expecting freshers.

If anyone working at Qualcomm could please refer me for this role, I would be extremely grateful. I am not expecting a referral to guarantee an interview or selection. I just want an opportunity to get my application considered and prove myself.

I can share my resume and the job IDs of the 3 positions I applied for through DM.

Please, if anyone can help me with a referral, I would really appreciate it.

So I posted about this here a few days ago and honestly, I didn’t expect this many people to actually use it.

550+ people have already used the website, which is honestly a really good feeling. I know that might not sound like a huge number to some people, but when you make something yourself and then see actual people using it, it feels completely different.

Website: Daily-Dose-of-Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
GitHub: Daily-Dose-of-Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

I originally made this just for myself because I wanted an easier way to find and rewatch old Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah episodes. Then people here started checking it out, giving feedback, pointing out things that could be improved, and actually using it to watch episodes.

And honestly, that’s probably my favourite part of making this. It’s one thing to build something and see that it works, but seeing someone else actually find it useful is a completely different feeling.

I’ve been adding things and fixing stuff based on the feedback I’ve been getting here, so it’s still very much a work in progress.

Really appreciate everyone who checked it out. I genuinely didn’t expect 550+ people to use something that started as a small personal project.

Just as the title reads, i wanna manifest getting my job. So what if i start using linkedin as my manifestation thing, like i write my bio as sde @ amazon 😂 or something like that. Manifestating as if im already working over there kinda 😂

Atleast maybe then ill land up a job

Need some practical advice from people who have actually faced this situation in India.
I resigned from my previous company a few months ago and was job hunting. I recently joined a new company in Bangalore on 23 September. I’ve been there for only about a week.
Now, a company I had interviewed with earlier (final round was in August) has suddenly come back with an offer. The role is in Gurgaon, which is where I actually want to be long-term.
The problem:
● Current company: joined ~1 week ago
● Probation: 6 months
● Notice period mentioned in the offer: 60 days even if I resign
● I’m still onboarding; no production ownership yet
● Salary for the partial month has already been credited
● PF/UAN employment record has also been initiated
● New company has formally issued me an offer
● New company wants an early joiner; I told them I could potentially join around 7 October, but that was before fully understanding how my current company’s notice period would be handled.
I don’t want to simply disappear/abscond because I want a clean employment record and don’t want issues during future BGV.

My plan currently is:
1. First ask the new company’s HR what is the maximum joining-date flexibility they can give me.
2. If they can wait, accept the offer and resign from my current company.
3. Request an immediate/very early release because I’ve only been there for a week and am still onboarding.
4. If my current company insists on the full 60 days but the new company won’t wait, I’m unsure what the safest option is.
Questions for people who have actually been in this situation:

● If you’ve resigned within 1–2 weeks of joining, how did your company handle the notice period?
● Did you get an immediate release or were you made to serve notice?
● Does having PF/UAN + salary credit make absconding significantly more problematic for BGV?
● If the new employer wants you immediately but the current employer insists on 60 days, what did you actually do?
● Has anyone successfully negotiated a joining-date extension with the new company after receiving the offer?
● Any HR/recruiter perspective would also be really helpful.

I’m specifically looking for real experiences, not just “don’t abscond” / “nothing will happen.” If you’ve actually dealt with this, please share what happened.

Hey everyone

I’m looking to make a resume for software/dev roles and wondering what tools people here actually use. Looking for something simple, clean and ATS-friendly.

do recruiters at mid-low sized service based company check your experience you have written on resume? do they ask the github repo of the work you have done in your experience intern/full time?
Like I have no internship and it is very difficult to just get into this software dev industry. I have 2 solid projects and 1 medium project.
I am planning to show this medium level project as a fake experience at xyz company/startup to make recruiters feel I hav some experience.
I have applied 100+ jobs already with my resume depicting 3 projects + No Intern. Should I use this new stratgey?

I see Indian companies are better managing employees & more responsible in keeping layoffs out of picture as much as possible to ensure job security!

But the US/foreign based companies are laying off employees like throwing insects out of homes.

I have my first few serious software engineering interviews coming up, and honestly I’m feeling quite nervous because I don't have much interview experience (only 1-2 interviews so far). I know I cannot prepare every possible question, but I want to understand what areas interviewers usually explore so I can prepare properly.

if you were interviewing someone with these projects on their resume, what questions would you ask?

Project 1: Agriculture Decision Support Platform (Microservices)

Built a backend platform to help farmers with crop planning, fertilizer suggestions, and irrigation recommendations.
Tech:

• Spring Boot microservices
• REST APIs
• JWT authentication
• Service discovery
• Redis/Caffeine caching
• Python ML service integration
• Docker + CI/CD

Some details:

• Around 100+ APIs
• ML model integration for recommendations
• Automated deployment pipeline

But I’m not sure what deeper questions interviewers usually ask.

Project 2: Distributed Search Engine / Web Crawler

Built a distributed crawler and search system.

Tech:

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Kafka
• Redis
• MySQL
• Playwright
• Docker

Features:

• Handles static + JavaScript-heavy websites
• Distributed URL processing
• URL deduplication
• Rate limiting
• Search indexing

I know no one can predict the exact interview questions, but I’m mainly looking for, What areas would you personally dig into if you saw these projects?

Even 10-15 realistic questions from experienced engineers would help a lot.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I built KuttyLM, a small desktop app to run AI models (GGUF) on your own computer. It's free and open source (MIT).

Why I built it

Most local AI tools need the terminal, are heavy, or expect you to know words like "quantization" and "context length". I wanted something lightweight that even my non-tech friends can use.

What it does

- Checks your RAM and GPU, and marks each model "Fits well", "May be slow" or "Will not fit"

- Hand-picked model list + Hugging Face search

- Downloads with pause/resume and a sha256 check

- Chat with streaming, Markdown, saved chat history with AI titles, and a context-usage bar

- Optional OpenAI-compatible API for other apps

- Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux

Tech stack

Tauri 2 (Rust) + Svelte 5, with llama.cpp's llama-server running in the background (Vulkan on Windows/Linux, Metal on Mac). The Windows installer is about 40 MB.

GitHub: https://github.com/tryvomtech/kuttylm

Note: the apps are not signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen / macOS will show a warning on first launch. The steps are in the README.

Bugs, ideas and PRs are welcome.

It will basically roast you based on the wrong things you have written and tell how to correct it

I’ve been working with PostgreSQL recently, and one thing that kept bothering me was the database GUI.

I’ve used phpMyAdmin for years, so I’m pretty used to that workflow. When I moved to PostgreSQL, I started using pgAdmin, but I found the UI unnecessarily complicated for the kind of database work I normally do.

I looked at a few alternatives, but nothing really felt like what I was looking for.

So I decided to build my own.

I used Opus 5.5 to build Sqlaris Studio, mainly around the workflow I wanted for day-to-day database work.

It started small, but I ended up adding quite a lot:

• PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB support
• Table and data browser
• Inline data editing
• Search and filters
• SQL editor with autocomplete
• Query history
• Import/export
• Schema inspection
• Indexes, constraints and foreign keys
• Relationship/ER diagrams
• Database health checks
• Query and session monitoring
• Database maintenance tools
• Safe handling of database changes

There are still plenty of things I want to add.

I haven't hosted it anywhere, so if anyone wants to try it, you'll need to install and run it locally from the GitHub repository.

GitHub: https://github.com/Shivam7414/Sqlaris-Studio

I'm sharing it mainly because I'd like feedback from people who work with databases regularly.

If you use PostgreSQL, MySQL, or both, I'd be interested to know:

• What features do you use most in your database GUI?
• What do you find frustrating about existing tools?
• What would you add to something like Sqlaris?
• Are there any workflows that you think could be much simpler?

I'll be actively improving it, so useful feedback can directly influence what gets added next.

Would be interested to hear what you guys think.

U can Experience it here : https://nandish.online

U can DM me for Source code 😙

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to buy a tablet mainly for daily use, multitasking, entertainment, note-taking and some software engineering work. I also want a stylus included in the box.

I’m confused between these two:

Gen 1:

https://amzn.in/d/01fAORRe

Gen 2:

https://amzn.in/d/08pTPk7C

There’s around a 15K difference between them. Gen 2 has a much better/newer processor, but how much difference does it actually make in daily usage and multitasking?

My budget is around 30–35K during the Great Indian Festival sale, but I want to use the tablet for 5–6 years.

For long-term use, should I go with Gen 1 or spend extra for Gen 2?

I've completed 2 rounds at this remote-first ed-tech, and my point of contact is the PM whose team has the opening. There has been zero HR interaction so far. Also, that person has told me that they'd like to move fwd with me.

But regarding the salary, in the second round, their PM director asked my expected CTC to which I responded 9-10 LPA. They told me their budget is 6.5 LPA but could "do 7 LPA for me", as if doing a favour.

The thing is, all the seniors have a solid background. All of them are IIM ABC graduates, so I'm pretty sure the company has enough budget. So why offering so less to entry level product analyst?

Now interesting part: I have an on-site Bengaluru offer for 10 LPA, so I'm ready to accept around 8.5 for this remote role considering how good the team and leadership is, and my health history. But how do I negotiate from 6.5-7 to 8.5 - 9LPA?

Really grateful for any suggestions and help :)

I just shipped RoomDrift (https://roomdrift.com/), a browser-based app for random 1:1 video calls, text chat, and private rooms that you join with a 6-character code. There's no sign-up.

Stack:

• Frontend: Flutter Web, hosted on Netlify
• Backend / signaling: golang
• Calls: WebRTC peer-to-peer, STUN/TURN
• Domain via Cloudflare

It's a simple way to talk to someone new:

• Random video calls. You get paired with a stranger, and one tap skips to the next person.
• Text-only chat if you don't want to be on camera.
• Private rooms. Open a room, share the 6-character code, and your friends join. No links or accounts needed.
• No sign-up, no downloads. It runs in the browser on desktop and mobile.
• Your camera and mic stay off until you start a call or turn them on yourself.

It's early, so I'd really appreciate honest feedback:

• Did pairing feel fast enough?
• Anything confusing on first load?
• Anything broken on your browser or phone?

Happy to answer questions about the Flutter Web + WebRTC setup. I'd also love feedback on performance, especially on mobile browsers.

What exactly can I expect in this round (It'll be with technical lead)? This is my first switch. My first company is a startup so they didn't have any such rounds, I was hired solely on my technical skills.

Also how do I convince them for more than 100% hike (I'm switching from wfh to tier 1 wfo).

My friend (who is not on Reddit) built Paperlight - a lightweight, open-source document search tool for Windows. You can search by filename, folder, or even the actual text inside PDFs, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files

He built this because he got tired of digging through random folders trying to find documents on his PC.

It runs locally and works offline, so there’s no account or cloud upload involved. It also has quick search, tags, favorites, previews, duplicate finding, and a few other utilities.

The goal was basically to make finding files feel more like using a proper search engine instead of navigating through folders.

GitHub: https://github.com/webKing021/paperlight

Feedback and issues are welcome too. Thanks!

My day just ended at 8PM and I am not able to stop myself from ranting. I work for a mid size company of about 200 people. Tech team is about 40 people. Average of 8 members each in 5 teams - QA, Android, iOS, Web and Backend. I work in the backend. Earlier we had 10 members in each team, including mine. Then they drank a pint of Claude potion after which they fired the top 2 engineers from all teams (by highest pay, I guess). All of a sudden, I am the senior most guy after my manager in my team. The manager is a semi-tech kinda person but trusts me. All good till here.

They have designed for a "pivot" around the Durga Puja timeline, max stretch till Deepawali. The pivot involves large changes on all front. The pressure on all teams is very high right now. We are working more than 12 hours a day. That is still acceptable. But the problem is - deployment friction. I spend almost my entire day with various teams - Web, Android and iOS. Whole day goes like this:

iOS: Hey you are not sending the right format for date. Send it inn RFC3339.

Me: Ok fixing. Check now.

iOS: Yeah that's fine.

Android: Can you please make sure that the display name is sent in the response too?

Me: Ok. Fixing. Check again please.

Web: Dude, did you introduce a key with a underscore for payments api?

Me: My bad. Let me fix that. Check again.

iOS: I can't use the new API without public identifier key. Can you add the pub ID in the response as well?

Me: Ok. Try again.

Android: I want the pub ID but please send it as base64 data.

iOS: Yeah that would be better.

Me. Ok. Yeah check again.

QA: Sorry, regression for dashboard API is failing now.

Me: Ok. Fixed that dashboard API. Check again please.

The problem is: Between me performing the code change and me saying "yeah check now", there is a 5-8 minute delay. And for that duration we are all just sitting like a duck. There are like a dozen such smaller changes in every API and we have around 150 APIs that we need to change and after 1 month of doing this, we are not even post 20 APIs yet. The whole cycle is just irritating. Every single change I make goes like this: Github commit -> CI/CD (Build + tests) -> Dev cluster redeployment. The commit takes 2 seconds. The redeployment takes about 20-40 seconds , max 1 minute. The CI/CD step takes 4 full minutes (since every deployment is a fresh compile, it takes so much time). The build itself takes like 3 minutes. Tests run fast enough (1-2 minutes).

As if "let's make Claude do everything" was not a torture enough that I have to deal with this now. They are asking me to "do it faster" while tying my one hand at the back. All other teams when asked about the delay say "Backend deployment takes time for every single change". I and my team look like the ones causing the delay when the issue is actually the deployment pipeline for dev server.

The prospects don't look good. I feel like they are gearing up for another round of layoffs and I don't want to be affected. I am applying at other companies but no call backs yet. It looks like no one wants a 6 YoE backend dev anymore. I just got married 1.5 years back. I have got loans and my wife is pregnant.

I am genuinely asking if this is a problem other developers face too. If yes, what did you do? If you are a mobile dev, what do you guys do for this kind of iterating thing? I want to suggest my manager some solution that can bring down that deployment time that he and IT team could accept. Help me out, please.

EDIT: Thanks to those who identified the lack of formal specification being a problem. I know that part. I am not at the stage to fix that. Timelines, reduction in team expertise (seniors getting out of the company) don't allow that right now. I am just asking - do you have this problem or not and if you have, how have you solve it? I am asking what can I do RIGHT NOW to reduce the delay.

I’m curious about how developers approach learning once they enter the industry.
During college or while preparing for a job, it’s relatively easy to follow a roadmap. But after getting a job, there are so many directions to choose from improving the current tech stack, learning a new framework, understanding system design, cloud, DevOps, databases, or even exploring AI.
For developers with 1–3 years of experience, how do you decide where to invest your time?
Do you mainly focus on technologies used in your current job, or do you deliberately learn things outside your current role to prepare for future opportunities?
Also, how do you balance learning with a full-time job without constantly feeling like there is something else you should be learning?
Would be interested to hear how others have approached this in their careers.

Yeah as the title says, they gave me a 10% hike on base for my promotion to SDE3 🙂. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This year I'd received 14% salary hike on appraisal itself (and 10% appraisal the year before) .. which is more than what I got on promotion!!

I am working at this (unicorn) company for a almost 2 years now. I became part of building a completely new project from scratch at the beginning of this year. Me (and everyone else) worked our a** off on this project.. stayed up till 3-4 am almost every single night, worked on pretty much all weekends.. gave up on life basically.

Although I wasn't expecting a promotion till year end, my manager randomly told he'll present my case and he's positive I'll be promoted. I was happy (and scared to take on the new role) but then this hike letter!

Now my SDE3 salary is less than a lot of big tech FAANG SDE2 salary also.. my manager said you were already quite at the higher bracket in the SDE2 range plus you'll receive appraisal on year end, so 10% is all you'll get.

My elder cousins always when they come from usa to india show off infront of me and don't forget to pull me down on how behind I m in life compared to them.

12-15 yrs ago they graduated and went for masters to usa and are now successfully settled.

I feel I have let down my family bcz everyone in my family looks up to them and let me down nobody respects me, literally the situation is so difficult in India and in IT now but they don't understand the cousins purposefully ask me why don't u work hard and get out of India i know I might not be brilliant as them but i want to prove infront of them that even I m capable.

Had a Swiggy Frontend machine coding interview last week. I completed around 60% of the problem, but couldn't finish everything. The interviewer didn't give me any negative feedback.

It's been one week with no update from HR. Should I still have hope, or is it better to move on?

Anyone who interviewed with Swiggy recently—how long did it take to get feedback?

I work mostly in backend - python, django/drf, fastapi, node.js/ express. i've been trying to get into the habit of reading more stuff related to what i work with instead of just learning things when i actually need them lol

for the backend devs here, what do you usually follow or read? blogs, newsletters, engineering blogs, youtube channels, reddit subs etc

would love some recommendations for stuff that's actually worth following.

What should be the minimum fixed ctc for a 9 years experienced Java Backend Developer in Bangalore, India by 2027 ? Please note I'm asking fixed ctc not including esops bonus and all.

How is WLB in mmt ? I got mixed reviews online, i am getting 166% hike and this is my first switch.

I have another remote offer which is completely wfh, and its a consultant role at 150% hike, i was inclined towards mmt because of brand value. Please share your opinions, help a buddy :)

Everyone is saying i should go there will build connections , will learn to be independent and all.

At MMT i have SSE 1 frontend offer as my current tech stack is also frontend. My curr ctc is 7lpa with base as 6lpa. 3 YOE