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BobbyArora,DirectorKPMG(Big4managementconsultingfirm)
WrittenMar21,2016
20,000% times (from 1997 - 2015)
1. Occupation: Underpaid software engineer -> Overpaid director at a large

corporation
2. First salary, year - $125 a month, 1997
3. Present salary, year - $25,000 a month, 2015
4. Educational qualications: Engineer -> MBA
I run a personal nance blog called OneMoreDime.com. I increased my net worth

from 0 to $1 Million in the last 4 years, and share all the tips and tricks I have learned
working on Wall Street.
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HarishBohara,Scientistbychoice,scientistbyprofession.
WrittenJul16,2016 MoreRelatedQuestions
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Qualications: B.Tech in Electronics (major) and Computer Science (minor)
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My rst job was as a software developer for an MNC. Oered salary was INR 14lpa.
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Hectic working hours, sometimes asking to work at odd timings to coordinate with
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I did not belong there. I knew I would be leaving the job in a month or two. Then came Edits
to my rescue, the joining letter from ISRO.
Currently, Im working with ISRO in the capacity of a scientist in electronics,

something I like a lot more than being in the rat race of the corporate world. In terms
of money, salary is little less than the previous employer.
Motivation: The satisfaction of making an impact out there.

SikkandarSyedIbrahim,worksatCoreMindTechnologies
WrittenNov11
First job & salary :
Oce boy, year 2003, child labour, 10 dollars per month salary ( 600 rupees ), tamil
nadu, india.
Current job 2016
Assistant Manager, 2000 dollars, ( 130,000 inr ) dubai UAE.
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AshishChandra,KnowsaboutFastfoodindustry
UpdatedAug20
1. Occupation: Openstack developer, Cloud Engineer, Kernel Hacker
2. First salary, year: 48K INR per month- July 2012
3. Present salary, year: 580K INR per month
4. Educational qualications: BE (Computers)
First Job, NTT DATA, Pune, July 2012 : 48K INR
After December, started freelancing, added roughly 20K per month.
April 2013 : 55K INR (Promotion) + 30K per month from freelancing
Second Job : Reliance Jio,Mumbai, Dec 2013 : 100K INR
After July, 2014 again started freelancing, roughly 50K per month
August 2014 : 140K (Promotion) + 50K per month from freelancing
Third Job : Software Consultant in Dubai, Jan 2015 :360K INR
After July 2015, started freelancing, roughly 150K INR per month
September 2015: 420K INR (Promotion) + 150K per month from freelancing
March 2016 : 480K INR (Promotion) + 100K per month from freelancing
Current Salary : March 2016 : 580K INR per month
Near Future Salary: April 2016: 480K INR per month (stopping freelancing)
So, currently roughly after 4 years of my job, I have 1000% increase in my salary.
Btw, I am an Open Source developer, very good in Linux kernel and Cloud
Computing. Made sure to ask for raise, if I was benecial for the company. Always
remember, your job or company doesn't loves you, so if you feel, you have done
something good, ask for raise. And always keep your parachute ready.
Update: August 2016
Future Salary : 0K INR
I have quit my job, and would be working for my stealth startup that would deal with
educating millions using an adaptive teaching methodologies. Happy to have a friend
onboard who is NIT Trichy and IIMC graduate, who believes in our dream and
decided to invest his 100% in nurturing it. Together we both have business acumen
and tech know how to achieve it. We will be putting our two years into it and our
family has no issues in pursuing our dream. We are relocating to a new city, where we
can work together with group of people who share the same vision. Thanks to my
girlfriend who taught me the lesson goals are more important the people in toto. I
would pursue it and as usual she would be my motivation, guiding me every moment.
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PrasannaSivakumar(),Workingasweb
basedGISsolutionsdeveloper@NCSCM
WrittenOct16,2015
Me,
1st job, Cognizant Technology Solutions, 2010 to 2012

CTC - 2.5 lacs PA
Now. NCSCM, Junior Research Fellow,2015
CTC- 18000 per month.
M. Sc IT
M.Tech Remote Sensing
I am REALLY Happy now, if you know what I mean.
Cheers :)
Anonymous
WrittenSep25
First Job -
1. Occupation - Worked in Middleware and Cloud Technology
2. Salary -
Rs. 3,00,000 (CTC) and Rs. 3,00,000 (Allowances) Total income was
around Rs. 6,00,000
3. Year - 2012 to 2014
Second Job -
1. Occupation - Worked as SAP Consultant
2. Salary -
Rs. 12,00,000 (CTC) and Rs. 7,00,000 (Allowances and Shares) Total
income was around Rs. 19,00,000
3. Year - 2014 - 2016
Third Job -
1. Occupation - Technical Project Manager
2. Salary -
Rs. 17,00,000 (CTC) and Rs. 11,00,000 (Allowances and Shares) Total
income currently is around Rs. 28,00,000
3. Year - Current year i.e. 2016
Note :-
1. I felt that I need to write this answer for the world to read because with my
prole no one would ever feel that what I have achieved in my 4+ years of
experience so far is ever possible.
2. My Background/Prole -
Class 10 85%
Class 12 65%
B.Tech (CSE) 7.5 GPA (with 3 supplementaries)
3. Was a good student throughout but my 12th standard got screwed up for
some personal reasons and I hate to justify it. I was told to drop a year but I
went ahead and appeared and in those circumstances, scoring 65% was not
that bad at all.
4. Got admission to an extremely ordinary engineering college through

management quota (not that high fee as I was supposedly the rst batch of
the college).
5. Studied hard and focussed on gaining knowledge throughout my

engineering days though my marks do not reect the same. Received few
supplementaries mainly because I shared a horrible equation with the
management of the college.
6. There were just two prominent companies that had visited for placements
and they are L&T Infotech and I-Flex (an Oracle owned company) but I was
not allowed to appear for both of those as management never liked me.
7. Passed out in 2011 but did not nd a job of my liking till later half of 2012. Was
getting many oers but they were sub-standard and had CTCs of less than Rs.
2,00,000 on oer. I never wanted to accept those and I didnt.
8. Struggled immensely in the period between my graduation and employment.

Had survived days on just couple of Idlis and a plate of rice (costing under Rs.
30) studying from Morning 8:00 AM to night 9:30 PM. Was in Hyderabad for
a month and I remember completing ve distinct top notch IT certications
with proper knowledge. I could not appear for exam due to nancial crunch
but my intention was never to get certied but gain knowledge. I am
condent of saying it loud n clear that I did work extremely hard on gaining
knowledge of those certications.
9. Came back to Bangalore and got placed with a package of Rs. 3,00,000 but
including allowances, I was drawing more than Rs. 50,000 per month.
10. Made a career switch after a couple of years and the salary is mentioned
above.
11. Made another job switch after another 2 years and is now working as a Project
Manager.
12. Professional Accomplishments -

Most valuable employee regarded by all the companies I have worked for
so far and in all these four years consecutively. I would not disclose the
companies I have work for but think of the top 5 dream IT companies and few
of them have been my employers
Youngest Project Manager of my current company with just 4 years of
experience and this is the least I have heard of across industry. RelatedQuestions
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and I had better salary oers. Accepted this role as it looked interesting on Howmuchhasyoursalaryincreasedfromyourfirst
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SomyaAggarwal,TeachforIndiaFellow,201618
WrittenOct21,2015
Hi, I am a student who works part time because I love what I do and the money I get to
do this work, makes me love this profession even more :p
Physics Tutor : July 2010 : 300 rupees per month

Physics tutor : July 2015 : 10,000 rupees per month.
And i have not yet started teaching/tutoring full time. I just give 2 hours after college
hours to tutoring 3 times a week.
Educational qualications : B.Sc (H) Physics , B.Ed , M.Sc Physics (nal year).
DeepakVadithala,LeadDataEngineer(2017present)
UpdatedJan7
Update: Thank you for the kind words. As many of you requested, I have
removed anonymous.
______________________________________________________________________________________
This is my rst answer/post on Quora. Thought I should share my experience.
Current Role: Data Scientist/ Data Architect in London.
Qualication: BCom, BCJ (Journalism) and now pursuing Masters in Data Science as
part-time in London. I started working when I was 14 years old, and Im 35 years old
now. I used to do two jobs, so there is overlap in years.
Location: Hyderabad, Delhi and London
Jobs in chronological order:
1. Paper delivery boy | Salary: 6K INR per Annum | 1996
2. STD/ISD booth boy | Salary: 7,200 INR per Annum | 1996
3. Door to door salesman selling plastic boxes | Salary: 12K INR per Annum |
1997 and 98
4. Tax books salesman | Salary: 18K INR per Annum | 1997
5. Helper in wine shop | Salary: 22K INR per Annum | 1998
6. Bartender | Salary: 24K INR per Annum | 1998
7. *** Night watchman in Computer Institute | Salary: FREE Computer Course ***
| 1999
8. DTP Operator | Salary: 30K INR per Annum | 1999
9. Salesman in Greeting Card Shop | Salary: 39K INR per Annum | 2000
10. Greeting Card Designer | Salary: 42K INR per Annum | 2000
11. Computer Trainer teaching Graphic Design | Salary: 18K INR per Annum |
2000
12. Graphic Designer | Salary: 80K INR per Annum | 2002
13. Data Analyst | Salary: 2.7 lakhs INR per Annum | 2004
14. Database Developer | Salary: 5.5 lakhs INR per Annum | 2007
15. Senior Developer | 2008
16. SQL/BI Developer | 2011
17. Data Architect | 2014
18. Data Scientist | 2016
Note: There is a dip in salary/pay because I opted for a Data Scientist role instead of
sticking to comfort zone. And it is relevant to my DS masters anyway.
DheerajPulavarthy,DigitalMarketingGuy
WrittenJul19,2016
113% increase since 2014 :)
Occupation: Intern => Management Trainee => Assistant Manager - Digital Marketing
at a reputed educational Institute ( Pretty much a Startup :) )
First salary: INR 25,000 Per Month (CTC INR 4.2 LPA) 2014
Present salary: INR 60,000 Per Month (CTC INR 7.75 LPA)
Educational qualication: Engineer with a Management Degree.
I'm a clueless engineer who took the path of Management. Initially never felt I was the
right t . Discovered power of Digital Marketing, and all of a sudden I realized
Management concepts do make sense.
Joined as a intern in the present company where I'm working right now for 12
months. Received a preplacement oer and joined as Management Trainee for full
time got promoted as Assistant Manager - Digital Marketing within one year.
So, what's so dierent about me! I spent most of my time on social networks since
2008. Got thrashed by my dad once for excessive Internet bill ( Because of my
excessive browsing habbit bill was generated for 5500 rupees for a 250 rupees BSNL
Internet plan) but after stepping into management education I realized that I can
create a career path out of which others viewed as a time waste ( This is specic to the
circle I have, please do not take it as a generalized statement)
Now I have a job which makes me smile on a Monday morning and makes me cringe
when I leave my desk on a Saturday evening (We have Six day work week) . I wear
multiple hats at work place I closely manage technical and non technical tasks/issues
on a daily basis. I'm a reghter who ghts in chaotic startup environment.
I teach at my Alma matter :) Interacting with highly energetic budding young

mangers helps me in having a dierent perspective to life which I never had. Sharing
what you know is the best thing you can do because knowledge is the only wealth
which doesn't get depleted on sharing.
Motivation for work : Payday comes once in a month but you have to work rest of the
month. If the work doesn't make you happy, you should reconsider / revisit your
career decisions.
SandipMore,Ichasedreamsandnotmoney.
UpdatedDec26
Currently CAE Analyst @ Eaton India innovation center, Pune
1. B. E Mech (2008), CTC: 2 LPA
2. Year 2009, CTC: 3.2 LPA
3. Year 2010, CTC: 3.68 LPA
4. Year 2011, CTC: 3.8 LPA
5. Left job, CTC: 0 LPA
6. Year 2012, Got admission for masters at IIT Madras, CTC: Immeasurable
7. Year 2015, got a job as a CAE Analyst at India's automobile OEM, CTC-7.3 LPA
8. Year 2016, Got rst increment, CTC-8.4 LPA
9. Year 2016, left Job at OEM, got another one at us based MNC, CTC-10 LPA
Quora collapsed my answer for no reason. I am forced to add more information about
my CTC. I am honestly not interested in money any more. I wanted to achieve what I
dreamed of. Even now I am not paid handsomely as all other iitians get but I am still
satised what I am getting. That's all.
Hope Quora will not collapse it.
Thank you :).
PoojaLapasia,SocialDevelopment,Communications
WrittenAug8
I work in the Social Development sector, handling programmes and communications.
2008
First job - Content Writer at naaptol.com
Salary - 96k p.a.
Currently 2016
Job - Executive, Sustainability, Godrej Industries Limited
Salary - 8lacs p.a.
I completed my Bachelor in Mass Media from Mumbai University and immediately

took up a job. After couple of years, I was a part of ICICI fellowship, a rural immersion
programme for social development. I believe that is where I found my calling.
In 2012, after my fellowship I worked for a non-prot with a 4.8lac p.a. CTC. Couple of
years later, I started working with Godrej Industries as part of their Sustainability
team.
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AshokSah,Anamateurwriter!
UpdatedAug8
Occupation - BSF (BORDER SECURITY FORCE )
Joined in 1980 as a Nayak/Soldier, least rank in para military force. But, being a
Soldier was itself a proud moment for him.
Salary - 200 pm.( It was a great start , yes ! You heard it right )
Education - METRIC/ CLASS 10. (2nd devision)
Present Salary - 58,000 pm.(After 7th pay commission )
Current designation - SI (Sub inspector).
Increment - 25000% increase.
He's My FATHER , and I am proud of him. Beacuse, he faced all the odds in life to
make my life brighter than his. It's all beacuse of his sheer eorts and perseverance.
Today, I am an engineer earning a handsome salary.But, I don't know whether I could

play a great role like him for my family.
He's my role model. I salute Him. JAI HIND !

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AnuranjanTirkey,studiedatIndianInstituteofTechnology,Kharagpur
UpdatedJan12
2012 - Graduated from IIT Kharagpur (Biotech) - Unplaced - 0 PA
2012 - Joined Startup incubated at IIMA - UI Designer - 60,000 PA
2012 - Joined Financial Advisory company - Equity Research Analyst - 6,00,000 PA
2013 - Joined IIM Kashipur
2015 - Joined Startup - Cofounder - 9,00,000 PA + 20% Equity ( 2 Cr seed funding)
2016 - Joined a Tech based Product company- Senior Analyst - 16,00,000 PA
What Im doing with this life
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VivekNagarajan,Hackofallarts,fasteratsome.
WrittenOct19,2015
Occupation: Programmer (I hate the terms developer or software engineer)
First salary (2002): Rs. 12000 - First job was at a startup
Present Salary(2015): Rs. 230000 - Now I freelance for a US based rm. This is an
increase of almost 19x but the value of the rupee has dropped about 2.5x , so that
makes 7.5x actual increase in income.
Educational qualications: high school dropout!
Job satisfaction: Whatever I worked at, whether at a startup or freelance, I always

loved the work itself. Conditions may have been annoying sometimes, but work was
always very satisfying. I have been working from home from 2005 onwards and I
think I have the best possible working conditions a man could ask for.
Does money bring happiness? Of course it does - I have been able to live a great life
without worrying about expenses.
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JitinBabu,InvesttodaytoaddabulletpointinyourResume
WrittenDec18
Back in 2009, when I graduated to become a Computer Engineer, I was placed in

Accenture during the campus placements. The average annual salary was close to INR
325,000, i.e. ~INR 27,000/month.
But I wanted to pursue a career in nance and forego my Accenture oer and
searched for a job in nancial services. Finally after several rejections, i got a job oer
from Sharekhan which was paying me INR 132,000 annually, i.e. INR 11,000 per
month.
Fast forward 6 years, 1 year in sharekhan, a 4 year stint in Standard Chartered and an
MBA degree from Indian School of Business, I am currently working with a MNC bank
with an annual salary of INR 2,500,000.
Thats an increase of ~1800% from my rst salary, or 19x my rst salary.

ArjunSreekumar,Inspirationaltalkerandstudent
UpdatedOct29
Im gonna wrote this answer on behalf of my dad!
Hes the best person on the planet and I love him so much. Hes a perfect example to
prove that your logic and attitude can make life work for you.
He earned his rst cash during his XIth grade when he started taking tuitions for kids
in the lower classes because against the typical Indian Stereotype of boys being
favored, his sister was the pet in his family. All that his dad made was being spend on
their daughter while they never gave a shit about him (honestly, he nearly cried while
telling me this!). Wanna know to what extent his sister was favored? He bought a pair
of slippers with the money he earned through tuitions and his mom whipped and
scolded him. What was the reason? Why did you spend the money for yourself? You
should've bought your sister a pair of slippers and he never wore those slippers! He
used to walk barefoot to college, worked hard, worked overnight at mechanical shops
to support his study and nally nished his ITI course. Next after graduation, he
joined ITI as a teacher and earned approx 500 Rs if my memory is right!
But he wasn't happy! Took a risk, took a train to the dream city of every Indian,
Mumbai! There he was outside VT station, jobless! He found one of our distant
relatives and stayed there till he found a job. He found a job at some small mechanical
shop for Rs 60/month. And he used to eat those Dal Chaawal at 50 paise or 1 Re for
lunch.
He found another job which paid him 250 rs/ month. He jumped to that job and he
wasn't very happy as well.
My Dad suered a lot in those premier days as the pay was small and he was supposed
to send a part of his salary to his parents.
Thats when there was a walk in interview for a technician at Hawkins. He joined
Hawkins and made his entry into the 1K club. He earned 1025 Rs/month. But the
previous employer was sad that he left because a skilled technician with such
practicality was hard to nd. So my dad worked for him after oce hours at Hawkins
without any pay.
And then he joined Eureka Forbes later on to earn approx 1600 Rs/month.
And then there was a great twist in his life. He went regularly to Infress Methodex to
clean/service an aquaguard lter. Since he was a regular at Infress for the service of
water puriers, his work was noted because my Dad is a man of perfection. So one
day, this technical manager of Infress came up to him and told him Are you
interested to learn a new skill? How long are you gonna service these puriers? I think
you have great potential. He was called for an interview the very next day and when
asked about his salary expectations, in a very modest manner, replied 2700 Rs (just
100 Rs more than Forbes!) and when he received his oer letter, he saw a pay package
of 3600 Rs/month With other perks.
He became one of the best technicians Infress ever had! There were only two people
who could solve any problem. It was my dad and some other guy. And nah, he wasn't
happy with 4500 Rs as well (eventually his salary went up till 4500, one of the highest
for a technician in the company). He saw this ad for a technician for a reputed
company in Bahrain (which is where we are currently based!). He applied and
immediately got the job after the interview and his pay package was a beautiful 200
BHD (According to present rates, 200 BHD = 36,000 Rs.)
He has been working there since then and now hes earning approx 3 lakhs per month
with other allowances like health, house rent, car etc etc.
Now that's how Id dene success.
His payment increase? From Rs 500 (his tuition earnings) to Rs 3 lakhs! A 2.995 Lakhs
per month increase!
Want an example on how to make a lemonade when life throws lemons at you?
Cheers!
UdayDhoot,worksatIntyGrittyFinancialSolution
WrittenJul21,2016
Its interesting to read all the answers here :)
Occupation: Financial Advisor & Wealth Manager
First Salary (year 2003): So my rst job was for Rs. 60000 per year (roughly around
$1300 per year), this was right after my under grad in management & nance.
Last Salary (Year 2015): I was in the same organisation for almost 12 years, my last
drawn salary was in the range of around Rs. 3040L (roughly around $ 60,000 per
year).
Qualication: During my career of last 13 years, I did the CFA & CIPM Prog from CFA
Institute, USA and also the CFP prog from FPSB, India.
Present Salary (2016): None 0:) , became an entrepreneur for the 3rd time :) Back
to basics, back to ground zero.
Few lines from my favourite poem IF by Rudyard Kipling:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: Hold on!

Anonymous
WrittenDec17
From, 6 lakhs per annum in 2010 to 29 lakhs per annum in 2016
Going Anonymous as cant reveal salary as per policy.
Rs. 1.2 lpa, 20062008, Operations Executive in Education Industry
First job post graduation as Operations Executive with a CAT coaching

institute
CAT 99+ percentile, MBA (not an IIM), 2008 -2010
Rs. 6 lpa, May 2010, Risk Analyst with an NBFC
First job post MBA in a post sub prime crisis era
Rs. 7.5 lpa, Nov 2010, Business Analyst in a KPO
Switch to another company
Rs. 9.5 lpa, Aug 2011, Business Analyst in the same KPO
Top performer and a very good hike at rst appraisal
Rs. 12 lpa, Aug 2012, Manager in the same KPO
Promoted to Manager. Top performer and again >20% hike
Rs. 15 lpa, Aug 2013, Business Head in the same KPO
Grew division business to 1 million USD from 80k USD in 2 years
Rs. 18 lpa, Mar 2014, Manager Big Data Analytics in a startup
Switch to another company
Rs. 20 lpa, Nov 2014, Manager Big Data Analytics in the same startup
Top performer and a very good hike at rst appraisal
My simple rule is always be the top performer in the team, and keep learning and
evolving.
VictorCastillo,Notlotofexperience,justenoughtowriteaboutit.
WrittenJan4
600% times (from 2012 - 2016)
1. Occupation: (Ultra Junior) Web developer -> Software developer (in a lot of
programming languages for the current company)
2. First salary, year - $250 a month, 2012
3. Present salary, year - $1,500 a month, 2016
4. Educational qualications: High school (Business school soon)
Im a software developer, mainly focused on web development since I was 14, now Im
19
PriyanshuPandey,LectureratDepartmentofTechnicalEducationUttar
Pradesh
WrittenOct12
About Qualications :
Did Diploma in Electronics Engineering after 10th from Government

Polytechnic
Did B.Tech in ECE from State Government Engineering College (Completed

B.Tech before the age of 20)
Placement :
Got oers from 3 Companies (1 Wellknown Software Company and Other 2

Telecommunication Companies) during campus placement.
Decided to join Telecom Company ( Reason : Posting in state capital, big

brand name, core Telecom etc.)
Salary:
First year as a GET 3.5 LPA+Benets (Age ~20 Years)
Second year as an Assistant Manager 4.25 LPA + Benets
Third Year 4.76 LPA + Benets
Fourth Year 5.78 LPA + Benets
Final Year in this company ~7 LPA
Now I am 24 , no more interested in this so called corporate sector life.
Future :
Recently got selected as a Lecturer and now I am going to teach future Engineers.
Salary : 15600 + 5400 GP (PB-3) + Simple and brief life.
UdayvirSingh,Atrainer,Manager,HindiOfficer,Bloggerandaweb
designer
UpdatedDec29
Hard to believe.! A journey from 12k to 12L per annum.
2005: My First salary was 1000/- per month or 12000/- per annum as a teacher in a
private school, when I was hardly 20 year old.
2006: Again teaching in govt Primary school on contractual basis and salary wad
2400 X 12 = 28800/- per annum.
2007: left my job and took admission in B.Ed. thus, No salary.
2008: Home tutor and my earning was 4000/- per month. Yes, it was 48000/- per
annum.
2009: Selected in a public sector Bank as an executive on contractual basis and salary
was 12000/- per month for rst year , 13500/- for second year and 15000/- for third
year. You can say 144000/- to 180000/- per annum.
2012: Resign from the contractual Bank job and again selected in a nationalise Bank
as a Probationary Ocer (PO). This time salary was just double. Yes, you are right near
about 27000/- per month or 3.50 lakh per annum.
2013: One more resignation and this time got job in a central govt PSU (A Maharatna
Company) and my salary was 55000/ - per month. Yes Friends, CTC was more than
7.5 lakh.
2014: Promoted as an Assistant Manager, accordingly salary was 70000/- per month.
Hence, the CTC Crossed the Magical limit of 10.00 lakh per annum.
2016: with incremental eect now my CTC is 11.50 lakh per annum.
So you can say, it is a mind blowing career journey till now. In 2005 the salary was
12000/- per annum and now in 2016 it is 11.50 lakh with 9600% increment.
I want to say one thing - keep learning new things, update yourself and always
be ready to take risk and challenges. Denitely your salary will be increased.
You won't believe I have no technical or professional degree. I am just M.A in

Hindi language and literature and another is teaching degree course.
Now, I would like to tell you something about my educational background:
10th : 63%
12th : 55% (once I was failed in 11th class)
Graduation : 52%
Post Graduation : 69% (during my rst Bank job)
I have acquired all these educational qualications from pure govt Schools and
colleges in Hindi medium only, where my annual tution fees was 150 to 1600/- only.
The total expenditure of my all educational qualications from KG to PG was hardly
30000/- including books etc.
Now come to the main point. If you are ready to struggle and honestly passionate
toward your goal with hard work, there is no doubt that you can get handsome salary
without any professional or high demanding degree like engineering or MBA etc.
Good luck and cheers!
Anonymous
WrittenOct24
20x in 8 yrs with an engg degree in biotech from an avg college ,
then back to half of it and
again back to 30x now in total 10.5 yrs!
First salary : 1.5 lakh per annum Feb.2006
Present salary : 43 LPA Sep.2016
Education : BTech-Biotech
Occupation : Engineer turned Corporate strategy guy who does M&A for Pharma-
biotech.
1. As a biotech engineer who took risk in 2002 when biotech was not that big a
buzz word and it was considered to be like the next upcoming IT industry
type boom and miracle - which never happened in India. Being an engineer
makes me one of the millions out there on Quora, but doing it in Biotech in
2006 makes me probably very few out of those millions. So this question,
though with already many answers, prompted me to spell out my story.
2. My journey : Coming from a real modest background from one of the most
backward parts of India (Bundelkhand). (i got to know about use of this word
Modest instead of poor only when i came into the well to do guys circle !)
a. I am the 4th and youngest child in the family , who started schooling in
late 80s in a below average school where I remember that many of my
friends were from real poor background such as kids of auto drivers, food
handcart guy and so on.
b. I was an excellent student upto 12th , but failed twice in cracking JEE
due to lack of focus and not being able to aord good coaching.
c. Cracked AIEEE , got into an average college, tried to transform myself in

those 4 yrs , and chose not to try my luck in routine IT companies.
d. Started my career in a consulting startup , worked my ass o to prove

myself and rose my way up the ladder.
e. Changed job when I got complacent with 3 promotions in 3 yrs.Worked

with biggest pharma -biotech companies of India
f. Joined another startup doing Drug discovery with half the salary in 2013
, took risk but failed , accepted
g. Back to second largest pharma with a larger role (few months back)
3. My learning in all of these years - The only thing that helps you grow is :
Hardwork-Hardwork-Hardwork in present with an eye on future while
being honest to yourself
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SReddy,6+YearsofexperienceintoIT,KnowsathingaboutIT
companiesinINDIA.
UpdatedSep21
From INDIA, a software engineer's story as it happened.
My First pay was 4000 INR per month in 2009, October and currently drawing
1.3+ Lakh per month after ~7Y, 2016.
Too long, DR !!
I'm a MCA postgraduate with 73% aggregate from a very rural college.
I've gone to Hyderabad for my last semester Project work , been there for six
months learning .net.
Went back to college to submit a crappy Project which my 'institute' provided me.
Trust me, neither me nor the practical invigilator does know a thing about the project
that I've submitted.
I graduated with great CGPA - 7.3 , that's great achievement for me though.
NO CAMPUS PLACEMENTS in our college and NO OFF-CAMPUS placements too in

surrounding areas. I doubt the management even know what it is. I don't blame them,
that college is my choice :) (Read it as ONLY option, though I've secured not so bad
entrance rank - 90th percentile, my LAST name didn't allow many colleges in
counselling).
While I'm in Hyderabad, I've joined MahindraSatyam as a BPO executive for 4k

INR per month in 2009 ~ August.
Been there for two months and quit as it doesn't suit my interest. Obviously
Went to Bangalore, prepared a beautiful resume and started proper job hunt.
It was a huge recession time and every interview I attend end up with a false note.
They want me to pay money to employ me.
I did apply every opportunity available ,
Attended Accenture, HCL, Mphasis o campus, cleared almost all the technical
rounds, but didn't make it at the end. This went in for 4 months !!
After 4 months stint in Bangalore, One ne day, my friend/Schoolmate called me

asking my prole to refer to the company his brother was working in. That's totally
unexpected call from him as it was our rst conversation after 10 Yrs of our last
contact. We were in touch in Facebook for past year or so, he has got my contact from
FB. After all, Facebook is not bad :)
Things went ne and I was SELECTED for that company, it's an US based company as
an entry level developer position ~ 2010 February, Pay was 2.6LPA INR , **That's my
HAPPIEST moment till now !!!**
It's a product based organization with 8k employees globally when I've joined .
Awesome colleagues with an uber cool manager made ordinary things look sooo
wonderful. Awesome work culture and amazing technical growth ensured that I was
never dissatised.
Been there for 3.5 Y and resigned with 4.8Lpa. Resigned the company without any
oer in hand due to some complications, probably due to over condence that I can
get a job in that 3 month notice period. I did, but not the ones I was really interested.
After 2months - Joined Accenture in 2013 after many struggles with ~8LPA INR
including bonus. Since I've worked on multiple technologies in my rst organisation,
selected the most in demand and prepared my resume accordingly to get into
Accenture.
It was a wonderful experience with ample opportunities to learn. Utilized every single
opportunity and learnt as much as I can. After a while, technical growth became
saturated.
Quit Accenture after - Close to 3Y With the pay ~11Lpa INR. My IT experience was
then 6.4Y (June 2016)
This time I've had an oer in hand and then Resigned.
Waited for two more months , though I've cleared all the interviews that I've attended
, I was selective about joining companies. It's MY TURN now, got oers from all the IT
service organisations, rejected them at will. None of them were aligned with my
interests.
The very companies I admired in the beginning were no longer interesting. Ive
Rejected TCS, Wipro, Infosys, IBM, Cognizant, Mphasis..etc due to either pay or
work prole.
At some point I was scared that I was being senseless, over condent. But still waited
for right moment.
After few tensed weeks, came an oer from premier US based INVESTMENT
BANKING Company with ~16 - 17 LPA INR. And my total exp. Is 6.6Y into
DatawareHousing Analytics.
Conclusion - Don't give up hope, take every opportunity and try to mould it to
your interest. Quit at right time !! Though You don't like it initially, give your
best shot !! Still not interested ? QUIT it !! Don't waste your time convincing
yourself. Never settle !!!
There are no written guidelines to grow professionally/nancially, trust your self as

you are the one to judge Your position. Stay away from negative people as much as
possible.
Many people with less experience might be earning much more pay than me, but -
what I'm right now is at my best.
That person, at that moment, In that condition is the right one to decide, IT'S
YOU !!!
All the best !
Anonymous
WrittenMar17,2016
Year 2015-
Age- 35
Role- Principal Architect, 10 year SAP experience
Location- California
Base- $125k/year,Bonus- $50k/year
Incentive - approx. $15k/year
Stocks- $25k/year
Year 2005
Role - software intern Delhi India
Total - USD 4000 per year
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Anonymous
UpdatedSun
Education Qualication : Masters from one of the Top 100 University in the World
(Prior to that Engineering and Diploma in India)
Occupation : Software Engineer in Bangalore, India
First Salary: July 2014 : 18,200 INR per month (After Deduction) worked for 2.5yrs
Current Salary : Dec 2016: 58,300 INR per month (After deduction)
First job was a contract role in a product based organisation in Bangalore, India. (Top
2 networking company in the world)
Second Job after 2.5yrs with 20%hike in Product based organisation in Bangalore,
India.(Top 5 software company in the world)
Why did I go for 20% hike? Just to switch from Contract role to a permanent one.
Edit: Adding companys reputation.
Thanks
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BalajiAlwar,Softwareengineertoateacher
WrittenOct19,2015
In 2013, First job at Ericsson India Global services at a package of 4.5 lakhs.
In 2014, Package increased to 5.3 lakhs per annum.
In 2015, Next job as a fellow at Teach For India at a package of 2.75 lakhs.
Anonymous
UpdatedJul25,2016
Since I have joined my rst job this year only, I dont have a hike, But I would like to
frame this answer for my father.
In year 1978, he joined army as Sepoy. He started his job with a salary of Rs.
174.
In year 2008, he retired from army and at that time he earns around Rs.
22,000.
In year 2009, he started job as watchman in a bank and earns about Rs.
7,000.
So , I will take into count : start as 174 and End as 7000.
It results into increase of 4022.98 %..
I am proud of my father, the way he has grown and made me capable too.
He made me an Engineer and capable of earning 70,000 per month.This is my rst

salary of June ,2016. I think I will never be able to hit like him.
Year 2016, he earns Rs. 79,000 (70,000 + 9,000), because whatever I earn, he
has more right on it than me
Thankyou Dad
Anonymous
WrittenNov3
Education: B.E- Mechanical Engineering
College: Tier 3
Field of work:Automotive Industry-OEM
Location:Chennai
Department:Supply chain & logistics/Industrial engineering
Professional experience: 4 years
Phase I2012:
Company: TVS
Campus placement:Converted TCS and TVS,but opted for TVS for single reason-core
company
CTC:1.44 LPA as trainee
Unlike others experience on training, I was lucky enough to get proper and intense
training on all business aspects/ verticals within the organisation.
Phase II, 20132016
Company: Daimler India- Mercedes Benz/Bharatbenz
20132.5 LPA
After completing 1 year at TVS, I received an oer from Daimler and my ever
supporting manager asked me to grab the opportunity as it was like once in a lifetime
opportunity for freshers.With an average academic background and newbie to
industry this oer was a dream oer which was very hard to reject.I happily accepted
the oer and joined Daimler-cloud nine moment for any core engineers.
Monetary benets
20143.5 LPA
20158.4 LPA- Salary correction
Non-Monetary benets
Best in class minds,extremely supporting/open minded bosses and healthy working

environment.
Phase III, Present
Company: Renault
After 3 brilliant years at Daimler I took up assignment with Renault. It is all together a
completely dierent eld of work which looks promising and I grabbed the oer.
Current CTC 10 LPA+
This is my career trajectory so far. When compared to software eld,compensation in

the initial phase of career for core engineer cannot be compared.But as one gets
exposure to the eld of work and climbs up career ladder,compensation and perks
will be extremely or more competitive than software industry.Also work life balance
in core eld anyday is way better than software industry. To all core engineers who
are looking out for proper engineering jobs,initial phase of job hunting can be
extremely tough,tiring and frustrating .Patience and positive attitude holds the key of
success in engineering eld
Anonymous
UpdatedOct19,2015
I started my earning by distributing Ad pamplates in malls to do my nal year

engineering project. That was my rst income, 150 rupees per day.
After rejected by top software IT companies, I nally found my rst job which paid
me 7 thousand per month
2004- First earning for 150/day, earned around Rs.10,000
2005- First job 84 Thousand/annum
2007 - second job 4.2 Lakhs/annum
2011 - Third job 12.3 Lakhs/ annum
2012 - fourth job 17.5 Lakhs/annum
2013- fth job 33.18 Lakhs/ annum
2015 - sixth job 47.85 Lakhs/ annum
My salary raise from Rs.150/day to Rs13,110/day.
Currently, I head an engineering team in Bangalore, in all my career I never ran

behind money, concentrated over my career and learning new technology.
Edit : I could see few, asking how you got from 17 to 33, I never consider money as
factor while choosing the job. This helped me a lot as a strong techie and we'll known
person in the Industry.
FYI, I rejected 55L oer from a IT frim and took my current job, which pays me 47.8L
PrashantDinkar,EE,Graduated@IITGandhinagarTobeamongafew
WrittenNov12
More than 1200% in a year and being a freelancer - since college days .
First-month salary = Rs 940 /-
Average salary per month calculated for one year duration (201516) = Rs 12500 /-
(Image Source - Google Images)
I started working as a freelancer when I was in the third year of my college. Started
freelancing following my interest and the main objective was multifaceted
To work on my interest which can be pursued later. Getting acquainted with

it
To get a feel of corporate world being own boss.
To make some money with my own eort.
The last one was more important when I started working because of following reasons
(others are important too - in long term):
Firstly, I never gave any party in my college days until the end of the 5th
Semester (for 2.5 Years) because I did not feel to do a party on my parents
hard earned money. I attended others party (:p - I was duly invited :D) and
hence I was supposed to do the same but I was helpless at that time (in the
crunch of money). (Remember partying and such stu is an integral part of
college life).
But I always said to my friends - Take as many parties as you want from me -
once I start earning, but I cannot give you party from my parents money.
Though I got many party :D
Secondly, I was going to take deferred placement (and took it) so I started
saving some money which could be used post degree. And yes, its very much
useful these days.
Thirdly, the joy of paying semester fees from earned money and that too
college days - was immense.
When did I feel happy on the way! -
When I paid the semester fees.
When I sent money home for the rst time (though small).
When I spent more on myself (which I always tend to avoid earlier).
When I gave the rst party from Rs 940 :D to my friends (I strictly asked them to
restrict the overall party budget to Rs 940/- only, though they made it to Rs 1200/-,
managed later from next month earnings ;) ). The joy of giving the rst party
following my own principle was immense .
And nally saved some money for my own use and part of my current expenditure
gets paid via this.
Nowadays, I am not able to give much time toward my freelancing work, though when
I give, I make sure that I put my 100% in that time - usually 34 hours a week (not day
:)! )
:)
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AjayAshok,UdaanAcademyofLeadershipandExcellence.
*ajaysimon94@gmail.com*
WrittenOct24
Umm, I could see some huge gures below, even though mine is not in the ballpark
but still here it goes:
Age:22
Location: Bangalore
First company: A mid sized MNC dealing in channel data management.
Occupation/Designation: Associate Analyst - Channel/Logistics Intelligence
First salary: 1.6 Lac/annum.
Post 6 months: 2.4 Lac/annum.
After a year : 3.12 Lac/annum.
Changed my job!
Current rm: One of the fortune 500 companies.
Current Occupation/designation: Business Analyst.
Present salary (Total exp:1.3yrs) : 4.60 Lac/annum.
Total hike from my rst pay: 187.5% in 1.3yrs :) Not great, but satised.
Educational qualication: BBA from a mediocre college in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu,
India). Pursuing MBA through distance mode from ICFAI university.
DeepakSinghBisth,IusedtoworkinTalwalkars.
WrittenJul12,2016
Well its going to be a bit hard but let me try. Since I started working at the age of 10
and I was learning mechanical work in an automobile shop, I used to get 20 bucks a
week along with food and accommodation. I have been involved in a lot of dierent
professions since then.
1. Occupation - Helper at an automobile shop.

2. First salary - 20 INR/week + food and accommodation , year - 1990.
1. Occupation - Sales Manager at a supplement Store.

3. Present salary - 15,ooo the last time I worked for someone else, year - 2015
4. Educational qualications - School Dropout. Certied Fitness Trainer.
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AshraffSyed,SoftwareEngineerbyprofessionstillinsearchofPassion
oflife
WrittenJul22,2016
To get down to nitty gritty of our question, my answer is: 216.67%.
Now for the additional details, I will be adding a sentence or two, to elaborate the
circumstances arising for pursuing the same.
Before going into the details, let me give a little background of myself. I am one of
those people in this world who gained maturity about the things(many things) that
really matter, at a later stage in life. I am one of those ordinary people, whose heart
lies in a dierent eld than the one in which presently working.
Educational qualications: B.Tech. graduate from ECE branch. No particular

reason here, just went along with the crowd. But during four years of graduation,
developed immense love for the subject.
Occupation: Software Engineer with 3.2 years experience. The reason behind this is
51% chance and 49%(immature)choice.
First salary: 3 Lakhs Per Annum. But after all the cuttings, it went down to 19000 per
month. Receiving the rst salary was one of the few times I felt a little sense of
accomplishment in me.
Present salary: 9.5 Lakhs Per Annum. This is my second company. Not even a month
passed after my rst switch. Have to yet receive salary to nd out, how much Ill be
earning per month.
Coming from my part of the world, that too from a middle class family, having your
salary increased by more than 200% is really a very big thing. As for me, personally I
dont have any feeling towards this thing.
I only felt a higher digit number is used in ten-thousands place to count my salary per
month. It didnt feel anything dierent, even when my well-wishers congratulated me
on my unusual(or not?) accomplishment. Not until I felt the happiness this created in
my parents lives. They felt much happier, not because of the money, but for the fact
that I have become something worthy of feeling really proud of.
MohsinAnees,HeadHunterByProfession,LearnerByBirth!!
WrittenNov21,2015
Precisely 29 times take home salary (excluding perks, benets, incentives), since 2006
to present.
1. Occupation: Customer Service Executive
2. First salary, year: 3200 INR/pm - May 2006
3. Present salary, year: close to 6 gures INR/pm - Nov 2015
4. Educational qualications: Bachelor's of Science in Bio Technology (My job has
nothing to do with it)
I started my career back in the summers (may) of 2006, while I was still graduating for
my bachelor's degree in IInd year, I worked for Bharti Airtel (A telecom giant in India)
as a customer care exec for an inbound process in technical unit, I was paid 3,200 INR
(take home), I worked there till 26th of Oct until I met a road accident and broke 3
bones of my right leg, I kept whining, why it happened to me, I had just begun you
see.
Too little did I know, after an year of that incident I got hired for an IT Recruitment
company that paid me thrice of what I was making there in my rst job, Luckily all
they needed was somebody who's willing to wear multiple hats and always ready for a
challenge. During the interview (3rd/Final round) I was speaking to Americans over
the phone for the most important interview of my life and I didn't know anything
about their Culture, Accent anything... I kept speaking with eagerness for the job, and
a strong will to do anything it takes, though my hands were shaking.. I still get
goosebumps thinking about it :(
As it turned out they liked my spirit and selected me out of the other 48 participants
for the interview and I got into this line of work.
My present salary is close to 6 gures now so, within the past 9 years I've grown 29
times of my rst salary.
Ironically, I was able to save 12gs while working for Airtel making 3.2gs for only 6
months, that got me through the intervening period between the jobs, now I'm 30,
making good enough but I don't have any savings (Obviously some, but not anywhere
close to what I should have had)
I believe the mantra is to have faith and know everything happens for a reason, never
leave any stone unturned. If I hadn't met that accident, I might have still been
working there and making max 30-40k like the other colleagues who are still working
there.
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Anonymous
UpdatedOct25,2015
I am a Data Scientist by profession.
First job, 2011 - 2013

1.9 LPA as an contract employee
Second job, 2013 - 2013

4.5 LPA in Service based IT company
Third job, 2014 - 2015

13 LPA in Product based startup
After promotion and appraisal salary revised to 18 LPA(excluding stocks)
Fourth job, 2015 - ...

42 LPA in Product based startup
So, in all I went from 1.9 LPA to 3.5 LPM in 4 years.
How?
Well I played a very smart move in the beginning when I moved to Data Science
domain because it was a trending domain and not much people were aware of it. So, I
tool a leap of faith and changed my prole to align with it, studied a lot, kept myself
updated about latest in data domain. And of course I was lucky enough to nd the
right companies.
Anonymous
WrittenOct30,2015
Wow, lots of answers from India here. I'm from the United States, graduated from a
top 10 University in 1998, and am currently a C-level executive for a mid-sized
business. I've only had 2 jobs since graduation, but can list my pre-college jobs as well
if anyone is interested.
First job: Management Consultant, 1998

Starting salary: $46,500/year
Salary upon leaving: $145,000/year (includes bonuses), 2003
Second job: C-level tech executive at startup, 2004

Starting salary: $80,000/year
Current salary: $200,000/year (includes bonuses)
+Ownership stake
Educational Qualications were very important for attaining job#1 (which only
recruited very selectively from a few schools), but after that did not matter much.
Degree was general engineering with concentrations/minors in business, statistics,
and computer science (took an extra 50 credits, hence the multiple minors).
SunderdeepSingh,CEO,PrinspireTechnologies
WrittenSep26
Long answer short:
My Salary has increased 35 times in last 6 years. (From 7K to 2.5 lacs)
Occupation: Owner, Prinspire Technologies
First Salary: Rs 7000, Year: 2009, Dot Technologies, Panchkula
Present Salary: Annual Turnover of around 30 lacs (2.5 lacs per month) for last 3
years
Education Qualications: Diploma in CSE from GNDP Ludhiana, B.Tech in IT from

BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib.
Other Experiences: Worked as Programmer Analyst at Cognizant, Chennai for 2.4
years. (20102012)
My success journey link is in prole bio :)

AjitNarayan,Authorbynight,PRprofessionalbyday.
UpdatedMar2,2016
(Edit: This answer was posted before the original question was edited and posed only to
mechanical engineers)
From one disaster to another
After wasting 3 years of my life in college and barely managing to graduate (43.25% in
BSc Statistics), I was fortunate to land up with a job as a writer at an Internet startup.
I took no time in forgetting what I had 'not' learnt in college and focused on working
my ass o to make my mark. Secretly I was just glad to learn that I was employable and
coud earn a living. But then recession struck in 2008-09 and I found myself in the
midst of total chaos.
Change in attitude
It was a trial-by-re for all of us, but I guess the gruelling 3 years in college had
toughened me up and I felt the only way I could survive the storm was by focusing on
'growth'. I threw things like 'comfort' and 'work-life balance' out of the window and
took a lot of risks, evolving from being just a writer to a digital marketing professional
and now am full-time into PR & Communications.
The growth
In 8 years, I have achieved 'around' 3000% growth in salary. And could easily jump
ship and rightaway take the percentage to 4000%, but the qualities that brought me
here are the ones that also tell me "money doesn't matter, just continue doing
what is right". Today, I feel the right thing to do is to do justice to my current role
working with my current employer.
No freelance
When employed full-time at a company, I never did any freelance work. Hence the
'around' 3000% growth has been achieved working only one job at a time.
Back to my rst love
I have re-discovered my love for writing. The learnings in my 8 years of career were
fantastic. I have tried to capture it in a book that I recently published. See if you nd it
useful: Mind The Age. Avoid Mistakes Others Make. eBook: K N AJIT NARAYAN:
Amazon.in: Kindle Store
Anonymous
WrittenOct24
I am going anonymous because this is not my story and i dont want any credit. He is an
admin of facebook group BJS i will leave the link of the group below.
Here:
I have 3.6 years of Exp. and writing this is like Reminding me what I was and now
What I am.
As it is kind of untold story but I am sure will gonna help and boost you like anything.
specially those who are weak in English.
My Fb Name is Serene Aspire but My real name is Prashant Kumar. Lets start now.
17 -June - 2013 Landed in Banaglore as My joining was on 06-Aug-2013 some xyz
company. The day before my joining I came to know company is delaying for the
joining.
After come to know this news was blank. Very upset I already informed my parents I
got job suddenly I cant say I dont have job now. I was Avg. student But in 7th sem I
went to HYD
for Java I have learned java in only 2600 Rs(Ameerpet hope most of the techie aware
of this place). I was good in java but weak in apti. When I got joining delay news
I was socked yaar. I dont know anyone in banaglore I was staying in BTM which is best
place for job seekers. You guys dont believe in 2 months I didnt got any company call
no friend nothing
communication gap was there. when ever getting call only consultancy that too after
going they will ask for money. So i came to know they are just like that later on i
started ignoring.
3 months went I started taking money from my friends that time already was having
browed like(20 to 25K) and counting was going on. I was not able to concentrate on
my study coz I am a guy
and we know what is the problem with us we have to look for our family as well. I dont
wanna share much about family coz what they did for me was more than my
expectation
not with money with emotion they always with me. Let me tell you I was having a
loan of 3.75 Lakhs when I completed my B.Tech. 5th months onward I started Google
like a SEO. Started getting information. While going to drive I use to give my number
to everyone, whom I met while attending the drive. They become My walkin friends.
**************************************************************
You must and should be aware with BJS what it is? how it came?
Let me tell you while searching job we have decided to make a group. we are few
friends Ashu, Rohit, Amod we decided to create a new group where we will help the
job seeker. what we have faced we will let them know we can assist them how to get
walkins every day and we founded it.started with 270 member now you can see the
strength.
***********************************************************
I was not having money to drink tea. I was not having money to go walkin One day I
started for walkin 5.00AM and reached the venu by 8.00AM only by walk.
Place was shivaji nagar Professional access company But was not allowed. It happens.
Total Attended Companies : 43 Small and Mid and Big included
All failure in rst round or in GD( this was also rst round in some of the company) I
never got chance to attended any technical round.
Total Tech support companies: 13 all failure because of MTI mother tongue inuence.
14 support company was JDA software where I got selected, Job prole was tech
support.
I didnt got chance for core eld to work. But that time money was everything for me I
got rst salary 11,300K.(5K loan rest for my expenses)
*****************
Very Important Point
What I learned:
While attending drive I was very good in technical but weak in apti. even I have not
concentrated in apti. Which I should. I realized but it was too late for me
Suggestion: Please dont do this mistake as a fresher level you should be good in apti.
as well as in technical and most in communication.
When I joined support job My work was handling the call "Thank you for calling xyz
company! my name is Prashant how may I assist you or help you"!
While joining I come to know they have night shift as well, Manager was very good I
aske... (more)
RamadasMannattil,LovesandpracticesNonDualism(Advaita)
UpdatedOct31,2015
1985 Trainee Programmer in private company Rs.500 pm.

1987 Asst Programmer (UDC scale) in Govt Rs.1300 pm.
1991 Jr Systems Ocer Govt of India undertaking Rs.2200 pm.
1992 Consultant System Analyst GOI Undertaking Rs.3500 pm.
1995 Systems Ocer GOI undertaking Rs.6000 pm.
1996 Programmer in a big Princes company in Saudi Arabia Rs. 20000 pm (+ free
housing, transport) + Moonlighting Home tuitions in Saudi Arabia Rs.20000 pm.
(converted from SAR)
1999 Consultant in Private IT company in India Rs. 10000 pm.
2000 Sr IT Consultant to a big bank in Singapore Rs. 1.5 lakhs pm. (converted from
SGD)
2002 Sr IT Consultant to a big bank in Switzerland Rs. 8.5 lakhs pm (converted
from CHF)
2004 Sr IT Consultant to a big bank in Australia Rs. 3 lakhs pm (converted from
AUD).
2010 Sr Project Manager for a big IT company in India Rs.1.3 lakhs pm.
2015 Ownership role in an IT start up Rs. Zero per month
Just Graduate in Science - Total educational expenses - Rs.3000 (lkg to BSc.)

SougataPal,HavereceivedSalariesinINR/Euro/Rand/SGD/Roubles
WrittenJan13
Must say while writing this answer, am really ashamed at looking my current salary
even after 10 years work experience but am still writing it down here.
1. Occupation - Technically currently i am JOBLESS. I just left India and moved to

Russia due to my marriage with my Russian GF. But i am doing some FREELANCING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT activities.
2. First salary, year - First Salary was 1.8 LPA as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in
Reliance Infocomm (currently know as Reliance Communications) in 2004. Joined
August 2004 and worked till November, 2006.
3. Present salary, year - As mentioned above Technically am JOBLESS due to me

moving to Moscow post my marriage. In that sense my last salary till Sept, 2016 was
9.75 LPA only. I was working as an Assistant Manager in a small Intellectual Property
(IP) Consulting company in Delhi. Doing some FREELANCING work now and earning
very little around 20,000 Roubles Per Month.
4. Educational qualications - Master of Science in Mobile Communications

Engineering from Telecom ParisTech, France.
5. Job Locations: India, France, Spain, South Africa, Singapore, Russia
Jobs in chronological order:
1. Graduate Engineering Trainee | Salary: 1.8 LPA INR | 20042005 | Kolkata,

India | Industry - Telecommunication Service Provider
2. Telecommunication Engineer | Salary: 2.75 LPA INR (Increase in salary after

completion of my Probation Period after 1 year) | 20052006 | Kolkata, India |
Industry - Telecommunication Service Provider
3. Resigned from my job in 2006 and left India for France to pursue my MS
in Sept, 2007
4. MS Thesis Intern | Salary: 1100 Euros PM | June, 2008Dec, 2008 | Paris,

France | Industry - Telecommunication Service Provider
5. Post MS, returned back to India in 2009 but i was keen to move back to
Europe. Got the opportunity in Barcelona to work in a University as a
Researcher
6. Research Associate | Salary: 1000 Euros PM | Dec, 2009Feb, 2013 |
Barcelona, Spain | University Researcher
7. Left Barcelona and moved to South Africa in Feb, 2013
8. Research Associate | Salary: 6500 Rands PM | Feb, 2013Dec, 2013 | Pretoria,

South Africa | University Researcher
9. Moved back to India again in Dec, 2013. Got a job in Singapore in May,
2014 and decided to move there.
10. Deputy HOD | Salary: 4200 SGD PM | May, 2014July, 2014 | Singapore |
Industry - Education Management
11. Left the job after 3 months and returned back to India in August, 2014
again with a new job in Intellectual Property Rights in Noida.
12. Senior Research Associate | Salary: 8 LPA INR | Aug, 2014Dec, 2014 | Noida,
India | Industry - Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
13. Firm got shut down within 6 months of my joining. One of the partner
opened another rm and asked me to join with him which i did.
14. Assistant Manager | Salary: 9.75 LPA INR | Jan, 2015Aug, 2016 | New Delhi,
India | Industry - Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
15. Left India in Sept, 2016 for Moscow, Russia. Got married with my
Russian GF.
16. Freelancer (Business Development) | Salary: 20,000 Roubles per month | Oct,
2016Till now | Moscow, Russia | Industry - Education
Anonymous
UpdatedNov2
I began my career in a call center with Microland, right after BTech. Got Rs. 10k for
working the graveyard shift from 12AM to 7:30AM.
After 2 months, I absconded from the job because my throat was paining and my team
lead was not keeping me o calls, I joined a software rm for Rs. 5k.
I then left the job when I got an oer from Wipro - Rs.2.75Lakhs/annum
I and my folks did not own a house; we lived in a rented place back then. When I got a
promotion with a pay hike for Rs. 3.2L/annum, I with all high hopes approached a
bank for a home loan. They turned me down.
My dad was 60 then. I left my job, put all my small savings and dads PF money in
getting a Masters in the US, and took the biggest risk with my parents money. I got a
job here, graduated, broke even on my investments, brought a house and now Im
coming back after 2 yrs. Salary in the US was about $90k give or take. Loan is still
pending but I dont want to be here anymore.
Ill be starting an investment bank here in India at a good position at Rs. 25L/annum.
Enough for me and my folks, I guess.
Note: not a programmer. :)
KaseeSreenivas,TechnoManagementProfessional,SeniorContracts
Engineer,HCCLtd
UpdatedAug26
Salary is just another number to me.
Since one of my favorite writers asked me to answer, Im answering this.
Ok, here it is.
My initial pay when I had just completed my post graduation from NICMAR was
around Rs 5 Lakh per annum.
365 days passed, they gave me a promotion with a pay hike. So, after 1 year of joining,
my pay was around Rs 6 Lakh per annum.
12 more months , they gave me another hike. Now it is around Rs 7 Lakhs per annum
with food, accommodation, travel, medical, insurance etc borne by the company.
Thanks for A2A Anusha Sridharan
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Anonymous
WrittenOct28,2015
First Job
Started working in Aug 2006 as a Claim Processor (BPO)
First Month Salary Rs.6697/-
Last drawn salary while leaving company in Aug 2009 was Rs.14500/-

Second Job
Worked as a Business Analyst (IT)
Last drawn salary while leaving company in Aug 2015 was Rs.65000/-

Third Job
Working as a Product Owner (IT)

Education - Page on b.com '

Education Expenditure
Till SSC - Free (Government School, Kannada Medium) 1998
HSC Rs.1600 (Government College) 2000
Graduation Rs.3000 (Only University Exam fees, college fee was waived o due to
lack of students) 2003
ShankarPandala,ExpertnaurkriprofileandCVmaker
WrittenSep11
~1300%
Occupation- Rotoscope artist, Financial Analyst, Analytics Associate
First Salary- Roto Artist, Primefocus, Mumbai, 2010 Rs 5000/- per month
Resigned and joined MBA in nance 201113 and joined a mortgage company 2013
2015
Changed my career to data analytics
Present salary: Analytics Associate, 8.45 Lakh per annum
Education: BE/ MBA

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NisharSunkesala,Master'sfromSriVenkateswaraUniversity(2006)
WrittenDec19
First Job
Occupation - Customer Support Ocer
Salary - 0.96 Lakhs PA
Year - 2006
Second Job
Occupation - Technical Support Engineer
Year - 2006
Third Job
Occupation - System Administrator
Year - 2007
Fourth Job
Occupation - Senior System Administrator
Salary - 11.7 Lakhs PA (CTC) and 1 Lakh (Allowances) --> Total = 12.7 Lakhs PA
Year - 2016
Education Qualication: MCA
My salary is not the best in the market for the technology which I am working now.
Many people with more experience are earning less than what am earning. Be patient
and have positive attitude. Don't forget to follow your dreams, you will become
APJ Abdul Kalam one day!
TanmaySingh,PM@NooraHealth,PublicHealthProfessional,Dentist,
Fanaticgamer,
WrittenJul22,2016
Year: 2012
My rst salary: Rs 5000, in hand salary was around 4000
Qualication: BDS, fresher
Organization: a not for prot
Worked for around two years salary hiked to 15,000 and in hand was around 14000.
Switched career to public health
Pursued MPH and completed it in 2016
I was sitting in my home after that and applied to 500 positions in two month was
totally frustrated not a single call for an interview, thought about was my switch in
career was worth it or not suddenly got selected for interview in an org in Bangalore.
Cleared it
Year:2016
Qualication: BDS, MPH, Exp of 2.6 years
Salary: 85ooo INR (have yet to get in hand)
Organization: a not for prot
Lesson learnt even if you get many opportunities or just one it doesnt matters, what
matters is what you do with that opportunity and how much you are willing to win
it..
:)
Anonymous
WrittenDec3
1. Software engineer. (Development, QA, Systems, Testing, Tools engineer etc.)
2. Rs 20,000/month as intern (before graduation) and December 2008
Rs. 6.25 lakhs per annum (full time, after graduation), July 2009
3. $300,000/annum ~= Rs. 2 crore per annum, Dec. 2016.
4. BE- Computer Science and Engineering.
Thats 32X in 7 years, starting at not so low.
Caveats:
The gures are Gross income before tax.
Also, (2) was in Bangalore and taxes were ~33% for my slab and living
expenses ~Rs. 1,00,000/annum while (3) in USA where taxes are 44% for my
slab and living expenses are ~$50,000 per annum.
Anonymous
UpdatedJul15,2016
First : (Year 2013)

Qualication : 11th - 12th summer vacation
Joined freelancer - Income : 1,55,000
Stopped freelancin till April 2014
Second Phase : (Year 2014, April)

Started working with a company as freelancer - Income: 2,40,000
In meantime i joined a private university, B.tech CSE
Second Phase : (Year 2015, 2nd Sem B.tech CSE)

Started working with a company as freelancer - Income: 1,20,000 Till June, 2015
In July 2015, Company oered me salary - My conditions that i won't be disturbed when
i have exams. (Except emergency)
Also, i will be going college regularly.College is from 9AM to 4PM, +2Hours for trac and
others, +Sleep, +Friend & Family :D
Working hours: Undened.

Education qualication : B.Tech - CSE - 3rd Semester (Started)
Occupation : Software Developer and So called CTO of a Startup
Income : 7.2 Lakhs Per Annum + Share in Product Sale
Income increased to : 20 Lakhs PA in July 2016
Qualication : started 5th semester
Personally, I still try to give 3-4 Hours a day to books and personal stu, Money i use
for experimenting with electronics.
Anonymous
WrittenMay27,2016
It is approx 6 times. (5.95) :) :)
package (per annum) : 5,00,000/84,000 = 5.95
I am a software engineer. I have done MCA (Masters in computer applications). I am

giving the detail of in hand and committed both. Deductions like security amount
and variable scheme were made.
FIRST JOB : software engineer
COMMITTED: 7000 INR
In-Hand: 6,200 INR (800 for security deposits)
Increment after 6th month 1,500 INR
Worked for total 10 months then left and just after one day the company went down.
:D :D :D
SECOND JOB: software engineer
COMMITTED: 12,000 INR
In-Hand: 12,000 INR (No deductions, very loyal person)
Worked for total 10 month after that they left me. :D :D :D FIRED. In some days this
company also went down. for more about my ring please go through the link
Anonymous' answer to How does it feel to get red from your job suddenly?
Third job in MNC
THIRD JOB: software engineer
COMMITTED: 41,666 INR (Package based 5 lakh)
In-Hand: 30,063 INR (deductions relating pf, gratuity etc)
hopefully working with this one from last 2 years and 2 months.
MayankSharma,TechnicalWriteratPeerbitsSolution(2016present)
WrittenTue
1. Occupation: A writer, poet, novelist, blogger

2. First salary, year: My rst job was in 2007 (after clearing 12th) as a counter
salesman at a gift shop. Used to earn INR 1500 a month + part time theatre making
INR 200 a day on an average.
3. Present salary, year: Two published novels (earning through just one, second on
hold), freelance writer, lyricist and script writer, and translator (Eng to Hindi vice-
versa) Earning close to INR 1.25 a month.
4. Educational qualications: A commerce Graduate.
Just want to share, stick to your passion. No matter what you do or where you are,
believe in self that someday youll make things work according to your wish.
One of my Quote says, Keep Patience even time needs time.
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Anonymous
WrittenMar22,2016
Age: 30
Job experiences are in dierent countries, salaries converted to USD to make it easier
to compare.
2100% increase
1st job in 2005: Warehouse operative . Monthly Salary: $150.
Current job: Salesforce admin. Monthly Salary: $3200
Education: currently in the nal year, undergraduate design+business.
SilviaBranco,studiedatFaculdadedeCinciasSociaiseHumanasda
UniversidadeNovaDeLisboa
WrittenMar30,2016
1. Dierent occupations, from fast-food employee, call center worker,
receptionist, army sargeant, administrative assistant, assistant researcher to
housekeeper/hotel assistant.
2. First jobs - call centers, fast food, etc (around 1998, 99, etc): 300 or so.
Receptionist (2001-2004) around 400 ; army sargeant: from 300 (2004)
up to 1200 (2010).
3. After that 2011 until now, it was very on ups and downs regarding salaries.
(As an assistant researcher i had a schollarship which basically allowed me to
pay the basics, housing, food, etc. As a housekeeper i worked in Norway so it
was around 1000 after taxes per month. Presently i am again close to the
end of a contract which means zero income (no unemployment benets).
4. Educational qualications: Bachelor in Geography and Regional Planning.

Anonymous
WrittenJul23,2016
Graduation Year 2014, from one of the top Engineering collage of Telangana,to be
specic in Hyderabad
May 2014: Placed in one of the top MNC as a Asst. Software Engineer through campus
placement , salary Rs 25000, Didn't Join
May-Dec 2014: Preparing for Govt. Jobs
Dec 2014: Attended an interview for Apprentice Trainee in one of the PSU
Feb 2015: Joined as Appreciate trainee , Salary/stipend Rs 5000/-
1 Apr 2015 : Got selected as PO/Management Trainee in one of the Public Sector Bank
May 2015: Salary/Stipend hiked by 40% I.e Rs 7000 for Apprentice Trainee
July 2015: Attended interview/Documents verication for Indian Railways and one of
the Navratna PSU
17 August 2015: Joined Public Sector Bank , Salary Rs 41000 Gross (Rs 34500 In hand
)
02 November 2015 : Resigned from Public Sector Bank as I got some better
opportunity.
14 December 2015 : Date of joining for both Jr. Engineer in Indian Railways and a
Executive Trainee in Navratna PSU
JE 4200 Grade pay, Gross salary would have been 40k and in hand 30k
I chose to join Navratna PSU with a CTC of 7.2Lacs/annum during training then
Approx 9.4 LPA after one year of training and awaiting PSU Pay commission pay
revision in 2017.
Feb 2015: 60000PA
Dec 2015: 7.2LPA
Hike : 1100%
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have been with me
thought out my dicult phase thanks for all the help and encouragement.
AbhiniveshArora,CommodityTraderatStockMarkets(2013present)
WrittenJan13
My Salary became Rs.40,000/month to Zero (Now)
My passive Earning became Rs.4000/month to Rs.4,00,000/month (Average)
I graduated in 2013 and started the career as a software engineer in Bengluru and was
getting salary 40,000 per month plus I was just beginner in stock market making 2k-
4k as passive income by technically analyzing stocks myself,It was a learning phase
towards my goal . I started actively trading stock futures and options somewhere in
2014.
My starting salary package was Rs 4,80,000. By the beginning of 2014, I had already
made Rs 6,00,000 by trading futures and options in stock market. I was on 7th
heaven. Imagine a guy in his starting of his career doubling his salary in just one year
by trading in stock markets. It was encouraging and fuel my passion towards stock
market. I do sometime make mistake and loss money but I am very disciplined when
it comes to stock market .I learned from my mistakes there was a day when I feel
broke after booking loss but then I started trading again after 1 month and not
only recovered my loss in about 4 months but earned a lot more money after
that. I have developed my own strategy . I 2016 I started commodities trading
extensively and it still continue giving me positive result on average. My family think
I am still doing my day job in IT. I left Bengluru in Oct 2016 and came to Mumbai
bought a Posh apartment for myself living there now with my pet dog Buddy. I have
no other source of money than stock market though I have earned enough to start
something in other sectors of business. I never risk that fund. I do earn 5 times more
than most of my friends in IT companies in Bangalore or abroad.
The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary.
If you dont mind being wrong on the way to being right youre gonna learn alot!
ShalveMohile,ElectricalEngineerbyProfession,CuriousKidatheart
UpdatedOct21,2015
Here are my details
1st job year -1 2013-2014:
1.8 LPA ctc ,12254 In hand
1st Job year-2 2014-2015:
3 LPA ctc, 22843 In hand
2nd Job year-3,2015- Present
4.75 LPA ctc, 33713 In hand
Qualication : B.E (Electrical)
www.facebook.com/f4electricals
Anonymous
WrittenOct24
1. HR/Rewards Analyst
2. 32.000,- DKK pr. month (~4.700 USD) - January 2014
3. 47.300,- DKK pr. month (~6.900 USD) - October 2016
4. Bachelor in general business administration, M.sc . in strategy,

organisation and leadership
So just about a 50% increase.
Edit: Wrong starting year

MayurJoshi,worksatForbesMarshall
WrittenNov12,2015
Hii Chi.
This Q. little bit goes into personal.
I was project engineer with Reliance industries before joining MTech in Indians one
of the premier institutes.'
After my BTech my career path went in this way:
Mgmt Trainee
Forbes Marshall.....(2013)
CTC: 4.6 lakhs
Project Engineer:
Reliance Petrochemicals (2014.)
CTC : 6.00 lakhs...
So in two years I got 50,000 salary.
But you have to be the student of one of premier colleges of India.
Master of Technology
(Powder Metallurgy).....
You can predict now.
Yippeeee..............
Have a great time.
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Anonymous
WrittenNov8
Education - Diploma in computer engineer(10+3)
current role Prole - Directory of Technology / Principal Cloud Architect
First Company -Top Indian MNC (5 years)
201011 :9K per month - Non technical executive role
201112 :11K per month - Non technical executive role - however learnt a lot of
technologies , like really lot for a 12 year exp
201213 : 23K+5K per month - Made internal movement(all because of learning last
year)Fantastic technical role in one of the best division of company
201314 : 7LPA Salary + 5-kL for international travels + 3L (Authored a book)
1st Job change - Top Product company of the world, dream company
Role - Consultant /Architect
2014- 15 : 16LPA
2nd Job Change - Startup
Role - Directory of Technology / Principal Architect
201617 : 30LPA Salary + 20+ Bonus etc.
Will update how i made through if this get upvotes.
P.S , I will be 24 next month :)

Anonymous
UpdatedJan19
2011 - Got placed in TCS as a fresher - 3.16 L
Trained in Linux, Networking and got a ample knowledge on Linux and Networking
topics.
After 3 months training, I wanted to be in Networking or Linux projects, but I was

forced work in Monitoring.
2012 - Learned Monitoring tools and learned Java on my own in free time and did lots
of Automation using unix scripts. But got C Band and my seniors got higher ratings
only because of they were seniors.
2012 - Salary incremented to 3.84L
2013 - No work in my project, asked release but they refused to release me and forced
to work in crap monitoring project. I was enjoying the free time in oce and got
addicted to facebook and games.
2013 - Same rating and Salary incremented to 4.2L per annum
2014 - No Updates - I was still in same position - Forgot Java, Linux, Networking. Only
had some knowledge in useless Monitoring tools. I was more addicted to facebook,
movies etc..
2014 - Same rating and Salary got incremented to 5L per annum.
2015 - But I was still spending my time in Monitoring and begging for the release.
Started looking for the opportunities outside and companies were not accepting me
because of my poor knowledge in Java or Unix or Networking since I didnt have any
hands-on experience.
2015 - Same Rating and Salary got incremented to 5.5 L per annum.
Mid-2015 - Got introduced to Quora by one of my friend. Addicted to it and I was

reading the topics about Emerging technologies to learn and then many suggested
the terms Big-Data, Hadoop, Data Analytics.
Refreshed my knowledge in Java, Started learning Hadoop using Youtube Videos,

blogs and using Hadoop defenitive guide book. And started attending small
companies for BigData interviews. Got rejected many times, Everytime I rejected, I
used to record the conversation and prepare well for the next interviews.
At last, in December, Cognizant Hired me with 80% Salary Hike.
2016 to today - My Salary is 10L per Annum. Enjoying my work.. Received many
appreciation from clients as well as from my manager.
2017 - Waiting for the Hike and hoping to get the good rating. :)
Edit: Many are asked about how I learned Hadoop and prepared for Interviews..
First, Understand the Google File System and Mapreduce Concepts. Go through the
below two Research papers published by Google.
The Google File System
Google Research Publication: MapReduce
And brush up your Java Skills or learn it if you dont know Java. If you learn Java, you
can learn any programming languages in the world. :) Core Java is enough.
Buy Java - The Complete Reference 9th Edition (English, Paperback, Herbert Schild
Book
Java Programming Tutorial
Learn SQL from W3Schools site. Its very Simple..
For Hadoop, Hive and Pig
Hadoop Tutorial
Buy Hadoop: The Denitive Guide Book
Then Join Edureka - If still not condent about your Hadoop Knowledge. Gather your
friends and pay for the course. Share the Course fee. I think Hadoop course in edureka
around 20k. 3 people can share it and learn.
Then check with any of your friends who working in BigData projects. Ask them about
their project experiance, Real time scenarios. Update the Same in your resume. Make
sure that you should be condence about your Hadoop knowledge.
Atten Interviews, Dont get upset if you get rejected. you can collect questions from
those and nd the answers or get help from your friends and get the answers.
Meanwhile practice your self. Download datasets from various sites and practice.
All the best :)

JayPatel,Ithinkaboutthings
UpdatedDec24
I am lucky if you see my transition
1. Job:- Door to Door Insurance Sales

2. First Salary - Rs 1500/- (for 2 months since I was terrible in it)
1. Job :- Content Writing for Ecommerce product

2. First Salary - Rs 11,000 /- (for 1 month)

1. Job:- Software Developer
2. First Salary- Rs 20,000/- pm

Qualication- B.E in Electronics
All this happened in past 2 years. More to grow. ;)
*Edit*
1. Job : Part time liquor store.
2. First Salary : $285 for a week.! ( That's greater than a software developer in India)
Will keep updating!

Anonymous
WrittenOct10,2015
Occupation: A ceramic engineer

First salary, 2012 : 3.2 lpa per annum
Present salary, 2015 : 7 lpa per annum
educational qualications : B.Tech, Ceramic Engineering.
Yes, I am grossly underpaid. But I like my work though.
Anonymous
WrittenDec29
Occupation: Sales Professional
First salary ,Year 2006 : Rs 3000/- + Monthly Incentives ( If target was not achieved
in that particular month L.O.P for Rs.500/-,though it never happened in my case)
Second Salary ,Year 2010 : Rs.18500/- monthly + Quaterly Incentive 10 k on target

achievement
Third Salary, Year 2013 : Rs. 22000/- monthly
Fourth Salary Year 2014 : Rs.50000/- monthly
Fifth Salary, Year 2016 : Rs.72000/- monthly + Incentives minimum 20 k a month
Educational Qualication : MSc. Biotechnology
Ill add my age as well : 34 yrs.I believe its not what should i be getting at this
Age,though i am happy and trying to achieve my goal of Salary of 1 lac a month
Yeah ! I gonna do it
SudhirSafi,Accountantbyprofessionthinkingtobecomeaparttime
writer)
WrittenMar21,2016
1st job part time during my graduation B.com 2011-12 as Broadband
maintenance team on site Rs 5000.
2nd job after my graduation full time from Dec-2013 to Nov-2015 as Senior
accounts assistant in MNC 10k till April-2014 then 13k PM
3rd job from Nov-15 as Senior Accountant salary 34k PM.
Qualications: B.com(accountancy).
Happy with where i am today but by heart i don't love my self living a monotonus life
as an accountant.
InshaAllah after all my nancial problems solved i will do something more creative.
Anonymous
WrittenOct15
Occupation : Frontend Lead Engineer
Qualication : B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering (Tier 3 college)
First Salary : 3.6 LPA - 2014
First Job :
Designation : Web developer
Company : StartUp (Gurgaon)
Year : June 2014
Salary : 3.6 LPA
Second Job
Designation : Web developer
Company : Product based rm (Gurgaon)
Year : October 2014
Salary : 5 LPA
No hike 2015 - Company issues
January 2016 : Special Hike - 80% ( From 5 LPA to 9 LPA )
August 2016 : Hike 100% (From 9 LPA to 18 LPA)
Designation : FrontEnd Lead Engineer
Present Salary : 18 LPA - 2016
Got lot of oers from 19 - 24 LPA but I wont run behind money. As I said in 2015 there
is no hike for me I almost waited 16 months for hike. Money will come automatically.
Just work with #Passion #Innovation #Out of box
RiturajMishra,Capturingyouremotions
WrittenJul29
Isn't life to surprising?
I got Rs.200 as my rst salary.Not in 19's era,But in 2015.
I am a freelancer photographer and always had a passion to click.Click whatever

comes smiling in front of me.I just can't resist myself from talking pictures.I really
love it.
I remember i got my rst paid job for Rs.200 per day.No no....it wasn't a 30days
work rather it was just a day or two. I never ignored any projects.Don't know why! But
something kept me going and i always took the projects even if it was a loss to me.
Then came a friend who knew a friend who knew a friend.......
I got myself connected with agency who was responsible for FAASOS(Food delivery
chain) food photography and i happily did the assignemnts.
My salary at this point of time was around Rs.800Rs.1500 per shoot.Was better
than previous one but considering the travel factor in a city like Bangalore,i only
saved Rs.300 to Rs.500 a day.Worked on assignments for around 3 months and had
saved Rs.7000 by the end.
Got a gift for mom and dad! (Those feelings were priceless)
Now exactly a year after i began my journey, i am earning 60k to 100k a month.My
hard work didn't go wasted. Here are some of my work:
Rest photos if you wish you can see on my Instagram page: Rituraj_insta
All happened due to God's grace.
I just wish to tell you one thing.....
"A job how small it may be,if it's your passion,gives you enough joy that will
make you last another week."
P.S. I am a law student.Currently in Third year.Bangalore!
SaiSivaKumar,studiedatAnnaUniversity
WrittenDec28
1. Occupation : System Administrator

2. First salary, year : 96,000/anum, Joined on 13 Apr 2013. Monthly take home salary
was 8000/-
Started my career as a Junior System Administrator in Hyderabad at a Middle level

company and now I am in the same company with a package of 6L/anum.
3. Present salary, year : 6,00,000 /anum, Monthly take home salary : 43749/-
4. Educational qualications BE
When i started my career with my current company, most of my friends are joined in
top MNCs with a starting pay of 5 digits around 1825k. Now they all are getting
around 4.5L/anum. Now i hold US visa, saudi Visa and an excellent package.
Thanks
Anonymous
WrittenOct21,2015
2010 - Maintenance Engineer, Hi-Tech Arai Limited.
Salary - Rs 7000/- per month.
Qualication - B.E(Automobile Engineering)
Quit the job in two months. (I dint enjoy the job)
2012 - May - ASE (CTS)

Salary - Rs 20000/- per month.
Qualication - M.E (Manufacturing Systems and Management).
Quit the job in one month. (I dint enjoy the job)
2012 - July to 2013-Decemeber - Assistant Professor at SASTRA University

Last drawn salary - 42000/- per month.
Qualication - M.E (Manufacturing Systems and Management).
Enjoyed the job.. I found that this is the most suitable job for me.
But, quit the job in Dec 2013, to pursue PhD.
2014 Jan to till date - PhD scholar in IIT.

Salary - Rs25000/- per month.
Even though the salary is lesser than the previous job, am enjoying the life here.
Happiness and Success cant be measured with salary.

Anonymous
UpdatedJan4
Going anonymous as I have quite a bit of following here on quora:
Education: B.E from top 10 college in India (State Rank #12)
First Job: software services company
Year: 20062010
Designation: Software Engineer
First month salary: INR 11,312 (2.1 Lakhs Per Annum)
MBA from a Top 10 college in India.
Second Job: Manufacturing (Industry)
Year: 201214
Designation: Manager
Salary: 13.8 LPA (90k per month)
Third Job: Consulting
Year:2014-Present
Designation: Business Consultant
Salary: 28 LPA + around 12 Lakhs per year (from onsite projects) (1.5 - 3 Lakhs per
month)
Am I happy? Yes. I would lie if I say there is no peer pressure to earn more and more,
having passed out from Top 10 colleges in both UG and PG. My humble background
lets me appreciate the progress I have made so far. To give you all a perspective both
my grandpas are farmers, both my dad and mom are school teachers and I studied in
a tier 3 town. Not writing this to boast but when I started the career I used to travel to
oce using government bus, now I drive an Audi A4.
Edit:
Adding some pointers that helped me so far
1. Hunger to learn more
2. Enjoy the current job however frustrating it may be (Never get bogged down
as it would only reduce energy to hunt a new job - A good job hunting,
preparation require a peace of mind
3. In case the current job is becoming mundane, repetitive, less challenging.

Time to move on
4. Biggest of all - Networking- I repeat- Networking. Most of the job postings get
lled, before even reaching the job portals, through internal referrals.
Keeping a good rapport and connecting with your school, college mates,
seniors makes a lot of dierence.
Thanks for reading. All the best.

Anonymous
WrittenJul14,2016
Frontend Engineer, B.E. (CSE, 2012 graduate)
First Salary - 250 INR - Freelancing (2009, during college days)
First Corporate Salary - 18000 INR (2012)
Left the company in between the training period, did freelancing for a year, made
over 10L in the rst year. (2013 - 2014)
Started a company with a friend of mine, shut it down after a year. (2014 - 2015) - went
in loss
Joined a startup in 2015, salary - 67K / month (after deductions)
Joined another startup in 2016 (current job), salary - 1L / month (before deductions)
% increase from rst corporate salary till today 555.55% (this might go down if taxes
are deducted from the current salary, which I havent accounted for)
Anonymous
UpdatedOct4
Occupation: Started o as a software engineer. Got into the entrepreneurship

bandwagon. Currently owning two companies. Part of service industry as well as
manufacturing health care products.
Education : Post graduate in computers.
Starting salary: Rs.3000/month (2001). Then to 4.25 CTC (2003). Doubled to a

CTC of 9.5 (2009). Started o business ventures.
Current salary : Now having multiple income from dierent business ventures.
Not sure about the real worth of companies.
Now the story line
I guess I've taken a slightly dierent path than most of the people around here.
I did a post graduation in computers. I unked it and was in the league of least 10% of
sixty students from a famous university.
2001 Dec - 2002 June
An intern with no salary working on simple MS Visual Basic applications. A time of

regret for not performing well during post graduation.
2002 July - 2002 Nov
Software Developer earning Rs.3000/- per month which too they never paid on time.
Left this job when it was too poisoning.
1 month I worked for a tele-marketing company for a daily wages of Rs.500/-
thru an event management rm. I bought a jeans for Rs.390/- and bought my self a
chicken Biriyani after the rst day of work. It was very satisfying. The food tasted so
good. My boss was very happy about my work. I was happy too because it paid me
money for having proper food. My boss hugged me once and said she had never met
someone like me. She was very uncomfortable as I was over qualied for the job. I had
not told them about my educational background as I wanted to earn. Later, after
joining I had to tell them. But it helped me to realise I was dierent. I was welcomed
at their home. Her family helped me out when I started a venture later.
3 months worked as a project co-ordinator for computer science students for

their semester projects for a famous IT training institute in Bangalore. Handling
8 small projects but earning for a bare minimum living. Had to ght with the
owner of the company as he was not keen in giving me salary. Finally after
helping the students nishing with their projects, I left the job. Two of them
spoke to their parents and they gifted me Rs.5000/-.
I promised myself I would never work for a small place. I had no clue on how to
handle the situation as I was jobless.
I was praying for a good job. After 9/11 & dot com burst world was still in a shock and
Bangalore had very less chances for less experienced.
I was very unlucky too
I managed all rounds of interviews for a famous IT company thru an employee

referral scheme. But because of linguistical favouritism, the recruiting manager gave
opportunity to someone else. I came to know it thru the HR itself. I went to collect
oer letter that day, where the HR itself was found upset over the issue as they had
given a verbal conrmation including CTC. I just came out of that place and walked
till the place of my stay (approx 10 km) because I had nothing else to do. I reached my
place very tired and slept. Didn't eat for a day.
Another time, my college mates managed an opportunity with a company where

there was a requirement for 4 people. They couldn't reach me on time as mobiles were
not so common those days. All the three of them got thru.
I was loosing hope.
I was trying hard for interviews and nally Gods grace, managed it at Dell.
2003 Dell - CTC of 4.25. My parents cried when they heard the news. My grandma was
overjoyed. I was relaxed. Slept well.
2005 - Saved around 5 lakhs and started a side business and worked on it in the
evenings and weekends.
2006 - business started returning the eort. Earned around 12 lakhs per year
from my venture and 6 lakhs from Dell.
2008 - left the venture due to partnership issues.
2009 - joined Sun micro systems. CTC 9.5 lakhs
2009 - started o another business venture while working at Sun. Invested 30

lakhs taking personal loans and managing from savings. I used to shiver in fear
because the amount was so huge for me. Everyone around me wanted me to buy
a home and I was like putting all that I've into a business.
Worked day & night. My days used to start at 7am at the oce. I was awarded multiple
times for performance. Business ourished. Used to go home only for sleeping. Got
married and had our rst baby too.
2010 - Rejected oers to travel abroad and decided to stay back in India for
growing the businesses venture. Refused to travel after getting a US visa :). Yes I did
that. In 2001, I wanted to work abroad so badly. I used to go near departure of
Bangalore airport (currently HAL airport) to see people travelling.
2010 - Left IT industry after a role change. I was unable to manage both job and the
business venture.
2011 - Bought 50% partnership in a rm which required investment. Investment
amount was 20 lakhs. My other venture was still growing but I was taking a salary of
only 50k per month.
So a dip in monthly income but my capital left to grow at a good pace.
It was tough to meet household expenses during starting of these years. People
around me started feeling unhappy about me leaving the IT industry. I had a hard
time convincing everyone.
2012 - 2015
Great three years. God is so great. God provides me with everything I need.
I decided I would please my family too.
Bought our rst Merc. An upgrade from a very noble car. Bought a house for
ourselves. An upgrade from a rented house.
I'm happy to contribute to my society too. I found that to be more satisfying than
earning money. Did help individuals for food, medical expenses and education.
Helped in revival of a Christian institution. They are able to sustain themselves now.
Yes, our nancial help is getting multiplied for people unknown to me. It is known to
very less people.
I couldn write this without tears. Now I work hard to sustain the growth. It's really
tough. I really wish if I had not spent too much raising the standard of my life style.
I never feel bad for those days for working hard towards saving money. We used to
avoid travel. No hotel visits. No vacations. It is all paid back.
I have watched the movie the pursuits of happiness over 10 times. I can easily relate
myself to it. I cry watching it every time.
I'm almost 40 now. Because of the lifestyle I feel old. Became more of a spiritual
person because everything happened in my life was beyond my imagination. I'm not
tired. Currently working on 5 start up ideas. Hope atleast one will get to launch.
Above all I'm sure God loves me as His child.

AnkitGade,SoftwareDeveloper
WrittenDec22
1800% Hike from First Salary.
1. Occupation: Software Developer & Blogger.
2. First Salary: 1.2 Lac/annum
3. Present Salary: 21.6 Lac/annum
4. Educational qualications: B.E. Computer Science ( Nagpur University )
To be honest about educational qualications, it is merely an piece of paper called

degree. True knowledge can be gained from anywhere and anytime.
I am earning about 3035% of current income from products developed by me in my

free time apart from my regular job, so if you are really working from perspective of
learning; earning is not that much tough thing to achieve.
Best Luck!
SiddellBloodsaw,PresalesEngineer(2016present)
WrittenJan4
1 . Presales Engineer
2. 15000/ year 20132014
3. 65000/year 2016
4. 1st class degree in Articial Intelligence with Cybernetics with a year in Industry
333% increase. :)
the rst job i did, i was a intern in digital marketing. my present job is the above for a
software vendor in the uk.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct19,2015
Occupation : Vice President - Administration
First Salary : Rs 1800 P.A. (1981) - Worked as a Clerk in a small rm.
Current Salary : Rs 63,53,000 (inclusive of Bonuses) P.A. (2014)
Educational Qualication : Instrument Mechanic (ITI)

I also failed twice in my year 10 examinations.
Well, I am writing this answer primarily to convey, you need to stop regretting
about the mistakes in your past and keeping moving forward. Apart from
hardwork, the desire to succeed is a great thrust.
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Anonymous
UpdatedDec8
Oct 2012 INR 8000 (Techonwire Technical Services)
Oct 2013 INR 23000 (Infosys ) 3.25 lpa
Jan 2016 INR 54000 (XYZ product based company Internship)
Oct 2016 INR 87000 (XYZ product based company Full Time) 12 lpa
(16lpaCTC)
Dec 2016 INR 97000 (Approx monthly 10% increment ) 13.2 lpa
My rst company was Techonwire technical services which was a Windows,Linux

tech support call centre service for international clients from US,Europe. It looks like
it is non existent now but here are the traces of it i found on justdial. #Nostalgic
Techonwire Technical Services Pvt Ltd * International Call Centre in Ameerpet,

Hyderabad - Justdial)
* +(91)-40-64638988 * Flat No 603, Adiya Trade Center, Ameerpet, Hyderabad -
500016, Near Satyam Theatre Road (Map)
My second company was Infosys where i was placed as a Systems Engineer during my
nal year of BTECH after which my date of joining was delayed by almost 13 months,
Even after excellent performance in fast track batch of training, i was forced to be on
bench for 45 months.
My third company was XYZ,
you can literally replace XYZ by any of the product based companies such as
Oracle,Microsoft,Visa,Cisco,Juniper,Arista,Avaya,HP,NetApp,EMC2,Codenation,JP
Morgan,SAP Lab.
List is really endless. Almost all of these oer stipend of approx 25k50k monthly
during internship and oer salary 1015LPA or 80k100k monthly salary during Full
time employment.
Edit#1:
So how did i move from service based company to product based company?
Short answer: MTECH from a top tier institute!
Which College: IITs, NITs, BITSs, IIITs, DTU, NSIT, COEP, UOH!
Edit#2:
Got 10% increment
Apology for not revealing the identity, hence providing generic answers.
Anonymous
WrittenDec25
Occupation: So called Entrepreneur
First salary: INR 17,000 (Apr 2015 - Nov 2015)
Second salary: INR 20,000 (Nov 2015 - June 2016)
Third salary: INR 46,000 (Sep 2016 - Dec 2016)
Current salary: INR 0
*I run couple of startups. Though I dont draw any ocial salary, but the revenue is in
$xxxxx
Educational qualication: B.Tech in Information Technology (2015 Batch)
Anonymous
WrittenNov11
1. Occupation: Web application developer
2. First salary, year: 2,500 INR, 2010
3. Present salary, year: 55,000 INR, 2016
4. Education Qualication: B.Tech (CSIT)
Change in salary from rst job to present : 2200% in 6 years
First job: Medical Transcription company (2500 INR, 2010)
Second job: Startup, Web Designing company (7500 INR, 2011)
Third job: Startup, Web Development company (22,000 INR, 2012)
Fourth job: Startup, Service Based company (55,000 INR, 2014-present)
Anonymous
WrittenOct26
passed out b.com in 2010
joined shipping back-end in 2011 for 1.9 LPA
joined another shipping back-end job in 2013 for 2.47 LPA
2016 = Jobless.
moral of the story - never join a job just for sake of joining,especially in shipping
sector specically back-end process, life will be ruined.
Anonymous
WrittenJul8,2016
Well I graduated in 2014, Engineering stream. I choose to stay in my hometown A tier-

2 city.
2014: Joined a SME, internship for 6 months Salary: INR 7,500
2014: Internship over, conrmed as a full time employee. Salary : 10,000
2015: First Appraisal cycle, with one year experience Successfully Negotiated a 100%
Hike & promoted as team lead. Salary: 20,000
2016: Now two years experienced, appraisal cycle was just two months away, started
to attend interviews. Got Job oer (6 LPA) . Salary : 45,000
Just after graduating, in a span of 2 years, My salary went from 7500 to 45000. Thats
600%
Not happened because i deserve it, happened because i negotiated it (#copied).
P.S: I work in Software/IT industry. I dont code.
Anonymous
UpdatedSep11
From 3.0 lpa(20K pm in hand) in 2014 to 6.75lpa(46K pm in hand + 50K variable given
at year end) in 2016.
First job - campus placement in Cognizant. - 10000+ employees - Worked from August
2014 to August 2015.
Second job: startup - 10 employees - worked from August 2015 to January 2016.
Third and current job: new big data company with great turnover, work and life
stability. 200+ employees - April 2016 - present.
Education: Bachelor of Computer science from an average college.
Work domain: UI
VageeshaJaajuru,formerMechanicalEngineer(QA/QCoilandGas)at
Applus+VELOSI(20112016)
WrittenOct21,2015
Mechanical Engineer... (July 2011 passed out without placement)
Working in a same company since Oct 2011 Consultancy, testing and certication for
the oil and gas industry - Muscat , Oman as Mechanical Engineer in QA/QC sector (
I'll mention in INR )
2011 to 2012 - 40 k per month.
( No savings for year as i am lived and have been in little expensive city compare to
my salary and Bank loan .. etc.. etc.. )
2012 to 2013 - 48 k per month
( Started to save monthly 20 k / month)
2013 to 2014 - 90 k per month ( Including salary raise + House allowance

+ etc.. etc..)
( Saving 40 k Month)
2014 to present - 1.20 L / per month
( 50 to 60 k per month)
I think, as a fresher starting in abroad made my life better to come out of all my
nancial struggles as i saved more ( No enjoyment , No tax for my money) and career
wise it little risky decision i say.
Now - Planning shift to India and live my life in home country.
Wish me all the best...
Anonymous
WrittenDec4
BE Mechanical Engineering from a very normal college with a fees of 10k INR per
year.
First Job: 15,000 INR(~$225) per month/Software engineer/2003
Current Job: 8,10,000 INR(~$12,000) per month/Analyst/2016
55x increase. I am not proud, I could have done better, I am still growing.
Some details as requested in comments: My scores in my 12th grade were not great
and neither was the nancial background of my family, I had to pick what was
available then at the cheapest price. When I completed my engineering I had oers
from ISRO and a software company. I picked the software company since I wanted the
quickest way to provide more for my family than what interests me.
I got 15,000 INR a month for 6 months for during training. I got a tier 1 raise in salary
which brought my salary to 30,000 INR per month by early 2004- other tiers ranged
from 20 to 30K.
I quit and joined a US based company related to databases at the end of 2004. My
salary increased to around 60,000 INR per month.
I was sent to the US in a month for data warehousing and analytics role which made
my salary in the US at around $80,000 (at that INR conversion rate it was around
3,00,000 INR per month). I got promoted pretty quick, but returned to India to work
to manage their oshore oce in 2010 (My salary was around 2,50,000 per month
then in INR) and then quit again to join another big data related company as an
Architect/Chief Analyst to work on their big data algorithm and develop applications
related to it. I have since grown to have my own team which is a core team in India for
the business that is close to a billion dollars.
As I said, I am not proud, since I am still growing. I lack so many skills and that
prevents me from being entrepreneurial.
Anonymous
UpdatedDec28
1. Occupation: Unpaid Engineer and a failed MBA
2. (Earlier-2014) Placed in a Well known MNC with a package of 2.89lpa.
3. (Present:2016)Digital Marketing Executive within 2 months prole changed

to Senior Executive: SEM 2016 in a start-up with a package of 3.60lpa.
4. Again a change in prole from next year into core team with company
heads.
Education qualications :
(Earlier-2013 B. E(Computer Science) Got placed, then had to leave my job.(2014

2016)Mba from local government college.
Life is unpredictable!
I left my programming job because of some family reasons. Though I regret that
decision now as I could have been pursuing MBA from some good B-School.
From a core programming job I have switched to a very dierent role.
Ps: now I even don't have any perspective in life. Specially when I land up on the same
payscale in two years.
Thank you :)
VikashShukla,BrandManager
WrittenJan4
Occupation: Brand Manager
First Salary: Rs. 6k / month
Present Salary: Rs. 150k / month
Educational Qualication: B.A.,MBA - Marketing and HR
Career Starting Age: 23 years
Present Age : 33 years
Note: I am still underpaid. You may be socked to see but I know what i am since
beginning. I am still waiting for right time. I know what i am, Money is just my need. I
know i am meant for something special yet to come.
Anonymous
WrittenDec19
Year - 2006
1. Occupation - Computer Instructor for MSCIT students
2. Salary - 1500rs per month Timings : 8 to 2
3. Education : diploma computer completed
Year - 2010
1. Occupation - Software Storage QA Engineer
2. Salary - 10,000 per month (on contract)
3. Education : B.Tech
Year - 2011
1. Occupation - Software QA Engineer
2. Salary - 22,000 per month (full time)
Year - 2012
1. Occupation - Software QA Engineer
2. Salary - 27000 per month (full time)
Year - 2013
1. Occupation - Sr. Software QA Engineer
2. Salary - 32000 per month (full time)
Year - 2016
1. Occupation - Independent QA consultant
2. Salary - 2,50,000 per month
3. Education - B.Tech
One day everything make sense.

Anonymous
WrittenDec12
One of the rare cases I think:
Occupation: Software Engineer
1st Salary: 2,15,000 Rs per year. (Outsourcing company)
Transition from Outsourcing/sweatshop engineer to SV engineer. No MS in USA.
Present Salary: 4,15,000 USD per year. (SV company)
Education: BCA computer science, MCA computer science - both India.
SV - Silicon Valley
P.S. And they say H1Bs steal jobs. WTF?
Anonymous
WrittenOct21,2015
B.Tech-2013 . Till 2013 (Zero salary and 4 lakhs loan for my B.Tech).
PhD-2013(july)-2015(july)( 25,000 stipend per month(JRF) cleared loan bought a
laptop&bike with my own money. ) Three research papers.
Present-( 33,600 stipend per month(SRF). To be frank don't know where to
invest this money :P. Just statred exploring the world ). But the satisfection
level is ultimate. I am a graduate from an IIT and Research scholar in IIT.
P.S: Sorry for bring anonymous :P.
Happiness and Success cant be measured with salary.
Anonymous
WrittenDec24
2012: Placed in Cognizant. Put into project as a developer. Doesn't know any coding at
all. Not even the basics if end else.
Salary : 3.3 LPA
2013 April: Was warned by manager of ring. I too know I am not an eligible candidate
to work as a Developer.
2013 June: Was put in Bench. Any time ring possible.
2013 July: Suicidal thoughts. No one knows it. Because of my friend and my love of
my life. Didn't lose hope. One of my friend worked on a BPO. Asked him to refer. He
referred me and that day had a severe cold. So got rejected in that interview.
2013 August: One new project came to Cognizant. First of a kind. Unidata developer.
Worked my ass out in learning. Learnt things.
2014 August: Got promotion
Salary: 5.5 LPA
2016 August: Because of My Manager, Came out. Joined a small company as Unidata
Developer.
Current Salary: 10.5 LPA
ShobhaDeepthiV,FrombeingObsoletetoRelevant
WrittenDec13,2015
OriginallyAnswered:Howmuchhasyoursalaryincreasedfromyourfirstjob?
Your question is incomplete. As it depends on the number of years of experience and
how many job changes you have had. And its never a comparison between rst job
salary and current job. Its always how much is the average salary of a person with n
no. of years of experience and the skill set is getting paid in the market, it should
always be a comparison with respect to your peers and with respect to the market
standards.
To answer your question, in my case not much. I had no house, car or even a two
wheeler but I was damn happy, very ambitious, passionate about future, very
optimistic and hopeful. Thought that I would change the world :-P. Today my salary
really makes no dierence to any of the things I mentioned above. Lets just say my
salary got me a house, car. But future now looks scary though! Sorry for giving you a
discouraging answer or an answer that really does not answer your question. But
that's the ground reality.
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Anonymous
WrittenAug9
1. Occupation
Senior Manager | Product Management
2. First salary, year
2008, 3 lakhs per annum
Until 2011 Dec- salary 3,38,000 per annum
3. Present salary, year
2016, 25 lakhs per annum (so many other benets, Indian Company-not startup)
4. Educational qualications
Simple B Tech from Computer Science [Not from IIT/NIT] and entire life I was an
average student.
Never went onsite/abroad [Not even to Nepal]
All earnings in INR [not calculating my USD to INR]
So what happened in past ~5 years? Answer is realized how important money is in

our life.
I am a certied Ethical Hacker with CEH, CISSP certications. I am a Certied Linux

Professional. I am a certied Cloud Solutions Architect [and few more in pipeline]. I
have knowledge to clear CCNA,CCNP without any prep.
Why anonymous reply?
I dont want to reveal my id/name/cast/religion/race + dont want to reveal my real

identity with salary [against ocial guidelines].
OmkarNathNandi,worksatExtensiveIdeasBestDigitalMarketing
Company@https://extensiveideas.com
WrittenOct13
This post is my lifes shortest story i could write. Its a tribute to Almighty God
and my will power which empowered me to solve my lifes complex and critical
situation and bring some sort of stability in daily life. Do read and comment, i
would need suggestion to improve and friends to be happy.
It all started with the work of Data Entry operator, being good in typing I could get it
while doing my graduation from IGNOU. Earning per month: Rs 5000, it was in 2005.
Completed BA and was by then Microsoft certied. Started working on my small

computer network management and PC selling business earning: Rs 10,000 per
month in 2007
I even received Presidential educational Grant from the Our beloved Late
President Sir Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam awarded me with an educational grant. Now i
think his decision was not all wrong and thats why he is not just human but an angel.
In 2007 began working with another venture made it: Rs 15,000 per month.
At last decided, I will do MBA and joined the same in 2010. I left work for one year
for rst two semesters of my MBA. From 3rd Semester Started working again and
continued MBA with monthly Rs 5000/-.
Received Job oer in 3rd semester by 2011 and package was 1.5 lac. But I left the job
in 2 months as I had to sell specs which I never liked. Although my institute asked me
to sit in more interviews, i never did that. They said I would get at least the double of
the previous oer in next oer. But I dont know why I never did that. Although then I
could have got much-needed relief from a small learning and struggling life.
The funniest thing about my life is, I never had the money even to survive but
wanted to do business. Possibly because I could never access the better school and
college and quality professional degrees to get a good job.
From May 2012 started working full time on my venture. Started paying all my
dues, starting from MBA loan to contributing 2 lac in our at purchase to working up
with my business and fullling many of my family duties and even got married all on
my own earning.
Sponsored Jadavpur Universities National Meet.
Started the post marriage life with a lot of tours. Traveled across 3 Indian states
starting from Tirupati, Varanasi to Sikkim and enjoyed many other small trips in the
1st year of my marriage.
All this was possible due to few rst lessons on digital marketing and search engine
optimization. I cant disclose what I earn and spend, but I am not unhappy.
The biggest thing I could achieve from my venture is supporting my old parents
who need a social support to live more years. My father now 74 years old is in an
advanced stage of Dementia forgets almost everything. My mother almost immobile
due to the advanced stage of arthritis. They both are helpless without me.
There is one more thing I could achieve, and that was a shift from our home to the
new at. The house my father bought was in a place full of criminals. As we used to
live in Odisha, he had no idea about the situation and mistakenly bought the home. It
took me ve years to get a buyer after 165 customers visited our home, who never
bought the home due to severe local inuence. One of my teachers bought it with
strong local hold, and I could get out of that shit of a place.
Stayed in rent for 2.5 years while my at was booked and under construction.
Promoter took three years to complete it, but by then we dont not much to pay for the
Flat. I took another House Building Loan that came purely on my business
transactions record and IT les I maintained for years and direct contributions from
me.
Then due to immense pressure from my parent, family, and society, I decided to
get married. My marriage was a one man arranged marriage. I registered in an online
wedding portal choose my wife and got family clearance to approach her family. After
nalizing on the date of the wedding, I had only seven months time... (more)
DivyakantDipakMishra,studiedatJabalpurEngineeringCollege
WrittenJul26
After Passing BE Civil in 1979 Got the Government Job
As A STA-Senior Technical Assistant in MP Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd ( GOMP

Undertakings)
1st Salary about INR 200=00 Per Month ( Rs Two Hundred Only) In Year 1979 .
Present Salary is about INR 85,000=00 Per Month ( Rs Eighty Five Thousand Only) in
The Water Resources Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Anonymous
WrittenSep27
1st company (2006)
year 1 - INR 210,000
Year 2 - INR 420,000 (100%)
2nd Company (2008)
Year 1 - INR 720,000
year 2 - INR 900,000
3rd Company (2010)
Year 1 - INR 1,000,000
Year 2 - INR 1,100,000
Year 3 - INR 1,300,000
Year 4 - INR 1,500,000
My Start up
Year 1 - LOST INR 1,600,000
Year 2 - LOST INR 1,00,000
Year 2 - yesyou guessed iti am broke and in debt
4th company (started with a relatively small company)
Year 1 - 360,000
So in monetary terms, i have gained 71%. but i have gained immense lessons
throughout my career.
Though its not relevant but still want to put acrossmay be someone might gain from
my experience:
1. Time changesbe it good or badtime denitely changes..
2. save during your most productive daysso that you do not have to depend on
others.
3. learn, and learn a lotknowledge is everything
4. 2 sets of people you will counter, one who do not care about you (by now they
all becomes ex - ex BF/GF, ex boss, ex peer, etc) and others who will support
you for everything (like wife, parents, siblings) - and if you are lucky you will
nd 3rd type of people who are just friends who at the end of a shit day will
stand with you just to show he is with you even if he hated that cig smoke like
anything before.
5. Entrepreneurship is a tough job, have many scaries, but denitely not at the
expense of your near and dear ones. Remember they are also sacricing a lot
which might not be visible to you.
6. plan event in your life before hand. atleast the basic requirements.
7. avoid distractions like extra marital aairs or friendship with benetsmight

hurt someone with genuine intentions. (only reason for going anonymous)
8. Health is wealth - any compromise on this will take you to deep shit.
9. hard work pays.
10. read lots of books. Or choose good topics on quora. Both will have great
impact on your characters.
11. Do not evereverevercompare yourself with others - you are unique and
this itself is a reason for celebrationeven a small celebration like pani poori
championship with your wife :)
Life is a celebrationenjoy every moment of it.
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AshaJoshi,18+Experiencedfreelancermanager
WrittenNov9
OriginallyAnswered:Howmuchhasyoursalaryincreasedfromyourfirstjob?
nally would you like to know about the how to increase you salary naa.. if do you
wanna to increase your pay skill rst you need have some important factors .. they are
update in the technology
perfect management
demand able skill
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Anonymous
WrittenNov7
Around 600% increase in 4 Years.
1. Occupation - SDE (Software Development Engineer)
2. First salary, year - 23,000 INR/Month , 2012
3. Present salary, year - 160000 INR/Month,2016
4. Educational qualications- B.Tech. Electronics From a substandard college in my

hometown in India.
Anonymous
WrittenSat
Passed out Btech in Electrical Engineering from private engineering college in

Kolkata in 2010.
Employed as junior software engineer. 1st salary 3.2lacs p.a.
Left the job in 2012.
Passed out Mtech in Computer Science from IIT bombay after cracking GATE in 2012.
Joining Salary 18.6 lacs p.a.
Left the job in 2014 .
Did MBA from Harvard Business School passed out in 2016.
Current salary $320,000.

Anonymous
WrittenNov2
Im a Software Engineer by Occupation, Got campus placement in TCS while studying

B.Tech in IT from Gujarats premier institute and Started with 3.16 LPA in July, 2013.
After a year I was ranked as high performer and got a generous hike as per TCS
standard, my CTC was 3.65 LPA in July, 2014.
In the annual appraisal in TCS I got the highest A Band and again received
considerable hike, my CTC was 4.11 LPA in March, 2015.
In July, 2015 I completed 2 years at TCS and promoted to Systems Engineer and
received another salary hike at this point my CTC was 4.49 LPA in July, 2015.
I got oer from EMC with almost 75% hike and joined as Consultant with CTC 7.8 LPA
in September, 2015.
Further I received 15% hike with Consistently Exceeding Expectation rating at EMC
and CTC 9.15 LPA in October, 2016.
I would say a person should focus and excel in his/her work and money and
opportunities will follow.
Im leaving up this lucrative job and going to USA for higher studies :)
Anonymous
WrittenJul12,2016
Qualications: Bachelor of Arts.
First Job:
Prole: Teacher at a computer coaching center, 1984.
Salary: Rs 6000/Year
I heard about programming at that time and went to educate myself in computer
programming. I started learning about computers at a Training Center in Kanpur, UP.
After completing the training, I was hired by the same institute for teaching as well,
which enhanced my skills and condence.
First Job as Programmer
Worked as Programmer (1986 to 1988) in a Tannery in Kanpur.
Worked with a Steel Manufacturer as Sr. Manager IS (Oct-1988 to Mar-1995),

Kanpur.
Worked with a Pipe Manufacturer as Sr. Manager IS (Mar-1995 to Mar-1997),

Kanpur.
Joined a Sugar Manufacturer as Manager IT (April 1997 Jan 2008), Meerut. Stayed
with the same company, learnt SAP, till I got promoted to Additional General
Manager IT and SAP.
Joined another Sugar Manufacturer as Vice President IT and SAP (Jan 2008 May
2012), Noida.
Joined an Infrastructure Company as IT Head(Sr. Vice President) May 2010 Dec

2012, Gurugram.
Last Salary as an Employee- Rs. 42 Lac Per Year.
On January 1st 2013, I started my own company and now have 15 employees on our
Payroll and 10 as Third Party.
Anonymous
WrittenOct19,2015
I've eventually doubled my salary every 2 yrs.
First job, 2011 (software engineer, startup) - 10Lakhs

Second job, 2013 (software engineer, MNC) - 20Lakhs
Third job, 2015 (quant, investment bank) - >40Lakhs
Now, the most important qn - does money buy you happiness? To an extent, you
stop thinking about money and focus on other good things in life. Most of the money
just automatically gets invested via SIPs, without being spent for years. But, it's hard
to say if I'm happier than before, specially with the stress of an investment bank.
Another important qn - have I stopped looking? I remember, during my rst job, I

never proactively looked for a switch (got headhunted). Compare that to me now, I
nd time to network all over to nd more interesting things to do. Perhaps, I'll never
stop looking, till I nd something meaningful enough to keep me satised :)
Disclosure - I graduated from one of the IITs

Anonymous
WrittenJul22,2016
I had studied electrical engineering and working as a Software Developer.
I even dont know what does software engineers do during my college days.
I am one of the student who got selected for one of the core companies in nasik,
which is around 1000+ kms from my place.
Have joined the company and left within a week.
Have started learning java and sql, after 3 months, i have started working on UI
Frameworks (Html,CSS, Javascript).
Got job in a startup, havent received any salary for 3 months after 3 months i started
with Rs.7000/- and currently iam a frontend developer at one of the top most Service
based companies. Now i earn around rs.80,000/- per month and i am 3.6yrs
experienced.
All credit goes to my dad, he is my hero.
I came from a below middle class family, they work hard everyday and hardly get
money for bread and butter. But they had never stopped educating me.
There are so many days where they didnt had their food for atleast two times a day.
My dad had sacriced everything for me, my happiness was their happiness and with
so much of their hard work i joined engineering and completed it.
Whatever the life iam leading and enjoying currently is all because of their hard work.
Even now they are working very hard, they havent even took atleast a single rupee
from my earnings and they use to send me money every month.
Thank you dad , love you soo much. :)
Anonymous
WrittenJan13
Year 2007: Rs.2000 per month
Job: packing job in cigarette company
Year 2010: Rs.3000 per month
Job: cashier in one of the amusement part
Year 2011: Rs.15000per month
Job: Graduate engineer trainee in one manufacturing MNC.
Year 2016 : Rs.40000 per month
Job: asst manager in a reputed organisation.
Qualication: B E Mechanical engineering.
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Anonymous
WrittenJul28
I am going anonymous for very obvious reasons. If you have been in a joint family,
you would understand ;)
I am a software developer. Precisely, a web developer. I started my career by May 2014.
Occupation: Web Application Developer (Server Side Technologies)
First Salary / Year: INR 16,064. / May, 2014
Present Salary / Year : INR 50,000 / August, 2016
Educational Qualication : B.E CSE
P.S: I am not in the very same company where I started my career.
And salary gures are Take Home. Cheers ;)
Anonymous
WrittenNov1
Got 309% hike in 3 years!
1. Occupation: System admin
2. First salary, 180000 P.A (As a fresher in a leading IT Company) then they
revised to 220000 after two years.
3. Present Salary, 900000 P.A (As lateral entry with three years experience and
this is my 3rd Company) Have changed 3 companies in three years.
4. B.Sc (Computer Science)
Edit: Added hike from my rst company (point 2)
AmitRanjan,workedatOilandNaturalGasCorporation
WrittenJul6,2016
When I joined my rst company my CTC was 3.16 LPA.
After 3 Month I switched to another Government PSU and at that time my CTC was 7.5
LPA.
Again after 1.5 Years i switched to another Government PSU and my current CTC is
around 12 LPA. Apart from that i receive some other allowances too.
P.S After working for around 5 Years and in 3 dierent sectors, i want you to
tell that though Money is an important factor but that should not be the only
factor while choosing your job. If you are passionate about what you do and
really keen to learn, Money will follow eventually.
RichFrank
WrittenOct31,2015
First Job: Tech Support for software company, 1999

Salary: $28,000/year + benets
-- laid o in 2004, by that time I was making $40,000/year + benets
Second Job: Trainer (the tech support, then quality assurance) for software company,
2005
Salary: $30,000/year + benets
-- laid o in 2013, by that time I was making $40,000/year + benets
Current Job: "Computer Handyman", self employed, since late 2013

Income: $18,000 rst full year, $27,000 second full year, on pace for $33,000 for this
year.
My wife has a steady income of $35,000 + benets, so we're able to pay the bills and
have insurance, just not building any savings yet. I've never been happier with my
work, but certainly will be less stressed when we have a little more nancial security.
Education: BS in Math, BS in Secondary Education. I was all set to be a high school

math teacher after college, but the tech jobs paid %30 more, and that was a eld with
which I was more comfortable anyway.
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Anonymous
WrittenSep26
June 2005: dropped out of engineering 3rd year
Feb 2006: approx 3000 from freelance work of e-learning. Roamed all around with
my scooter for business.
Nov 2006: ZERO since not able to make any money
Aug 2007 : 20,000 per month as client service job. Since I was dropout and no
company was ready to hire me as software developer. One small company hired me
with my freelance experience.
June 2008 : 25000 per month because of being good performer. (slogged for at least
12 hours a days including Saturdays under immense pressure)
Nov 2008 : 22000 per month because of market crash (reduced salaries of employees
helped others to retain job)
June 2009 : ZERO (left job to complete nal year of engineering)
Dec 2009: 30,000 (got night shift job with client servicing, so that I can complete my
college. thanks to the company who hired me). No hike for the next 1.5 year as per
Lala company policy. Was named as Champion by company for being good
performer and designated as project manager. Managed variety of projects. Got good
reputation in company if not good salary.
May 2011: 36,000 (20% increment. companys focus changed to other business. The
services I was looking after is not that important). I preferred to live with company on
moral grounds since company helped me to complete my engineering while working.
Started doing structured project management. Started preparing for PMP.
May 2012 : 39,200 (10 % increment, company nancials are not that good)
Sept 2013 : 45,000 i.e. 5.4 L per annum (same reason, company nancials not good.
My wife was expecting baby so had to leave morals aside and thought of switching.
Bad academics didn't let me move to big and well-known companies.
Dec 2013: 54,000. 6.75 L per annum Switched my job to small but MNC. I was selected
by this company after 3 months of long hunt. I was selected after interviewing 14
candidates. Joined as project manager.
Mar 2015: 8.12 L per annum (was employee of the year, managed very crucial projects
got selected for global training program. Visited UK for the rst time. Still salary was
issue). Completed my PMP certication.
Jan 2016: 13 L per annum (switched job, got into IT company as project manager).
Feb 2016: 13L per annum sent to client location. Was sent just as scapegoat. But I did
well, rather very well. + Extra 30,000 per month allowances. Got awarded as best
performer. Monthly Gross Salary: 1,35,000.00.
Aug 2016: Got increment of 2L so the new salary 15,00,000 + 30,000 per moth
allowances. = 18,60,000.00
so reached from 3000 to 1.55 Lakh.
Most of my fellow project managers are from IIT or equivalent institutes who started
o with 56 lakh per annum. I am close to reach them. By academics I am nowhere
close to them. But still I have gained quite alot attention and respect from my team.
Anonymous
UpdatedFri
1300% (roundabout) (20112016)
2011 : HP, Bengaluru : 3.1 lakhs per annum
2012 : no job, left HP, preparing for CAT and all, couldnt make it, 98.73 percentile with
average acads ( 82 in 10th, 84 in 12th , btech from a government college in lucknow,
64.6% )
2013 : got through SSC, joined CAG Bengaluru, same salary, only dierence ,now with
government job.
2013 end: left CAG, started my own venture, made around $36000 in rst year,
$40000 ish in second year, $65000 in third year.
Hoping to do good in fourth scal year too.
I am location independent entrepreneur and have decided to leave Bengaluru, and

live close to my parents. After-all, whats the point of having freedom in the work you
do if you dont taste the freedom.
dierence that I made in my life: The ITR that I le now is more or less equal to my
rst salary.
wrote this post while I was drunk one day, has all of it.
What is your monthly salary?
The dream is still there, it's still there. I could not make it to the colleges that I
dreamed of, but I did something worthwhile. I can now see myself and tell myself that
I am not just some guy who gave up because he was tired to continue. There are many
tear shedding stories, instances where I had sat numb, staring in the dark, and
thinking that life is over. I hope I have not diluted the sacredness of this thread in any
manner. Life does rewards us, we just have to dream that reward and work towards it.
I could not clear CAT in three years and I saw the success that I had dreamed of in just
one year. That makes me think that I was not committed that much to CAT prep and
just wanted to crack CAT to prove my self-worthiness to others and me. Now, I just try
to prove to myself and maybe that is what matters ultimately. We have to dream the
dream for ourselves, not for any other person, not for your gf, not for your parents, it
has to be you.
thanks.
Foadbear
Anonymous
WrittenOct26
Occupation:- Telecom Research and Development Engineer (Telecom software

development).
First year salary:- Rs.4,75,000. Position:- R&D Engineer at a top telecom equipment
(Finnish Giant) MNC.
Got a hike of 22% in my rst year.
Second year salary:- Rs.5,85,000. Same position.
Got a hike of 35% in the second year due to promotion and top performance.
Third year salary:- Rs. 7,89,000.
Got a hike of 13% in the third year. Lowest so far but understandable considering the
heavy restructuring.
Present Salary:- Rs.8,92,000.
Educational Qualications:- B.E in Electronics and Communication from a Tier 3

college in Bangalore. Got placed into the company on campus.
I love the company so much that I wish I could retire here some day. But, I do have
MBA plans so maybe could come back to a higher position some day depending on
how destiny has planned :)
SharadMathur,admireswhatheseesandappreciateswhathelikes.
WrittenJan12
3090% times increase (from 2004 - 2016)
1. Occupation: Merchant Navy
2. First salary, year - $275 / month, 2004
3. Present salary, year - $8500 / month, 2016
4. Educational qualications: Diploma in Nautical Sciences from Bits Pilani,

Rajasthan & Masters License in the subject eld.
Presently sailing as Chief Ocer on merchant vessels working for a Hong Kong based
company, due for Command.
Anonymous
WrittenMay22,2016
1. Occupation: Software Developer
2. First Salary :
a. Year 20062007. Rs. 1500/Month, I was working in computer institute as

a computer trainer/ pc repairman(They gave me an identity card as
Hardware Engineer, though I was just in 11th/12th Standard working full
time in holidays).
b. Year 20072009. Rs. 2500/Month, Shifted to institute close to near my

college and started to teach programming languages (At the time was
doing Bsc, this was like a part time job).
c. Year 20092011. Rs. 3500/ Month, In another institute as a manager.

(Failed in some subjects in Bsc, because 11th-12th done from MCVC-ET,
have to move to BCA, so found an institute close to that college.)
3. Present Salary :
a. Year 2011. Rs. 8000/ Month, (I was in last year of BCA and got this
opportunity but this was a full time job, had managed both college and
job.)
b. Year 2016(Present) Rs. 60000/ Month, (Completed my Graduation as

well as Masters, owns a car, got married, have my own home.)
4. Education:
a. 11th-12th MCVC (Electronics)
b. BCA
c. MCM
d. Will try to appear for PHD.
Just for information my average daily working hours was around 14hrs/day.
Now it is less around 8hrs/day.
Thanks for reading.
PriyanshuSingh,SummerinternatAmazon.com,2014&at
Codenation.co.in,2015
WrittenDec29
7,230.45% increase since rst salary.
1: Occupation - Former Tuition Teacher, Software Engineer now.
2: Year - 2013 My rst salary was Rs. 2,000 per month. when I used to train school kids
for programming. I taught them C++, Java and basic data structures for their Junior
High Computer Science Course. I was still a university student in my sophomore year.
3: Year - 2015, I was making around Rs. 18,000 per month. Two source of income -
University research grant Rs. 12,400 pm and around Rs. 6,000 pm as tuition fees from
students. I was in my nal year of the university.
4: Year - 2016, My current salary is Rs. 146,609 per month, after taxes. Im a software
developer at a startup.
Education Qualication - BS+MS dual degree, NIT Rourkela, 2016 Graduate.

Anonymous
WrittenJul21,2016
I consider myself OPPORTUNIST!
1st Job Salary: 6,000/- month , January 2012
Salary while resigning: 25,000/- month, October 2014
2nd Job Salary (At the time of joining) : 45,000/- month, November 2014
2nd Job Salary (Current) : 60,000/- month, September 2015 till date
*INR*
Qualication : B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
Yes, working in IT industry like everyone else ;)
.--Overall growth 10 times, 1,000% in less than 4 years-.
Credit goes to
Never said No to any work.
Respected every colleague whether above/below my position.
Never rejected any opportunity to grow. Even used other job oers to get
increment to self-satisfaction.
For rst 3 years, family was second priority after job. A middle income family
accepted it with full happiness.
Sincere apologies for bad English and use of grammar.

AnupAgarwal,Pivotingonspreadsheets(punintended)
WrittenOct19,2015
I started my career as a part time accountant in an accounting rm at Rs. 2000 a
month in August 2007. That was more of an internship than a job, but nevertheless 35
hour per week. I got frequent breaks for my college and exams. And I met the love of
my life there, Microsoft Excel. Cannot complain.
After 8 years, a graduate degree, a post graduate diploma, a painful investment

banking job, a bit of soul searching, a leap of faith, lot of family support today I do
what I absolutely love. I am an freelance spreadsheet consultant. I charge a little over
Rs. 2000 per hour.
SasiKKanth,accountsexecutive(2016present)
WrittenTue
I haven't seen any answer from CA(chartered accountant) back ground. So decided to
write one.
Joined CA course after seeing high pay immediately after passing course as explained
by a private educational institute .
After clearing CPT in 2011 and IPCC in 2012 joined a big audit rm in our town/city as
article assistant under a chartered accountant and got 2,000 /- per month for 3 years.
Later from 2016 gave CA nal attempts , but couldn't clear.
So thought to work and study.
Joined a big diagnostic company as accounts executive with a net salary of 15,500/-
p.m which I believe is an under pay to the work I do.
I did CMA parallel to CA and the nal result will come in Feb 17.
I am condent that I would update this answer with an amount which would sound
better.
201316 2000 pm/- article assistant
2016- present 15,500 pm/-
Technical increase. 775%
To be updated soon.
Anonymous
WrittenSep26
Year 2010- 9000 PM
Year 2016- 60000 PM
Profession : Pharmaceuticals
I'm very much interested in to marketig, during my college days itself I've done some
ground work for job and I came to know that to enter in to marketing minimum sales
experience required.
I did my B.Pharmacy in the year 2010, by luck I got my rst job on the last day of my
college and that's my rst job.
In 2010 a B.pharmacy candidate working as a medical representative of a great thing

for companies. Went to training for 23 days and obviously stood rst in all
examinations during training.
By talent I good selected in one of the top company( where the old generation medical
reps feel that is impossible to any one to join in this company) as a medical rep and
earned some good experience and shifted another research and marketing oriented
company.
In all these companies I learned a lot many things which are required for marketing
team.
Joined in my dream role PRODUCT MANAGER, from here my actual journey started
years passed now currently working in one of the Top companies in Indian pharma
market.
After reading this entire story you may feel that I boasting about myself. But, when I
am earning nearly 25k within 1 1/2 year of my career
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Anonymous
WrittenSep29
1. Occupation - Software Engineer
2. First Salary - 1500/month year 2006, Occupation coolie in a Textile rm.
3. Present Salary - 14L/year
4. Educational Qualications - B.E(Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

Anonymous
WrittenDec18
I chose to answer this question being anonymous for obvious reasons.
Ill start from the educational qualications rst as it comes rst
Xth - 64.5%
XII - 67.2%
B.Tech in Computer Science - 73%
I used to be an average mediocre student and improved my percentage slowly and

gradually.
I started working in 2009 when there was lot of hue and cry on recession and
companies are not coming for hiring. I passed my engineering from a private college
which is not very popular for placements and all and the reason for that is scoring low
marks in AIEEE. My parents want me to get admission into diploma as I have scored
good rank in its entrance exam but its my choice to go for engineering otherwise I
have to study 2 years more.
I am basically from a three tier city and opportunities there are limited. I started
doing job in 2009 for a small IT rm consisting of 25 employees as a business analyst
with a stipend of 3000 per month and after 3 months they increased my salary to
5000 per month.
After about more than 7 years of experience and working for some of the big
companies and I am presently drawing 75000 per month which excludes the money
which I earn from onsite visits.
So in 7 years it increased by 25 times
ShashiKumar,Beentheredonethat
WrittenOct18
Not mine, I will tell you my fathers salary.
He joined as a basic clerk in BSNL with a mere monthly wage of 700 rupees. The year
was 1984. He is the eldest one and has 2 brothers and 3 sisters all married and well
settled now. But when I look back into 80s again, my Dad, at the age of 24 had 5
sibling and aging parents to take care of. All lived in village while my Dad was the
only one working in Bangalore.
He appeared for many internal exams and started studying like a school kid preparing
for Board Exam. He got married at the age of 26 to my beautiful Mom. His salary
gradually increased to 1200 per month. He didnt give up.
He gave more exams, and got promoted quicker than his peers. Now, he is 54 and was
recently promoted as Deputy General Manager. Currently his salary is around
1,10,000 per month. Which is a whopping 15614.28% increase.
He is my best Inspiration.
PS: I am a Software Engineer in one of the Big Four. Started with 15,000 per month
and I get around 85,000 now.
Anonymous
WrittenDec29
I am 28 year male, working with MNC Company. I have been through a lot, one thing
is true according to my experience SALARY IS NEVER ENOUGH.
2005
1. Occupation : Carrier
2. Salary : INR 2.00 RS Per Truck (Max INR 10.00 RS Per Day)
2007
1. Occupation : Welder in fabrication Shop
2. Salary : INR 60.00 RS Per Day
2010
1. Occupation : Truck Driver
2. Salary : INR 10,000 RS Per Month
2012
1. Occupation : Software Engineer
2. Salary :INR 15000 RS Per month
2014
1. Occupation : Software Analyst Cloud Technologies
2. Salary : INR 56,969 RS Per month
2016
1. Occupation : Sr. Software Analyst Cloud Technologies
2. Salary :INR 74,835 RS Per Month
EDIT : 1
Thanks all for response and upvotes !!!
For those who is asking how did i became a software engineer from truck driver ? I
have completed master degree in M.Sc .Computer science from Distance education,
and this is not about how do i? this is about how much salary?
Anonymous
WrittenDec18
Was inDeloitte Consulting , Oracle Technology service line
Started as campus hire at 4.25L
Left at 20L in 7+years (and not talking about dollars from onsite assignments, this is
Indian salary)
Engineering graduate
GauriSankar,RetiredbankerfromanationalisedbankinIndia
WrittenDec25
Very interesting question:
In fact I would like that our youngsters should know the facts - the change in monev
value and the increase in cost of products each year
1971: I joined as a typist in one Electricity supply company and my rst monthly
salary was Rs. 210/- per month
1972: I resigned the job and joined as a stenographer in Tuticorin Harbour Project and
my salary was Rs/ 270/= per month
1972 (October) - I resigned the above job and joined as a clerk in a nationalised bank in
Tamilnadu and my salary was Rs. 310- per month
During this time, the cost of one tea was 0.10 paise and I could complete my breakfast
for Rs. 1.00 and my lunch for Rs. 1.25
Today one average lunch costs Rs. 90/- at Chennai and it is almost ninety times more
than the price during 1972
I continued my services in the same bank till retirement and retired from the services
of the bank by April, 2011 and my last salary was Rs. 53000/- per month
Anonymous
WrittenJul20,2016
Percentage - 2380% :)
1. Occupation - Software Engineer.

2. First salary, year - 42k per anuum (Rs 3500 per month) 2009
3. Present salary, year - 10 LPA - 2016
4. Educational qualications - BE (I.T)
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Anonymous
WrittenOct12
I thought about giving the answer but then taken aback after reading the other
answers here. :D
Anyways..
1. First Job: Kolkata, Not MNC
a. Associate Software Engineer, 20122014, 2.4 - 3.2 lpa
b. Software QA Engineer, 20142016, 3.2 - 4.2 lpa
2. Second job: Delhi, Not MNC
a. Test Engineer, 2016-Present, 7.2 lpa
Qualication:
1. X: 83%
2. XII: 79%
3. B.TECH: 7.93
Anonymous
WrittenMay28,2016
Occupation : Standard IT Nerd.
First salary, year : 3L per annum, 2014
Present salary, year : 9L per annum, from next month 14L per annum, 2016
Educational qualications: Master of Science in Information Technology. !
Reasons for being here :
Quick adaptation towards changes: I started with as a Java Developer, soon

transformed into a Full Stack Web developer and then observing the trend,
jumped into Full time Front end developer.
Quick Job Changes: Made three job changes in last 2 years. Left rst after 14
months, second after 6 months and 3rd after 3 months. Front end
development is in demand and i am cashing out the opportunity. But none of
the times was i the person who approached. It was always the other way
around.
Hell bent Learner: I usually say this dialogue about me : Jo bhi kaam, jaisa
bhi kaam, karunga [Whatever it is, whichever it is, ill do]. I dont love
technologies, i am in love with knowledge and the perks oered by the job.
ThiruVenkadam,ModuleLeaderatALTENCalsoftLabs(2014present)
WrittenOct6
Well. So many people making so much money ;) I am not in the league of any of them.
Still, it is a question in quora and I can answer. So here goes:
1. First company: 5000 per month with only one saturday o. Started in 2010.
2. Current company: 90000 per month
I could have made even more impressive salary. I switched 2 companies in between
and had a few goals before switch.
a. Will rst let the current company knows that I am moving out. Only then I would
even ready my resume.
b. Will x a salary in mind and that will be my expected CTC. I do not take less nor
will bargain with others saying I have an oer for so and so.
c. Once I get an oer with my expected CTC, I will stop attending interviews. That is,
If I ever give a word to some one saying that I will join them if they agree for my
expected pay, that's the end of the job lookup for me.
NOTE: The stupid reason, which I still tell myself for reason (c), is that I value my
word more than the money. I do know this is stupid and this literally cost me lakhs
and lakhs of rupees. But still, I don't care.
PrashantKumar,worksatYouthDebateSociety
WrittenDec26
Hello Everyone, Before I start writing about my nancials have a look at my

background.
Average Student, Great at sports, Hated English throughout my academics
I started earning after my Class XII, joined TATA Steel as an Apprentice earning
stipend of Rs 1,800 per month in 2002.
Now I earn approx 100 X my rst salary in 14 years.
SubhasanketRay,SeniorInformationSecurityAnalyst
WrittenJul23,2016
B-Tech in CSE 2012 batch.
1st Job Dec. 2012 - 7000/Month as Network Engg.
2nd Job July 2013 - 15000/Month as Network and security consultant. Got hike-
18000/Month
3rd Job September 2014 - 30,000/Month Information Security Analyst.
Got hike- 50,000/Month
4th Job Nov 2015 (till now)- 65,000/ Month as Senior Information Security
Analyst.
Growth ~840%
Highly Satised.
In those years I have motivated myself both professionally and nancially.
Looking forward to achieve more :)

Anonymous
WrittenOct28
Occupation : Software Engineer
Educational Qualication : B.E. in computer science
First salary : Rs 1.9LPA year 2009
Second Salary : Rs 6.2LPA year 2012
Third Salary : Rs 10.5 LPA year 2013
Fourth Salary : Rs 24.5 LPA year 2016
I started with one of service based company in Pune..didnt have much knowledge
about technology(as is the case in most Indian colleges but slugged it out in campus
interviews and got through). I am currently working with one of the top most
Investment banks.
And I am happy as I could ever be! :)

Anonymous
WrittenOct26
First Job (2008):
During 10th std summar holidays, worked for a gaming shop per day 40rs
Monthly: 1200RS
Second Job(2010):
During 12th std summar holidays, delivery boy for a medical shop per day 100rs
Monthly:3000RS
Third Job(20122014):
Freelancing during my college days.
Monthly:100010000Rs
Fourth Job(2014):
Trainee at my nal year of engineering and 5 months after completion of engineering

daily 700rs.
Monthly: 15000rs
Current Job(20142016):
Joined as developer in a mid sized startup company for
Monthly:25000rs
Then after one year
Monthly:31,000 rs
Waiting for this year revision to take eective from next month :)
P.S: I am able to complete my B.E in computer science with the help of education
loan.
Anonymous
WrittenJan8
Around 440%
Age-24
Qualication -B.Tech(IT) from third tier engineering college in India.
First Salary - 16,700 per month(April-2014)
Present Salary - 74,433 per month(Jan- 2017)
I would like to add more
Got my rst appraisal in June 2015(A mere 1100 p.m)
Salary in June 2015 - 17,800 p.m
I was working in a support project not much learning, argued with the management
and was put on bench.
Got myself into a development project,worked really very hard and negotiated my
salary with the HR.
Salary in January 2016 - 32,500 p.m
Continued to work hard and got a job oer from another company in Dec-16.
Now working with the new company.

Anonymous
WrittenJan19
Anon, since my salary is supposed to be condential, I do respect it :)
2010 - 4.2lpa xed (SW Engineer)
2016 - 20lpa xed (Sr. Product Manager)
Ed Background : Computer Engineering from a lesser known Govt University in 2010.
Mantra:
Never indulge in oce politics but be aware of it.
Dont linger on for promotions, switch when you get bored/are stuck.
Invest in yourself.
Anonymous
WrittenOct19
Current position - Business Analyst
Started in 2014 at 2.47 LPA during training, 3.15 after completion. Worked for barely a
month after completing my training.
Joined a well-established and growing start up at 1.8 LPA in October 2015 and
currently I'll draw a salary of 4.5 LPA this October. I was jobless for a period of 7
months or so while I was looking for jobs.
I was placed in two MNCs during my BE(ECE) graduation and joined the one
famous Indian MNC as a Software Engineer, completed my training and was
allotted to a hellish project. We had to look at the screen for the entire duration and if
an alarm comes, forward it to the designated team for solution. It was an on-site
project where we had to sit in the customer service center of the client, no xed leaves
and 6 days working. Did I mention there were also rotational shifts. Anyhow, I asked
for release and was slated to be given a project in my hometown (medical proofs that
my mother was ill and needed someone), the HR was quite helpful and I was happy to
have a job in my own city. But, my manager had other thoughts and did not release
me, citing I was unprofessional and everything was a facade just to get away from
responsibilities. I did not work for another day after he said things like that for my
mother and quit. Searched for jobs in my hometown, gave a lot of interviews, I did
clear in a few places but one thing or the other stopped me from working. In the end
joined the company Im currently working for and I am happy and contend. The work
is great, I have a great manager, been given a promotion - probably the youngest one
and in this 1 year my salary was increased twice.
Summarizing the numbers:
First Job: 2.47, approximately 18K in hand for 4 months and 3.15, approx. 23k in hand.
Second Job: 1.8, approx. 12k in hand and currently 4.5, approx. 33k in hand.
Increase:
82% considering rst drawn salary.
150% considering rst salary in this organization.
ShivranjanKolvankar,TeachforIndia,EmersonInnovationCenter
WrittenAug8
Interesting question to answer.
2014 - Embedded Systems Developer - Emerson Innovation Center - 3.2 L Per Annum.
2015 - Teach for India Teaching as a Leadership Fellow - Close to 2.75 L Per Annum +
Perks (Love of 91 Kids + Real Analysis of Education Scenario of India + Working with
Passionate Change makers of India + Support of TechCell of SCERT + Delicious Food
and Inspiring but Impact ful stories + Finding your own light).
Far from what salary can oer and what life can give. Chance to impact 7 lakh
teachers and approximately 100 Kids from Maharashtra is a great.
Beyond money and only about passion.
Anonymous
UpdatedOct15
Occupation: Assistant System Trainee, TCS Hyderabad
First Salary: 3.18 Lac per year, 201314
June 2014: Joined one of the top B-schools in Mumbai
August 2016: Joined Colgate Palmolive, Goa
Present salary: 27 lac per year (CTC)

Anonymous
WrittenOct18
Qualications..
B.Tech 70%
MS from UK 67.08%
After MS I came back to India. 1st 6 months of 2014 joblesswas trying to nd job and
working for a friend for his Android App without any salary.
In June 2014 joined as Support Emgineer for Microsoft EPS in NCR area. 19k per
month. This job was a all night shift job.
DEC 2014 absconded pervious to join IBM in Bangalore 21k per month but this was a
Java Developer job so it was a better for my development.
Dec 2015 joined a big Startup in India as a Consultant Android Developer. Salary 45k
per month.
Nov 2016 will join as Senior Engineer Android in an MNC. Salary 80k per month.
All salaries are in INR after all deductions and taxes.
Also my resume does not have my 1st job as Support Engineer as it not relavent and
will actually weigh down my prole..
Anonymous
WrittenSep26
In 1987, there was no IT industry. It was only computer manufacturing and software
development for in house (India) requirements. Salary was 1000 (one thousand; no
zero is missed) a month. Many of batchmates who joined public sector companies
were drawing twice as much with subside food and free transport to oce. In 2015,
my salary was 40L CTC pre annum.
Interestingly in one of the management meetings, the participants were asked to

predict salary after 25 years from 1994. I predicted it to be 25L per annum. Everyone
laughed at me and my answer was eliminated as way o from other's predictions.
GopalamVanapalli,OPERATIONSOFFICERatIndianOilCorporation
Limited
WrittenJan18
I am a b.tech graduate (ECE) passed out in 2015.
I got 5700 as my rst salary when joined as a trainee in a product development

company in June 2015. Training ended on Dec 2015.
Afeter that I got around 10000 after completion of the training and my designation is
FIRMWARE ENGINEER.
Then I got selected in IOCL in Oct 2016 based on my GATE 2016 performance. Now I
am getting 55000 here and my designation here is OPERATIONS OFFICER.
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Anonymous
WrittenDec3
I started my job in 2008 after my engineering graduation.
My rst job was with HCL Chennai location and First Salary was 300000 Indian
rupees per year
Got salary hike in 2010 June new salary 325000 per year
Got new oer a negotiated 540000 per year on august 2010
2011 June another hike to 650000 rupees per year
2012 Feb Joined Wipro for 840000 rupees per year
2013 June - 880000 per year
2014 June 1080000 per year
2015 April to US for 82000 USD per year from Wipro
2016 march Moved to another company for 118500 USD per year
2016 November same company 123500 USD
I think I have got decent hikes every year and I am happy with what I have.
Anonymous
UpdatedAug9
Well, Very very happy to answer this which made me to remember my past.
In my BE 3 rd year 2009, I tried various jobs .

Joined a customer care after 20 days realised he dont pay salaries monthly left :
Income Zero.
Joined an insuarance company tried the luck hardly for 2 - 3 months and no policies
enrolled : Income Zero.
Met an Data Entry Job provider in Hyderabad Ameerpet , worked for 20 on a work
worth of 700INR, he simply said payment got stuck and nothing paid : Income Zero.
Met another DataEntry operator , did a work for 5 days :

FIRST INCOME IN MY LIFE 500 Rupees (2010).
Done with BE by then.

Joined a startup company in Hydereabad (2010) on a condition that in a probation for
the rst 3 months he wont pay me anything , I said ok and joined but he did not pay
the salary for 4.5 Months.
After 4.5 months the salary started and at the end of 5.5 months I took my rst
salary 8990. (worked there for 3 more months).
Joined CTS in 2011. Salary 3.3 LPA.

Left CTS in 2012 and Pramati Technologies : 6.2 LPA.
Left Pramati in 2013 and Joined Sapient : 7.75 LPA + (free lance).
Left Sapient in 2014 and Joined Flipkart (continuing): 18.5 LPA + (freelance).
Thanks a ton , for the question to remind me my past. It was so so painful at the start
that I use to skip lunches / breakfast in order to save money as I am from a middle
class family.
Its barberious but even now I am taking less food quantity just to be on diet , since I
had grown fat after eating a lot lot lot and lot more. Now I donate some money to
orphonages every month because I know how it feels when hungry.
BharadwajK,worksatIBM
WrittenJan3
Salary increased 6x ,Yes it is.
I started my career in one of the PSU as apprentice trainee(Internship),which is

located in Hyderabad. There i used to get 3500/month in 2014
Exactly 1 yr after that i got placed in one of the top MNC's and the salary 21000/month
in 2015
It may not be a big amount,but for me it's big hope. Almost 6 times of my initial
salary, which gives me the condence.It's almost 2 years in the company as software
engineer.
I'm a graduate from a normal engineering college/Hyderabad.
Thanks !
Anonymous
WrittenJul28
Qualication: B.Tech - CSE (Lower than tier-3 college) :P
First Salary: Rs. 42000/month (2014)
Current Salary: Rs. 1,20,000 + Freelancing - Rs. 60,000 (2016)
Too lazy to calculate percentage increase :P

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SudeshAgrawal,worksatRizviCollegeofEngineering
WrittenDec28
Roughly 10000% increment in 5 years.
When I took my rst ever coaching, it was a private class for Operational Research for
a 3rd year BMS student in 2011. I got around 8k, which on an monthly basis, comes to
around 667rs per month. Currently, I am working as Assistant Professor at one of
engineering college in Mumbai and my salary is roughly 64k per month (6th pay).
I'm a post graduate in Electronics and Telecommunication with majors in Antenna

and Wave Propagation (M.E. from University of Mumbai)
Thanks for a2a.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct28,2015
1. Mechanical Engineer
2. 2008 - $64,000. Straight out of school working in manufacturing.
3. 2009 - $57,600. Great Recession hits manufacturing industry. 10% pay cut across
the board.
4. 2009-2011 - Laid o, unemployed. Gained experience in machine shop for room
and board.
5. 2011 - $90,000. changed to utilities industry.
6. Now 2015 - $115,000
7. Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, PE
Anonymous
WrittenJul18,2016
367% increase in 3 months.
- I started my career in March 2016 (age 22).
- Graduated in December 2015.
1. Current Occupation : Project Manager.

2. First salary, year - INR 7,500/- March 2016 Digital Marketing Executive at an
Indian Company.
3. Present salary, year - INR 35,000/- June 2016 Project Manager - IT (India) for a
Foreign Company.
4. Educational qualications - Bachelor of Engineering (IT), Mumbai University.
by the year end I plan to start a small business/SME on the side and make sure I keep
up with the increase rate.
Extra Information not pertaining to the question:
Tentative Planned Retirement age: 35
Post retirement shall take up theater/writing/teaching.
BogaKiran
WrittenJul25,2016
Occupation:- Software developer
Joined a company in 2012 and had to sign a bond for 4 years . During this period
company has provided the education(post graduation) from reputed college.
Payscale:-
First salary 2012 -Rs 7500 per month.
Current salary -Rs 20000 per month.
I just completed my bond with the company.
Attended few interviews and holding two oers with decent pay scale from top mnc's.
First oer -6.5 LPA

Second oer - 7.5 LPA
i am yet to decide which oer to accept. Based on company and my preferences.
Qualication:-bachelor of science , M.SC in computer science (which company

provided).
Anonymous
WrittenSep11
~4285%
Occupation : Software Developer/Product Developer
First Salary (2012): INR 7,500 per month(Chose to work for a tiny startup instead of a
corporate where I got in through campus placement)
Present Salary(oer) : INR 3,06,000 per month(From an international rm)
Note: During these 4 years , I was (voluntarily) jobless for about 14 months. :)
Educational Qualications: B.Tech(CSE) from a private university - 58%
PS: I co-own a (side)business with my father which we started about 2 years ago. It
generates about $100,000 in revenues per annum.
Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
Software Enginner.
Dec 0th year: Intern in a startup - 0 / Month (Free stay and food)
May 0th year : Software Engineer Intern Directi - 35000 / Month
August 0th year : Software Engineer, Directi - 7.6 lpa
Oct 0th year: Software Engineer, Amazon - 10.5lpa
April 3rd year: Software Engineer, Amazon - 16.5lpa
Oct 3rd year: Software Engineer, XXX - 80lpa
IT engineer from a 3rd grade college.
Anonymous
WrittenDec3
R&D Electrical Engineer
105k, 2014 -> 120k, 2015 -> 131k 2016. Not including bonus, which is 15% of base. also
around 200k stock bonus over 4 years
B.S EE from Caltech

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Anonymous
WrittenJan18
First Job july 2003:

Company SLK Softwares
CTC: 216K INR per year
Quit after 1 month
Second Company: Wipro

September 2003:
Starting CTC: 180K INR per year
July 2009, switched to my current company Sonus Networks

Jojning CTC: 1050K per year (600K was my Wipro leaving salary at this stage)
Today: 2017
Current CTC: 3600K per year + Stocks
Expecting a decent hike in Apr 2017.
Through out my career, my worst appraisal rating has been 4/5. Have always received
double digit increments.
My educational qualications:
BE (Computer Science) from NIE Mysore. I completed the course in 2003 with 78.5%
aggregate.
PU: 85%
CET Ranking: 524
Anonymous
UpdatedJan13
Seen a growth of 1500% in 5 years.
2011 - Started my carrier as analyst at a technology consulting rm in Bangalore with

a yearly salary of $ 6,200.
2012 - Didn't like my work, Came to the US for my MBA . Got a full scholarship and a
yearly stipend of $12,000
2014 - Moved to the California Bay Area and started working for a semiconductor
manufacturer for a annual salary of $65,000.
2016 - Switched jobs to the retail industry in the same area with an annual salary of
$100,000
2017 - Looking at a 5 to 10% natural annual growth along with a soft conrmed
promotion giving another 15% increment before the end of the year.
Can't Complain for the growth and experience over the years.
Education: B.E in electronics and communications, MBA in supply chain

management, certication s from Harvard and UC Berkeley.
Anonymous
WrittenJul29
In 1984 my father worked as a receptionist in a 5 star hotel. His salary was less than
15,000 INR per month without benets.
Today he works in a very reputable company. He started as a telephone operator and

in that same company got promoted to a Sales Account Management Specialist. He
right now has a monthly salary of 400,000 INR with benets.
He can literally say, "Started from the bottom, now I'm here".
Anonymous
WrittenDec23
Going anonymous, since Im still part of the corporate world and doing really well
nancially and professionally. Dont want my career to get in stake with this answer.
Year 2002
Education- Pursuing Grads
Job : Brochures distributor iN Kolkata
Salary : Rs 100/Day
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 2002
Education- Pursuing Grads
Job : Mobile Postpaid connection salesman. Door-2-Door in Kolkata
Salary : 2000/month
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 2003
Education- dropped college
Job : Call Center Executive
Salary : 9000/month
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 2004
Education- college dropout
Job : Call Center Executive
Salary : 8600/month(Lower salary, since I was red and got to join anywhere)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 20052006
Job Changed 6 call centers
Salary : 24000/month
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 20062008
Job : Software Sales for a public limited company in Noida
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 20082009
Job : Software Sales in Worlds No. 1 Software Company
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 20102014
Job :Moved to US on a work visa. Worked for a mid-sized tech support company
managing sales
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year 2014-present(Moved back to India after saving 50L cash and paying up for home
loan)
Job : Regional Sales Manager for a mid sized software company
Anonymous
WrittenOct30,2015
2001:management trainee in a NBFC:Rs4500pm

2002:Asst Manager:Rs6000pm
2003:Branch Manager:Rs25000pm
2006:Divisional Manager:Rs50000pm
2009:State Head:Rs75000pm
2011:National sales head:Rs1.25 lakhspm
2014:Overseas deputation:Rs4.5 lakhs pm(in Indian currency, basically non-sense
bcos of change in living costs etc)
Anonymous
WrittenJul22,2016
Science Graduate
First salary: 10000/- INR a month, year 2013 {as a writer}
Current: 100000/- INR a month {more or less} as a freelance writer, photographer,

videographer
Increase 1000% in less than 3 years
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KapilPatel,Softwareengineer(2013present)
WrittenAug19
500%
Backend Web developer
First salary 4000 INR per month , year 2013 (july)
Present salary 20000 INR per month , year 2016
Bachelor of engineering (computer science) from a non reputation college.

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Anonymous
UpdatedNov8
Current Occupation - Digital Marketing manager in an MNC managing all paid

marketing eorts across several countries
Current Salary - 15L+ /annum
Qualication: Graduate in Mathematics
Place - Bangalore
Started as a security guard in Wipro Technologies in 2003. My duty was to stand as

the gate, check employee id and open the gate. Also will be posted in several areas
inside the campus like sewage treatment plant (as the wall was not proper there),
basement parking etc
Salary then - Rs. 10/hour. No weekly o. No extra money for Over Time. Will get 10rs /
hour for extra working hours also.
Here is my journey
I am from a village in Kerala. Studied in government aided school. Also my pre degree
and degree were in colleges in our town. Basically I had no much connection with
outside world. After completing my graduation in 2002 I didnt know what to do. Lot
of friends joined MCA, MBA, engineering etc and due to nancial problems I couldnt
join anywhere. I tried UPSC for ocer in Indian Army (SSC) and passed the written
test. By this time it was 2013 and I lost one year.
My uncle was in Bangalore with his family. I asked him whether he can take me to
Bangalore and he agreed. So I came to Bangalore on 18th March 2003. Stayed with
them for 3 months looking for a job. I was not uent in English, I was a fresher and no
one was there to guide me. Way back in 2003 mobile phones were no so popular. I
went to several companies with my resume and handed over it to the security. No
interview calls happened.
Three month passed and suddenly three things happened. 1) My uncle told me to go
back to village and he will inform me if anyone calls for interview 2) I was called for
face to face interview for Army selection, which is in Patna (if i remember correctly) 3)
I got a job as security guard in Wipro.
I knew that if I go back to home town thats it and I will have to settle for a job there. If
I go to Patna for interview and I fail, again I have no other option but go back to home
town. So i decided to join as a security guard.
We were given training on how to behave with employees, how to attend calls etc
before joining the company because I think everyone was less educated and I think I
had the highest qualication :) So the rst lesson was You are a Zero, dont try to be
a hero and you know how motivational is this when you are about to join a job :)
I worked there for around 2 years. By the time I picked up my English. Then this
Orkut era happened and got in touch with a few friends. Came to know that they are
working in Progeon (now Infosys BPO). Then I thought if they can join such a big
company why not me. Tried and got selected. Irony is that I was selected for Yahoo
project based on my English (they had essay writing as a part of the test). I learned
basic of search marketing there then moved to several digital marketing agencies and
now reached here.
Going Anonymous not because I am ashamed of my past. All my colleagues know

what I was. I am an introvert and dont like getting attention, thats it :)
Anonymous
WrittenDec23
1. Occupation : Software engineer
2. First salary, year : 3.16 LPA at TCS , 2012 after campus selection, worked for
an year then resigned for higher studies.
3. Present salary, year : 13 lpa base , working at a reputed MNC since 2015 after
campus selection.
4. Educational qualications ; M-Tech, 201315 from a tier 1 college and B-Tech

from tier 2 college in CSE.
Anonymous
WrittenJan12
M.Sc computers 2005 pass out.
worked as a lecturer in pune for 8000/pm
6 months down the line, started my career in IT as a trainee for 4000/pm
Aug 2006 - switched company 2.4 lacks/annum
Apr 2007 - Onsite( USA )
Aug 2007 - 6.5 lacks/annum
few more short onsite trips
Dec 2010 - long term onsite ( started with 70K USD ) till 2014 i was making 105K USD.
Dec 2014 - came back to India - 16 lacks/annum
2015 - 19.6/annum
mid 2016 - 22 lacks/annum
currently on notice period - oers range from 27 - 30 lacks/annum for Tech Architect
role
so in a career of 11 years in IT, from 4000 to 30 lacks/annum with ~5 years USA

deputation.
never forgot where i came from ( a very small village in MP-Multai )
be fearless, take risk, and keep learning.
so far so good, been a long fullling journey.
best luck!
Anonymous
WrittenOct18
SAP Consultant
First job salary : Rs.2000 - year 2008 - It was part time .. just for a month
Second job salary : Rs. 2,500 - year 2014 - Intern in an IT startup
Third job : Rs. 16,000 - year 201415 Executive IT
Fourth job : Rs.18,400 - year 2016 Executive trainee - Stores
5th job : Rs.25,000 - current job - SAP Consultant
Educational qualications : BCA,MCA.
Anonymous
WrittenJan19
Occupation: Software Engineer, works in internet security space.
Skills: C, System concepts, DS, Algos.
First salary 2.8L pa in 2014-Feb.
Present 13.7L pa + some stocks in 2017-Jan. Expecting 30% hike in coming 3 months.
Im an Engineering graduate from Tier-3 college of batch2013.
Anonymous
UpdatedOct19,2015
Occupation : User Interface Developer

Education Qualications : BE - CSE

IN XXX Company (2011 - 2014)
1st Year (2011 - 2012) : 7Lakh
2nd Year( 2012-2013): 7.7 Lakh (10% Hike)
3rd Year (2012-2013): 10 Lakh (25% Hike)
Joined YYY Company at the end of 3d Year (2014-2015)
4th Year - Month 1 : 19Lakh

4th Year - Month 5 : 21.5 Lakh (10% Hike)
4th Year - Month 10 : 26 Lakh (22% Hike)
Joined ZZZ Company at the End of 4th Year (2015 - Present)
5th Year - 57 Lakh
Edit 1 : Would like to say one more thing . The more you earn , the more you get
hungry . The hunger for money never dies and one never gets satised.
You only graduate to spending more , living more luxury and spending more and the
loop never ends.
P.S : I was more happy when i was earning less then what i am earning now.
Anonymous
UpdatedJul24,2016
First job (two years ago) : 1.8LPA
Current job : 9.5 LPA
Profession: Software Engineer.
When I passed out of college , I had 4 oers in hand. All of them I had got from job
portals. My college is a tier-3 college where placements are bad. I rejected a company
which asked me to sign a 2 years bond for a mere package of 2.4LPA.
Later, I rejected all the oers I had due to my a heartbreak. I was in depression back
then and had a low emotional intelligence.
After two months, I landed a job interview in a small company which I cleared but
rejected because they oered me 20k/mo salary and I thought I deserved atleast 25k.
After sitting at home for 3 months and with my ego melted away, I took up a job in
frustration that paid me 15k.
Job Title : Business development executive
Company size : 5 developers
Job role: Converting website contract leads into business and training the juniors in
PHP and guiding them to built websites
Left the job in 3 months.
Fast forward 2 years..
I landed a job of 9.5LPA with 2 years of expertise in my domain. I have an iit-ian with
equal experience reporting directly to me. (The reason I am stating this is because I
believe anyone can do well in their career given they have genuine interest and
curiosity regardless of the level of their college/University )
I am refraining from revealing much details for job security.
Anonymous
WrittenMay23,2016
20th June 2011 I started my rst job as a Data entry operator.
Age : 17 years.
Salary : INR 4k / month
Five years down the line.
20th May 2016.
Prole: Front end Web developer.
Age : 22
Salary : INR 45K / month
Reason for anonymity.

We live in a society where the talent of people are judged and measured by how much
they earn. Though I know there are very matured people are here on Quora, But I
don't want to be praised or anything. Last ve years I have worked hard and and have
made my self capable of achieving something I always dreamt. I am just another
average guy
Peace!
Anonymous
WrittenOct17,2015
Occupation: central banker
First Salary: 3.15lac (2010) of course it was TCS
Present Salary: 5lac (if considered in hand coponent) but in government, its the perks
and benets that matter, if added then it is 13lac CTC
Education: Engineer in IT
Anonymous
WrittenOct30,2015
1. Software sales
2. Year 1 salary, $36,000. Total compensation after commissions/bonus, $61,000
3. Year 5 salary, $65,000. Total compensation after commisisons/bonus, ~$140,000-
160,000
4. Bachelors Degree
Anonymous
WrittenJan18
Occupation :- Embedded System engineer
Qualication :- B.tech in electronics and communication
1. Year 2014 :- placed in startup. Package :- 2.16 LPA
2. Year 2016 :- got job in Solar EPC company and Embedded department started
by me package :- 2.9 LPA
3. Year 2017 January :- above solar company stared a new embedded company
joined as senior embedded engineer package :- 3.7 LPA
Anonymous
WrittenJul11,2016
Occupation: Software engineer in IT services MNC
First salary: 3lpa , 2010
Present salary: 6.42lpa, 2016
Educational qualication: B.E ECE
Full of politics. No satisfaction with the job and also salary. But no other way.
DarpanDesai,worksatDiebold
WrittenDec14
After Automobile engineering (booming eld in India)
First salary - 8500/- per month (ford service station)~107$ per month.
Second job( L & T, Submarine designer)- 9800/- per month.~122$ per month.
MBA( Marketing & Operations)- chose data analytics as career (booming across world,
even I like it very much)
current Job (Diebold systems private limited)-20000/- per month~250$ per month.
I was in top 10% throughout my studies.
So In India there there is no correlation beyween study & money you earn (myth)
Its not hardwork, dedication, smart work here, there are factor luck, contacts, having
good boss etc.
In India reservation is other bullshit.
The list goes on.
You can't make lemonade, when life gives you lemon.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct17
June 2014 : 5 lpa
Nov 2015 - Present : 13.5 lpa
I completed my graduation from VIT University in Computer Science stream . When I

joined the college, I never really thought of the salary or the company I want to join.
All I knew at that time was that there was 100% placements at VIT. So I was happy and
carefree for the rst 2 years. But as soon as I reached my 3rd year, I became a little
serious about this stu and gradually became more aware of the companies and their
packages that came for recruitment. Finally the 4th year started with a bang. There
were companies like Flipkart, eBay which came in the 1st week itself and their
packages were more than 10 lpa. I couldn't get selected in those companies. A couple
of months passed by and even after making to the nal of 23 companies , I couldn't
get selected. By October the companies which were coming were paying 46 lpa.
In the rst week of October I got selected in a startup and the salary was 5 lpa with a
joining bonus of 50K. I cannot even describe that feeling. Though the package was
less than I had anticipated earlier, I was happy to nally get a job oer. So nally I
joined in December 2013 for internship in the same company at 15 k per month. In
June 2014, they converted me full time and I was drawing somewhere near 37 k.
Then came the appraisal season. The condition of the company was really bleak and it
was going thorough a resource crunch. When I asked my seniors in the company
about the hike, I was shocked to know that last year there was no hike for any
employee. When my manager called me in his oce for appraisal discussion, I went
in with little hopes. To my surprise he told me that my package has been increased to
8.3 lpa. That was unbelievable for me. Though I was pretty hard working and sincere
in my work, I never expected this much of a hike. The primary reason for this hike
was that already a lot of employees had left the company. So the company wanted to
retain the remaining employees.
Till then I was working as a Java developer. But I had interest in Android
programming. So around August I started to look for a job in Android development.
After spending 1 month for interview preparation and giving the interview of 4
companies, I had oer from 2 well funded start-ups. One of them was oering me 15
lpa and the other 13.5 lpa + 1 lac joining bonus. I decided to go with the latter after my
assessment of both the companies.
Anonymous
UpdatedJan18
Graduated in June 2016.
June 2016: rst salary Rs 36,000 per month.
Jan 2017: salary Rs 70,000 per month.
Almost 100% increment in 7 months.
Profession: software engineer from a private college.
I am not from one of the IITs or NITs. My father is in Air Force and he has to look after
me and my brother education and other expenses. My college fees were high, Rs
1,40,000 per year.
Enjoying in college and not being serious about studies was not an option for me. To
get a good job I had to work hard. Focus on my programming skills.
During college placements, I got a job but the salary was not that good. So, even after
joining my rst job I used to study daily. Every night, after coming from the oce I
used to study, work on open source projects and learn new things.
A few months back when I applied for a job change I got multiple oers and accepted
an oer from one of the company with good work and great work culture.
How do I feel? It's great! but the hunger to earn more never ends. I know a guy who
earns 2,00,000 per month and he wants more, I want more. But I have realized that
after some amount x(it depends on the person), salary doesnt matter that much. It's
the work that will keep you happy. If you like your work, you will grow, learn and earn.
Edit:
Some people are asking, how can they become good and learn, I am adding some
points to answer those questions:
Sourav Das My learning process involves learning by doing and I am doing what I like.
I know that I am interested in computer science and I like to learn it. I didnt take CS
for a great salary, I took it because I like it.
If I talk about specic topics I like to understand web backends, how DBs work, the
architecture of dierent software, why the choice of one software is made over other,
optimization, networking. Any CS degree teaches all these concepts. Try to
understand basic concepts of all of these.
Other than this I also like to learn the internals of programming language that I code
in, contribute to open source(I dont do it actively) and created many mini projects.
Lastly, good communication is also very important. Be a good storyteller.
Chethan R Nayak: Can u suggest on technologies and programming languages for

freshers to start and excel ?
Select a programming language and learn it very well, learn basic algo and DS and
implement it in the language of your choice, start creating very simple projects in the
language.
This is the approach that I followed and still follow for learning new languages. As a
fresher, you can choose any language. I suggest, learn Python.
Python is also in high demand in industry but as a fresher focus more on learning
than choosing a language. try many things(I taught myself android programming,
just because I was curious).
Good luck
Hope it helps.
Anonymous
WrittenDec25
Education qualication - BE Electrical Engineer (June 2012)
First Job after moving to US - Working at University Housing as Desk Assistant -

$7.25/hour - December 2012
Fast forward 4 years - December 2016 - After few more odd jobs, internship and full
time jobs - Currently working at a Silicon Valley biggie - $62.5/hour and other full time
benets
Seems like a sweet deal right now!
Anonymous
UpdatedAug8
I am currently working in a technology startup in Mumbai. I started my career in 2012

with a system integrator earning 5L Per Annum right out of college. It is dicult to
meet ends with this salary when you are living in Mumbai (one of the most expensive
cities in India as long as real estate is concerned)
My salary has increased just over 400% over this time frame. I am currently managing
Sales & Business Development for this startup and my CTC is 21L per annum
Even though this hike seems incredible, your expenses keep on climbing as you tend
to upgrade in terms of your standard of living. The person who used to take a local
train when his package was 5L per annum now books Uber at 2x surcharge without
blinking an eye.
I spend most of my salary on traveling and Ive been taking 23 long trips a year.
I am an engineer and a MBA in General Management from one of the tier 1

institutions in India.
Might sound cliched, but my view is that after a certain point your salary just
becomes a number, what counts is how you plan your nances and your satisfaction
quotient.
Anonymous
WrittenOct28,2015
1. Teacher: I started working for the NYC Dept. of Education a few months after I
graduated from college. I was recruited and hired through a pilot program called the
SMART (Science and Math Alternate Route to Teaching) program.
2. $35k/yr, 2005: Teachers in NYC are paid according to a 2-dimensional salary

schedule. The dimensions are "steps" and "dierentials". Your step is how many years
you've been teaching; your dierential is your educational attainment. When I started
I was at the bottom bottom; 0 years teaching experience and BA only.
3. $70k/yr, 2015: I've now been teaching for 10 years and have attained a master's
degree as well as additional graduate-level coursework. There have also been some
across-the-board raises negotiated by the union over the past few years that have
increased my salary.
4. MST: I received my teaching degree from Pace University in 2007.
Anonymous
WrittenJun1,2016
Finished my Engineering in the year 2012 in Tamilnadu. After lot of struggle for an
year, somehow managed to got a job as Software Engineer in s startup in Chennai.
September 2013 - 1 LPA (take home will be around 7,000 INR)
April 2014 - 1.5 LPA
September 2014 - 1.8 LPA
April 2015 - 3.0 LPA
September 2015 - 3.6 LPA
Feb 2016 - 5 LPA (switched to new Employer and got promoted as Senior Software
Developer)
It increased 5 times from the start in a period of 2 years and 8 months.

BobJuch
WrittenOct26
I make more in one day than I did in one month at my rst job. I went to work for IBM
in 1969 as a full-time regular employee at $540 a month. M y rent was $125 a month.
Now everything is about 15 times as expensive.
Anonymous
WrittenNov7
Location: Delhi-NCR, India
Work Experience: 2 years 2 months
Starting Salary: Rs 8000 ~ $ 120 monthly
Current Salary: Rs 62,500 - $ 936 monthly
Percentage Increase: Almost 800% (781.25% exact)
P.S. I am a software engineer from an average college in Delhi.
Anonymous
UpdatedOct25
Occupation: DevOps Engineer
First Salary: 2012 - 40k per month take home as campus oer
Present Salary: 2016 - 150k per month take home
M.Tech from one of the premier institute of India. Last 4 year of my work experience,
I focused on learning and really worked hard.
Anonymous
WrittenOct5
A small brief before I come to the money part.I had joined a company in Trivandrum
Technopark assuming to be a Software Developer (Apparently that is what was told to
me during the interview). As soon as I joined the company, the work that was given
was that of an IT helpdesk where I was supposed to take calls and resolve the IT
tickets. To cut it short I was given 1.4LPA (2012)for that work. I would have continued
had it been Software development but I quit the job after 4 months. I came back to
Bangalore to continue my studies and completed my MCA from a good institute. I
improved my basic programming skills and did a few projects during my course and
now I am working for a startup as a developer and I earn 6LPA.
Just a quick advice. Its very important to love what you are doing, else its gonna be a
pain if you are forced to do something that you dont like. I think that the money is not
really important if you do not love your job. It ows if you excel in what you love
doing.
Anonymous
UpdatedJan10
24 Years Old..
Education : Bachelor Degree, Diploma In Hardware and Networking.
1st Job : Reliance BPO - Mumbai - Salary 4800 per month InHand - Year 2010 -
Worked for 3 Months.
2nd Job : Orient Technologies Pvt Ltd - Mumbai - Salary 8000 per month InHand -
Worked for around 1 Years 7 months.
Got appraisal and salary increased from 8000 to 9000.
3rd Job : HCL - Mumbai - Salary 12500 per month InHand - Worked for 1 Year
4th Job : GDC Technology Limited - Mumbai - Salary - 4.1 LPA - Worked for 11 months.
5th Job : MindCarft Software Pvt Ltd - Mumbai - Salary - 5.4 LPA - Worked around 9
Months.
6th Job : UST Global - Gurgaon - Salary 6.6 LPA - Serving Notice Period (Completed 1
Years)
7th Job : Will join one of the Best USA based E-Commerce company by Feb 2017 with
InHand Salary of 75 Thousand per month.
Got another oer of 85 thousand per month on 30th December 2016, hope many more
to come till completion of my notice period.
I have 5+ years of experience in IT Production Support.
Anonymous
WrittenJul13,2016
I love to be to the point, so below are the details
1. Occupation -Sr. UI developer

2. First salary, year -INR 4lpa, 2012
3. Present salary, - INR 15lpa
4. Educational qualications - B.Tech
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Anonymous
UpdatedJul16,2016
Forget years, I'll talk about months.
Occupation - software engineer
Jan 2014 - Internship - 5000/month
March 2014 - 1st job - 13000/month
June 2014 - 2nd job - 35000/month
Got red in July
August 2014 - 3rd job - 42000/month
April 2015 - salary increased to 47500/month
August 2015 - 4th job - 90,000/month and stocks
April 2016 - same job, salary increased by 45% amounting to 1,25,000/month
Freelance not included - never counted.
Growth - 1800% in 2 years.
I agree I shouldn't be changing so frequently but I felt my salary hike never matched
my growth.
I'm currently working at one of top 50 startups in the world according to CNBC along
with ex Google and ex Facebook employees.
Quora is our client ;)
Anonymous
WrittenDec3
Background: Ordinary btech with ordinary technical skills.
But I am really good at learning advance technologies and extremely competitive

while working, with aggressive touch)
Cracked a blue chip company, but my principal forgot to send my details to Delhi HQ
so rejected by EOD (Btw this interview happend at night 2 o clock when the
temperature is 15 degrees).
1. Worked for a start-up @10k per month. Grabbed lot of attention from
management, by 6th month I'm withdrawing an amount of 20k plus bonus).
This was in 2012 - 2013.
2. Again my bad luck said hello! On Dec 2013 project was revoked due to a
double agent inside. Who took the project to a new company. BTW by then I
was withdrawing 30k.
3. This is the best part. Another startup hired me showing a bright future by 5k
per month. Stupid me! After trusting them I was sailing in sinking ship like
Jack sparrow. After one and half year my salary was 14k plus tantrums of
seniors. After a long and meaningless days when I got chance in a really big
product company, these guys left me without papers. Again back to square
one. Now the time is 2015 q4. I remember, All these days I was eating 3 idlies
on morning, 1 cup rice for each session. These routine went for complete 14
months. Addition to these attending calls from bank to pay my Edu loan.
4. By starting of 2015 q4 my sal was 5lacs plus allowance. Was withdrawing 50k.
5. Again switched on 2016 to a company which is in fortune 15 with salary of

almost 15 lacs with a really good position and on one of the best advance
technologies.
These gures are not any fancy. But I just wrote it for people who lost all hope in one
of the above situations. There is indeed a ray of hope but you must work to be
accepted on that day.
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Anonymous
WrittenDec22
1. Occupation: Sold ebooks on ebay when I was 17 years old in year 2007.
2. First salary, year: Rs. 500 per month (2007)
3. Present salary, year : Rs. 50 Lakhs per year (2016). Built my book publishing
business.
4. Educational qualications: MBA dropout in the 4th sem
Anonymous
Written12am
Age : 32 years
1. Merchant Navy Ocer
2. 2006 First salary as Deck cadet 8000 INR per month back then
3. 2017 Present salary (12,00,000INR 12 lakh)per month Captain, Gas

tanker.
4. BSc Nautical Science
an increase of 15000%
P.S - I am a self made man who was not born with a silver spoon. Studied on
education loan back then and now have more than 36 crores of property and
assets.
Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
Occupation: Software Engineer II (current)
2013 - First job at a start up, 9 Lacs/annum

2014 - Start up didn't take o, joined a famous database systems company at 11
Lacs/annum
2015 - Joined a very well respected technology giant at a xed package of 24
Lacs/annum + 20 Lacs in shares vested over 5 years + 4 lacs performance bonus)
Anonymous
WrittenDec21
1st Job-350 Rupees 1991
Started as a UPSC CSE coaching teacher in patna, was preparing for UPSC and
alongside taught aspirants in a small coaching institute.
1993 2nd Job-1750 Rupees ACIO 2 in IB@MHA
Not able to clear mains in my rst attempt but simultaneously applied for IB ACIO 2
exam. I was able to clear it and my rst posting was in Jammu and Kashmir. This was
the time when kashmir valley was reeling under militancy. The job provided the
adventure I was looking for my whole life.
Now earning 80000 Rs. (7th Cpc)+30000 rent from two ats that I have acquired
through bank loans.
Present Job SP in CBI.
Educational Qualication- BCom(hon) from an ordinary college in patna.I may not

have mind blowing package like many youngsters here but it is sucient for me and
my family.
Although hectic but I am really satised with my job as it has given me several
opportunity to make my mark. I was part of several team which caught several SIMI
terrorist and was also involved in the operation to break the back of naxalites in
Chattisgarh.
Anonymous
WrittenDec27
44.44% increase.
First Job started in April 2016 at Rs. 9 lacs per year.
Currently accepted another oer to switch from February 2017 at Rs. 13 lacs per year.
Going anonymous since I am yet to leave the current organisation.
Educational qualications:
B.Tech in Electrical Engineering (201014)
MBA in Marketing (201416)
Job role : Deputy Manager (Marketing) in current as well as next company.
Anonymous
WrittenDec22
Nov. 2013 - Trainee (Marketing) :- Salary 5300-/
Nov. 2013- Employee Converted as a Bidding Analyst :- Salary 15,000-/
Nov. 2014- Marketing Associate:- Salary 22,500-/
Nov. 2015- Business Development Executive:- Salary 27,500-/
April, 2016- Lead Sales:- Salary 40,000-/ (Current CTC)
I have done B-Tech in CSE and didnt get job from campus placements (Due to non-
technical). After 2 years of my degree I got my rst job in MNC as a marketing trainee.
After that within 6 months I converted as a employee and then every year I got
promotions and salary hike. In 2016 I resigned from that organisation and shake hand
with a new MNC as a Lead Sales.
Anonymous
WrittenJan4
I started my career as a Software Engineer when I was 14 years old making $40,000
AU per year. At 16 I was earning $65,000 AU and at 18 I was earning $95,000 AU. Fast
forward to 20, I moved to the United States from Australia and earned $165,000 USD /
year as the Chief Architect at a startup. Im currently 22 years old and running my
own company as the Chief Technology Ocer. My personal earnings this year will be
around $400,000 USD. Im not paid a salary anymore.
I have no educational qualications, other than studying at an Australian University

for 8 months prior to dropping out (from 17 to 18 years old).
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Anonymous
WrittenJul22,2016
First Job: Technical Support in a ITES company
Year: 2004 February
Salary: 8000 INR per month (CTC: 1 lakh+ something. cant remember the exact
amount)
Current job: Business Analyst in a major IT consulting company
Year: 2016 July
Salary: 75000 INR per month (CTC: 11 lakhs+)

Anonymous
UpdatedNov24
312%
1. Occupation: Engineer working in the eld of Electrical Power System
2. First salary, year: 20k INR per month in year 2012 July
3. Present salary, year: 62.5k INR per month present 2016 November
4. Educational qualications: Masters of Engineering in Electrical Power System
I would like to add here that after pursuing Masters in Engineering chances of your
getting job in technical eld decreases (particularly talking about India as general and
Gujarat as specic), but you can opt for teaching in engineering colleges where
starting salaries are around 35k INR. But growth in teaching eld is at while in
industrial job you get good hikes and if you switch at right times than growth is even
more.
Anonymous
WrittenJul21,2016
Many thanks for asking this question. I always wanted to write about my journey so
far and that opportunity you gave me today.
Before getting started I would like to tell what I am today.
Year: 2016, currently working as Lead - Engineering at one of the reputed company.
Education: B. Com with computer Application
Now let's get started from the beginning.
Year: 2007, Nagpur
Job: started working in book store. I was pursuing studies at the same time.
Salary: Rs 600 INR PM
Year: 2008, Nagpur
Job: Same as above
Salary: Rs 700 INR
Year: 2009, Nagpur
Job: Printing machine operator
Till now, I never had thought that I will make my carrier in software engineering. I
always thought of being an accountant. Rs 5000 INR was my dream salary. Then
during nal year of graduation something happened and that changed my life. I
started looking for something which can give some respectful job. I came to know
about HTML/CSS. Learned it during nal year with account and other commerce
subjects.
Walked miles with resume in hand and knocked every company door but they turned
me down. When I was about go back and start doing same, one company called me. A
very small company in a 1BHK at with 3 employees and I was the fourth one.
Year: 2010, Nagpur
Job: Associate Web Developer
This was the new inning of life and since then I never looked back.
Year: 2011, Nagpur
Job: Web Developer
Salary: Rs 3500 PM
Untill this time I had learned PHP Frameworks and JavaScript by self learning. I had
to prove myself that being commerce graduate I am good at Logic and coding.
Year: 2012, I quit current job and switched to new company
Job: Software Engineer
Salary: Rs 7000 INR PM.
Year: 2013, Pune.
One more job change back to back. I got selected by one startup and they gave more
than what I asked for. So far I was good at programming and self learning attitude was
keeping me ahead of all. My interview went very well and interviewers were highly
impressed. I tried not to go Pune and gave them various reasons but then they made
me an oer which I couldn't refuse.
Job: Software Engineer
Salary: Rs 25k INR PM
25k salary was far more than what I dreamed 3 years back. My parents were very
happy and proud. I was a star for my relatives since nobody so far had reached to this
much. 25k salary per month was the 50% of total yearly income of my father. I can't
forget their faces when I told them about my salary.
Year: 2014, Pune
That Startup is now a 80 plus employee company with handful turnover. My yearly
appraisal gave me 40% mouthful hike in salary. I was on seventh sky. Got promoted
too!
Job: Senior Software Engineer
Year: 2015, Pune
Job: Senior Software Engineer. Same company
Salary: Rs 45k INR
Now here comes the one more turn in my life when unexpected happened. Got a call
from same city where I started. Yes, Nagpur it is! They oered me package of 10 LPA.
Yes, you got it right. Near about Rs 75k INR per month after deducting all the taxes
and PF. I can't tell how proud I feel when I see my salary slip. I still have those bank
deposit slips when I used to get 1500. Those bank slips reminds from where I came
and never let me forget my roots. I am so glad that I took decision to learn something
dierent, which doesn't come under my curriculum. I decided to break the rule that
only engineering student can become an engineer. I am a B. Com. Graduate and I
proudly say this when someone asks me about my education.
Year: 2016, Nagpur
Job: Lead - Engineering
Period.
Anonymous
WrittenNov1
Occupation: Quality Assurance Engineer
First Salary: 6k PM, 2013
Present Salary: 5.7 LPA, 2016
Education Qualication: Bachelors of Engineering (Information Technology), Batch

20082012
First Job: Worked as an Intern for 3 Months earning 6k pm.
Second Job: Joined as a Trainee with 2.2 lpa in May 2013. Salary was 3.6LPA when
moved out for my 2nd jump.
Third Job: Joined with a package of 5.25 lpa in Dec 2015 and currently getting around
5.7 lpa after getting a 10% hike recently.
RishabhGoyal,studiedatMalaviyaNationalInstituteofTechnology,
Jaipur(2017)
UpdatedJan18
Hi I am going to tell you my story.I am nal year student of engineering from NIT
JAIPUR.Our placement season started on 26 July.I got rejected in rst four
companies(d e Shaw,arcesium,Amazon,Walmart) in interviews. I got rejection after hr
round in Walmart.This was a crucial period for me.After getting rejected in Walmart(it
was my dream company) I was depressed so much that I used to check my mail in
mornings after waking up to see whether was there any mail from walmart.I didn't
want to sit in companies any more.I tried to convenience and tell myself that it is okay
to get rejected but this was not going to helping me.I went through almost 20
companies and as ususal got rejected mostly after hr because I was very much
frustrated and nervous and one reason was that I didn't wanted to be placed in those
companies.Then I sat in Infosys and got selected in Infosys with package of 3.25 lpa
(Infosys was bonus company and I appeared for this to boost up my condence). After
this I again got rejected by some companies.After all this I realised that now I should
take any company.Now I got a chances to sit for Samsung.There was no interview
round.If you have cleared all the test cases of coding question you will be selected.I
cleared 49 test cases out of 50 and got rejected.(this was another sad moment for me).
In November I got selected in two companies( The procedure of these two companies
was in parallel so I had a chance of getting selected in two).The package was 6.5 lpa.
Recently I got selected in Qualcomm.Thank you so much qualcomm for giving me

opportunity.
PS : I was not interested in publishing my story on social media or any where else but
one day someone told me that it could inspire anyone so I have written this.If you gets
inspired it would be great and make this post worthwhile.
Edit 1: Thank you kartik Kampasi for asking to share it.
Anonymous
WrittenJan4
Ill share my fathers experience. Hes just a 10th Pass.
1980 - My father was a janitor. He used to get 500 INR as salary per month. Refused to
study due to poor nancial conditions of our home back then.
1985 - My father cleared interview rounds by XYZ Port Trust (Name withheld for
various reasons). Salary - 1000 INR per month
1990 - Upgrade from Janitor to Vessel driver Level 1. Salary - 1500 INR per month
1995 - Already married with a son of 1 year age. Upgrade from Vessel Driver Level 1 to
Level 2 Salary - 2000 INR per month
2000 - Major Upgrade from Vessel Driver to Engineer In Charge. Salary - 10000 INR
per month
2006 - Stable post - Experience increased - 6th Pay Scale Commission - Salary -
20000INR per month
2010 - Stable post - Increased charge from 1 vessel to 2 vessels - Salary - 40000 INR
per month.
2016 - Stable post - Salary 50000INR per month.

Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
Occupation - Software Developer

First salary, July 2011 - 3.5 LPA
Present salary, Aug 2015 - 30 LPA
Educational qualications - BE Computer Science (small town private college)
I never learned things to earn money, which is probably the biggest reason behind my
current earnings. I do the same today, learning, because I like it, not for making
money.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct13
Started with an Software Engineering job in Mumbai(my hometown) in 2009, since it

was the slowdown period our packages were trimmed down to 2lks per annum. So
that was around 13k in hand per month.
Fast forward to an MBA from a decent college. Got placed in a IT again. Started with
10.9lks in 2014 and am drawing 15.6Lks per annum . Thats nearly 1 lk in hand every
month. With additional bonuses every quarter.
29, Male single and own a house so prettymuch half of it goes towards EMIs.
Anonymous
WrittenOct29
2012 Jan:
Fresher - Sys admin - started my career with 1.5L per annum in a leading
service based company (including all benets)
Left the company with 2.3L
2013 Aug:
Joined a US product based company - Operations Engineer - as a contractor

with 3.5L per annum, took a risk, colleagues/friends scolded me, paid the
previous software giant 50K as I broke the bond, meh.
2014 July:
Became permanent in the same company salary raised to 6.6L per annum
Left the company with 7.4L CTC and 2L per annum as allowances
2015 Sept:
Joined a US based tech startup - DevOps - 11.25L per annum and 3L (stocks)
As of 2016 Oct Still working there with 12.25L per annum and 3.5L (stocks)
So in ~5 years from 1.5L to 15L-16L per annum.
For the sake of numbers: 900% increase
My education background:
2004: 10th - state board - 93%
2006: 12th - state board - 73%
2011: BCA - no cares about that college - 70%
If you have some time free, go on:
Yes, I have 2 years of gap after my higher secondary I dropped out the course which I
was told to take as I was not interested in that. Next year I went to a dierent place
worked in some BPOs for some months while doing my college, dropped again
because of some family issues. Went to a dierent university joined BCA in one of the
aliated college , after a week university asked me to leave as I didn't have some sort
of NOC and the whole syllabus was dierent between the universities.
2008 Sept: Joined some xyz college, didn't even know it existed before that and
dierent university though, started from the scratch, my juniors in school were my
seniors in college, lol. And I made some good friends.
2011 Feb: Came to know about an o campus drive. Since the drive was for BSc/BCA
grads and it was o campus drive around 17 colleges participated (1500 students) I
thought around 150 ppl will be taken in, as the company is known for that. But sadly
only 6 were selected for the further rounds. Out of which only 2 were given oer letter.
I was one among the 2, big relief. I couldnt sleep for couple of days, was overjoyed.
Informed my mom she was very happy and my friends too.
I thanked my friend who got me the Reliance internet dongle which helped me to
prepare for the tests the night before the drive and my grandpa who got me a laptop.
And my other friend who used to wake me up everyday in the morning for college
during the nal year as I was in sort of mansion, 22 people in one oor (3BHK, rent 1K
per month per person), mostly drunkards shouting or whining never let me sleep on
time and I admit I am not a morning person too.
Why I went there in rst place?
I was asked to leave my house (A) when I was in 11 std, which I gladly accepted and
left. Stayed in a very close relatives place(B), I left after a year due to some issues
which didn't include me and dropped out of the college as I said I didn't like the
course either. Stayed in another relatives place (C) kinda close, I was asked to leave
after 1.5 years, gladly accepted it and dropped out again. Went back to place B as A
screwed my life for 12 years (7 to 18), if it is not for my mom and friends I might have
turned out to be a drug addict or something, lol, as I had the chances. Well after 1.5
years (B) asked me to leave the house in the middle of night. This time I was crying,
didn't accept it gladly. I went to another relatives place (D) close though, if you are
reading this at this point you might think I am sort of an idiot or a weirdo, thats ne.
After a month I told (D) that I dont want to stay in anyones place thats where I went
to that shady mansion. I wasnt from a big city otherwise I would have gone to a PG.
Well I answered my question.
Now after all the years I am typing this from place (A) issues are sorted out now but I
still get nightmares and headaches. Mostly me beating the shit out him (step-father),
may be its his nightmare I get it. Lol. I never used to think about my past mostly
unless I try to remember my dad once in a while, who passed away when I was 1.1
years old in an accident. By creating a mental image of him with a very few pictures
that I have seen. And how dierent my life would have been, my moms life too. How
dierent I would have been if I was shown the love and the care which I deserved, at
least in my childhood. I was happy till 6, lived with my grandpa, grandma, mom and
B, D and one more aunt.
Okay so how bad he was?
There were many incidents in those 12 years, just remembered one in the early ages. I
was around 8. One day my step father took me to a shop where they make bamboo
furnitures after my school and asked me to choose a cane I had no idea why. Once I
did choose he said its for you. Came home, went to his room, doors locked, I got
beaten the shit out of me that day, that was my rst time. So made a lot of noise and
more the noise I made the more vigorous it was. I heard my mom banging the door
from outside and poor lady fainted on the door as she was pregnant 78 months,
carrying my step-brother who is a nice guy, nothing like him. I didnt go to school the
next day my back my legs my arms were swollen and had red strips how can I go to
school, that was his problem. It wasn't the 1st incident though as the rst incident
happened on the fourth day I met him when I was 7. But this one was huge I couldnt
forget. After that I got used to that, wanted to leave the house when I was 9, 10,11..so
on..16,17 and boom it happened.
Now I have visited place (B) few times I and talk to them. C is ne, I talk to them too. D
had no issues. I started talking back to him few years before as my mom has to stay
with him, she left him thrice though. But now after all these years suddenly he turned
to be a normal person, my mom is nally happy, I have 2 loving brothers. And I am
more like the head of the family and I pay the EMI of the house where everyone stays
bought it with the help of (D). I visit my home once in a while like during holidays but
I dont feel home enough and I dont share anything with him. He is just a person to
me its ne if he doesn't exist I dont have hatred on him nor he does on me now.
Moral:
So it doesnt matter me how much my salary increased at the end of the day, the
struggle I have to go through to get it, the sleepless nights, doesnt matter, I mean no
purpose. I missed being with my family esp with my dad. I am 28 years old now still
cant get over the fact that, unconsciously though, that I was abused as I get
nightmares once in a while. I have no passion on anything I couldnt nd anything
that interests me as most the days went on planning survival tactics.
My answer is not so relevant to the topic we are discussing here, it belongs to what we
Indians collectively do wrong on Quora. Lol. Whining. I havent opened in years, like
a decade may be thats why I started o with some content and went on a dierent
track.
Next year I am getting married to my girl friend one thing for sure I will be a good
husband and the best dad.
Anonymous
WrittenDec19
2013:-joined a startup in a dierent city than mine at 15000 pm salary(worked for 8

months)
2014:- joined a middle scale company with 2 lack per annum with 2 years bond.
2015:-got appraisal with salary of 3 lack per annum but inhand was 15000 and other
amount is given after the end of 2 years. (worked for 2 years)
2016 :-Joined a MNC with a package of 6.8 lack per annum(working here at present
.4 months have been completed)
Anonymous
WrittenOct21
Going Anonymous For Obvious Reasons! Sharing Salary Details Is A Security Risk.
1. Occupation: When i started i was a Service Engineer(Wrong Decision, Being

vulnerable during my early years was a good learning how ever my parents had no
issue with it), Now i work as a Security Engineer
2. First salary, year : 90000 PA, 2010
3. Present salary: year 15LPA, 2015
4. Educational qualications: BE, ECE
I worked as a Service Engineer for 1.5 years without a question, my salary increased to
12000PM in 8 months and then it was around 15K PM till the time i left.
Things were ok, i worked and had fun i have no regret now the Job taught me a lot of
stu about company culture, politics, etc but the job was monotonous and i got
bored, i had a lot of free time and i started learning looked at dierent technology and
liked Cyber Security.
I tried for couple of months and landed a job in a startup where i got decent salary
which was actually less than the last drawn salary of my previous company it was 10K
PM i did not have any issues as i wanted to learn irrespective of the salary.
I worked my ass of for 4 years and learnt a lot of stu and also failed and learnt what i
actually liked and what are my weaknesses.
I moved to my current company an year back it was a good opportunity where i am

part of a new team in India and we are building it so it can be considered as a startup
but not technically a startup.
Anonymous
WrittenDec22
I am willfully going to Anonymous for this. Now lets start with my answer. I started
my career in 2009, because of the recession in IT sector at that time, I didnt get any
chance to participate in on-campus hiring. Me and all my friends worried about
future.
During my six month training in MCA, I deliver some good project in a private
company. My instructor was impressed and referred me one of the service based
company (Actually I can work in current company as well but scope of growth was
less so he referred me other), I interviewed there and get selected, but I only get
2500/- as per month salary. I was more than happy because I got the job.
I worked hard and make my position in company in sort period,I usually got
increment more then my expectation,I continue get high increment sometime in
every six months.
On other side I keep improving my knowledge and made my self competitive to

market, I changed the job and nd better opportunity and salary ( Earlier getting
better salary give me happiness and satisfaction but later on I realize, only money is
not everything and I start thinking about work quality, life happiness and satisfaction
).
Right now I am getting 24 Lac rupees of package, all xed :P and I have oer in hand
of 36 Lac rupees again all xed :).
As I said earlier, Money is not everything for me now, I might not join there.
But If I join, my increment during 7 year will be 12000%.
I never though I will get this much in 7 year of span, but now I really dont care.
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Anonymous
WrittenJan4
Joined IBM through campus recruitment in 2010. Salary was claimed to be 27k per
month (3.25 lpa). Actual salary was 19k. Competency assignment was done randomly
and I got mainframes which I have zero interest in. Worked for a year and quit to do
MTech in IIT. Didnt sit for campus recruitments as my previous experience made me
tired of the corporate life. Joined a Government job and gets around 56k per month.
~300% increase in salary
innite% increase in job satisfaction and contribution to society.
Anonymous
WrittenAug5
My graph is,
1. Occupation : Tech Lead
2. First salary, year - Rs.30000( per annum ) and the year was 2009
3. Present salary, year - Rs.13.2 lakhs ( per annum ), 2016
4. Educational qualications - > MCA
After completing MCA, i didnt want to waste years. So, immediately joined a small
concern as an ordinary oce boy with the salary of Rs.2500 per month.
Then entered into IT after 6 months of struggle.
Yes, got a job in a start up company with the salary of Rs.4000 per month. Left the
company after 2 years. My salary was increased to Rs.10,500/- in that 2 years.
Again joined another start up company for the salary of Rs.12,500/-
Life took me to Bangalore. Joined a company as a Senior Software Engineer with 3

years of experience in IT. The CTC was Rs.4.25 Lakhs. Spent another 3 years in the
same company and my CTC increased to Rs.7 Lakhs.
This is my fourth company. Joined 6 months back for the salary of Rs.12.65 Lakhs per
annum and i got 5% hike also.
My current salary is Rs.13.2 Lakhs per annum.
My life is changed from an ordinary oce boy to Tech Lead, and from Rs.30,000 to
Rs.13 Lakhs in the span of 7 years.
Anonymous
WrittenOct26
9 times in 12 years
1. Occupation : Software Engineer (Designation doesnt matter)
2. First Salary, Year : 27000/= Per month 2004
3. Present salary, Year : 160000/= Per month 2016 On CTC basis it is 9 times
4. Education Qualication : Engineer from One of the premier college
Journey has been up and down, Including some bad decisions, some bad company,
Job loss. In nancial turmoil in 20082009, Lost Job, had 0 Saving, expecting rst
kid, Personal problems, and so on. However by god grace everything I was able to
build on from scratch, and Luckily Now I have sucient savings to not to worry about
job for at least one year.
RS
WrittenOct2
In 2001, I started job for just Rs. 2500 as tele calling executive. However, I did that just
for a month. After that, I completed graduation in 2002 and joined a company where
my salary was 3k as customer support executive. I left that too just after a month.
Then I joined one company for Rs. 1500 but left after 15 days. After few months I
joined another job for 2k and left that after a month. Then I joined one school as part
time admin executive & my salary was Rs. 1500. I was asked to leave after a month, lol
:). Then nally I got a good job in 2006 as academic counselor. It was part time
initially and my salary was Rs. 2500. Then after six months I became full time
employee and my salary increased by Rs. 5000. I worked with same salary for 2 years.
Then got married in 2008 and moved to my husbands city so left that job. Then just
after 4 months I got separated from my husband and applied for divorce. After
separation I started another job as educational counselor in 2009 for 7k. Then got
better oer for 12.5 k as senior academic counselor after 6 months which I accepted
but I was asked to leave after 3 months. I got depressed and did not work for 2.5 years.
In starting of 2013, I started working at MNC BPO (US process) as process associate
and my starting salary was just 12k. I negotiated in interview that 12k is very less for a
night shift. They convinced me if my performance is good, after 3 months they will
increase it by 16 k and that happened. I joined in January, and in May my salary was
increased by 16k. Then every year between May to August I get 2 to 4 k increment
since last 3 years. Today, in October 2016, my Basic salary is around 25 k and with all
allowances and incentives, I make 30 to 32 k monthly. I am now looking for better
opportunity in day shift.
So, in 2001, I started my rst job with 2.5k and in 2013, I started this job with just 12k
salary but I earn 30k monthly now in 2016. I am not promoted at managerial level
though.
Anonymous
WrittenMon
Occupation: Software
First Salary: 7.2K/month in 2008 (8.7k/month in 2010)
Present Salary: 1 lac/month in 2016 (3rd company)
Education: B-tech from a bottom level college
No extra course, No certication
KartikKampasi,workedatStudents
UpdatedFri
A JOBLESS MAN APPLIED FOR THE POSITION OF 'OFFICE BOY' AT MICROSOFT
A jobless man applied for the position of 'oce boy' at Microsoft.
The HR manager interviewed him, then gave him a test: clean the oor. The man
passed the test with ying colors.
"You are hired," HR manager informed the applicant, "give me your e-mail address,
and I'll send you the application for employment, as well as the date you should
report for work.
The man replied " I don't have a computer, or an email!"
"I'm sorry," said the HR manager. "If you don't have an email, that means you do not
exist. And we cannot hire persons who do not exist."
The man was very disappointed.
He didn't know what to do. He only had $10 with him. Once that is spent, he won't
have any money to buy any food.
He went to the supermarket and bought a crate of tomatoes with his $10.
He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in less than two hours. He doubled
his money.
He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60. He realized that
he can survive
this way. He started to go everyday earlier, and return late.
He doubled or tripled his money every day. Soon, he bought a cart, then a truck. In a
very short time, he had his own eet of delivery vehicles.
Five years later, the man became one of the biggest food retailers in the U. S. He
started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.
At the end of the conversation, the broker asked him for his email address.
The man replied: ' I don't have an email.'
The broker was dumbfounded. "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded in
building an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?,"
he exclaimed.
The man thought for a while, and replied, "an oce boy at Microsoft!"
If you just lost your Job or Just failed an Interview Don't worry be Optimistic..... Good
days are on the way and something better is reserved for you.
All you have to do is Explore, Innovate and Explore !!!
Edit1:Quora Messaged me 5,000+ people were sent your answer in the Quora Digest
Thanks Everyone for sharing my answer.
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Digest Thanks Everyone for sharing my answer.
Anonymous
WrittenSat
40,000% times (from 1998 - 2016)
1. Occupation : IT Support
2. First salary, year : 1998 1300 INR /20 USD/13 GBP per month as a sales boy at
Carpet shop, Delhi
3. Present salary, year: 2016 5,25,000 INR/ 8000 USD / 5250 GBP per month , IT
specialist, London
4. Educational qualications: 12th Failed, MCP, ITIL
Currently in India year 2017, unemployed, income from interest 20000 INR / 307
USD/ 200GBP per month
Destiny will bring where you belong, but only hard/smart work can take you to your
goal.
AnkitVerma,studiedatDayanandPublicSchool,Shimla
WrittenAug2
1986 Started working in chandigarh at INR 170
1990 Joined army canteen (civilian accountant) salary INR 400

Moved back to shimla in 1992
1992 Joined LIC of india as an agent + opened a cloth shop INR 3000
1996 clothing business went into losses INR 1000
1997 Bought Maruti Omni hired a driver and started taxi business INR 5000
1998 Bought Maruti 800 for taxi purpose INR 7000
2004 Business went into loss sold Omni and started LIC work seriously INR 30k
2008 One of the best agents of Himachal Pradesh INR 80k
2010 Cleared MDRT INR 1lac
2011 Started Clothing business again + LIC 1.5 lac
2014 Started Hostel at home along with lic and cloth trading INR 1.8 Lac
Today he's still earning around this per month approximately.This was about my Dad
:)
AnkushKocher,worksatOodlesTechnologies
WrittenDec28
Hi,
Very Nice Thread But i have observed that salary of rst job is very low many time <
10000.
For me First salary 7000 join IT company Aug 2014 as ASSISTANT JAVA DEVELOPER.
After 3 months its was 2 LPA in same company as JAVA DEVELOPER.
After 2 year i switch to other company in Gurgaon.
Currently 2.6 years of exp and current salary 6 lpa

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Anonymous
UpdatedAug5
Occupation - Software Engineer
First salary 6.2 lpa July 2014
First hike 7.2 lpa Jan 2015
Next hike 7.8 lpa Jan 2016
Switched company
Current 12.5 lpa Fixed ( with bonus and other perks CTC 16 LPA) July 2016
Total hike 101% in 2 years
Qualication :- B.tech TIER 1 Engineering college
Edit :- Have 2 oers (one 18 LPA from startup) but decided to go with the previous one
because of location of my choice , benets and brand name .
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Anonymous
WrittenOct27
I come from a tier 2 engineering college.
I had big dreams of a huge pay check to full all my mums wishes plus I am a
shopaholic from a middle class family ;)
First salary: 12k/month
Worked harder, landed with a government job
Salary: 35k/month
But higher ambitions require more hard work, studied and made myself better with
each day for 6 months.
Salary now: 1.4 lakh/month
Work hard, always the mantra. :)

Anonymous
WrittenJul22,2016
First job from July 2015
Designation Software Engineer
Per month salary(July-March) 28570 INR
9.5% hike(default) from April 2016
Per month salary (April-current) 30570 INR
Applied to my new employer in mid June 2016. Got an oer this week joining in
September.
Expected per month salary(September) 72000+ INR.

ShikharSrivastava,Salariesarejustanumber
WrittenMay22,2016
Me,
1st job, 20103 to 2015

CTC - 3.25 lpa
Now. Since November 2015 to present
CTC : 12 lpa
Qualications : Masters In Computer Science
Cheers :)
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Anonymous
WrittenOct25
I am a software engineer at one of the biggest product based companies. I currently

work at their Hyderabad oce in India.
I am an Electronics and Communication Engineer from one of the top NITs. I

graduated in 2011.
All gures in INR.
Began working July 2011.
First salary - 28k (CTC - 4.2 lpa)
Changed jobs in Dec 2013.
Salary - 56k (CTC - 10.65 lpa)
Changed jobs in Jan 2016
Salary - 110k (CTC + stocks - 22.5 lpa)

Anonymous
WrittenJan19
I joined one of the service based MNC like TCS and Infosys in the year 2014 Oct as
fresher.
My starting package was 3.15 lpa.
I was under training for rst 3 months and then next 9 months was on Bench
(Honeymoon period).
So after 1 year my package was 3.45 lpa
So after 1 completed year I was into automation testing project without knowing
single bit of selenium.
I learnt every bit of selenium by own as I knew Java. I started grabbing everything
which was thrown at me.
After 2 years my package was 3.62 lpa.
So almost 1 year 3 months into same team with 2 dierent project under same client.
It was good learning experience in terms of technology and communication.
Now I got oers from 3 product based companies, highest package out of which is 7.52
lpa.
I would be joining that company in next week.
Keep improving your skills, and sell your skills for better price. :P
Anonymous
WrittenDec29
Going anonymous for obvious reasons.
Last Education - MBA (premier institute in India).
Work: Financial services (no signicant job changes).
Location: Major city in India.
2009 (year of MBA completion) - INR 13L.
2016 - INR 61L (plus approx 5L from interest on liquid savings) so total INR 66L.
Age: very early thirties

Anonymous
WrittenJan2
Completed Engineering in 2012
Was searching job in chennai and as well as banagalore but couldn't get any!
Got a job which is completely irrelevant to my studies with a salary of 12,000 in Feb
2013
With an increment of about 3,000 in July 2013 total 15,000.
With a promotion in 2014 October my salary was raised by 10,000 so totally 25,000.
Resigned my job in July 2015 and started working as freelancer charging 3 lakhs per
project and successfully doing it till date.
Completed 4 projects in 2016 but din receive the payment fully because of
demonization but got about 9 lakhs in 2016!
It's totally about 300% increase from my rst job!
Anonymous
WrittenAug12
Started from a notary helper, now a software professional from an elite college in
India.
1st salary 2008: 35rs(less then $1) per day. Around 1000rs($15) per month
2nd salary 2014: 51k(around $1000) per month.
3rd salary 2016: 2.1L(around $3200) per month.
I worked so hard in this period that you could even imagine. And most interesting
thing is hours spend in the work is same for all the time.
Thanks!
Anonymous
WrittenDec21
275%
Qualications : B. Tech (CSE)
First job : Joined as associate programmer in 2013. Salary : 3.2 LPA
First hike in same organization 25% - salary 4 LPA
Second hike in same organization 36%- salary 5.4 LPA
Second Job : Changed the organization with 48% hike. Joined as software engineer.
Salary 8 LPA
Third JOB (current) : Changed the organization with 50% hike. Salary 12 LPA
Anonymous
WrittenOct17
6K to 25 LPA
I didn't get placement at rst place and nally settled with a start up in 2008 during a
huge recession.
Started with 6K/month
First appraisal 12200/month
Second appraisal 17500/month
Only dierent thing there in my career was, I get the opportunity to work on
something very unique at that time. NLP (natural language processing)/ Machine
learning/Data science etc.
And nobody knew wat the heck it is.
So I earned 17500/month till 3 years in my career whereas most of my friends were

earning like 40K. I was fed up and wanted to go into teaching and also tried moving to
java technology that was well known industry technology.
After 3 years, I got rst interview opportunity to build a search engine with a well
known company and I got 6 LPA pkg.
After that my career growth was good, I learned the value of unique and special skills.
I used it as my USP, changed 3 companies after that. Got oers from foreign
companies as well. Started earning from freelance work as well.
During the course of last 4-5 years, I have received around 25-30 job oers. I can easily
switch a job as and when I want and can ask for even 40 LPA. But now money is not
that important factor to me.
I do like learning, still studying from distance-universities, or on-line courses. I do

spend a lot of time in on-line competitions. and writing research papers. Overall I
keep myself motivated and pose challenges for myself, as I have never got any mentor
and manger or any formal training on any of the technology I am working on. So its
important to love what I do and always having some targets to achieve.
Anonymous
WrittenJan7
First salary - 300/month ( internship post MBBS)
Current salary - 78,L / month (Ophthalmologist)
That is the gross income. Take home amount is around 2.53L / month
Job ( Eye Surgeon) private practice
Current age 57
To get here i ve had to sacrice family life social life so i can let my kids have what I
could not have.
P.S:- Being a doctor sucks!! In india.

Anonymous
WrittenOct2
1000% (from 2013 - 2016)
Occupation :- SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) -> Working on Manual
and Automation Testing.
1. First Salary - 7.5k INR per month in 2013
2. Present Salary - 75k INR per month in 2016
3. Qualication - B.Tech. (CSE)
I have done my b.tech. in 2013 from a private college of UPTU and start my rst job
working under a freelancer who paid me 7.5k per month.
I worked hard and switched to another company and got 20k per month.
I was from manual testing prole so I was aware that I could not get much salary so I
studied a lot and switched my prole from Manual to Automation.
Got two hike A. 35k and B. 45k in the same company.
Now changed my job and got 75 k per month.
Still working hard to keep it up.
Anonymous
WrittenOct26
I read this question several times. Finally, I decided to answer.
So Here we Go
1-First salary-1275rs per month in 2010,when I was doing BSc
2- Second salary- 2,70,000 pa after completion of MBA in 2013
3- Third salary-3,60,000 pa in 2013(Changed job)
4-Present salary-6,50,000 pa in 2016(Got promotion in previous job and changed job)
Educational qualications
10th-Failed, tried and again failed three time, and could qualied in 4th attempts
means ( I was in my 10th class for back to back 4 years)
12th-cleared in rst attempt
BSc-Again failed twice and completed in 5th years instead of three
MBA- Cleared without backlogs
Anonymous
WrittenJan3
Joined as a fresher (BE Graduate) in a mid sized company (~1000 employees) for a
salary of 2.5 lakhs INR in 2013.
Was given training on Sql and Java for 3 months.
Wasn't in the good books of the training manager (God knows why he had some
grudge on a few reportees).
Was put into an internal project as Quality Analyst and worked for 2.6 years getting a
cummilative hikes of 45,000 INR for the year 2014 and 2015.
Came 2016 and tried in a lot of service based companies and could get a maximum of
3.8 lakhs LPA INR owing to my poor existing salary (2.95 LPA).
Got into a product based company for 7.5 LPA and within few months got a hike of 2
LPA.
So 2.5 LPA to 2.95 LPA in 2.6 years and 2.95 to 9.5 LPA in 7 months :D.
Anonymous
WrittenJan6,2016
Started career with Infosys in 2006 with package of 2.75L per annum
Quitted Infy in 2010 (package was 5L at that time) & Joined TCS for 7.5L per annum
Quitted TCS in 2015 (package was 10L at that time) & joined Deloitte Consulting for
15L per annum
Location is Hyd for all the jobs. Got an oer for 20L in Bangalore. But preferred Hyd
for obvious reasons of staying with family & low cost of living.
PS : Only regret is couldn't take gratuity in any of the companies. Need to see if I can
in my 3rd company :)
PPS : Tip for salaried folks: Many employees withdraw their PF upon quitting a
company. My suggestion is to transfer your PF to your new company.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
Profession : Software Developer

Education : NO BSC / NO BTECH / NO BE / NO MBA
Job 1
August 2011 : 8,000 / Month
December 2011 : 12,000 / Month
July 2012 : 20,000 / Month
Job 2
May 2013 : 30,000 / Month
Job 3
December 2013 : 40,000 / Month
March 2014 : 45,000 / Month
Job 3
October 2014 : 70,000 / Month
Current : Appraisal Review Pending
All it takes is PAIN and EFFORTS
Anonymous
WrittenDec22
I joined a Business Analytics Firm last year(2015).
1st Salary - Rs. 25000 pm
Started writing ebooks on Kindle Direct Publication on Business Analytics
Extra income - 4000050000 pm + 40000 from job (after 1st hike) = 80k-90k pm
I have 4 ebooks under my name on Amazon
1. 100 questions to learn R in 6 hours
2. 112 questions to crack business analyst interview using SQL
3. 100 Questions to crack business analyst interview
4. How to start a career in data science
If you have any question on how start a career in data science or how to earn from
kindle. Do comment :)
Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
Occupation - Virtual Assistant (SEO)

June 2011 - 10,000 per month.
Occupation - SEO rep.

Aug 2012 - 15,000 per month
Occupation - Team Leader (SEO)

October 2013 - 20,000 per month
October 2014 - 22,000
October 2015 - 24,000
Not a big leap so far, but the place I work at is awesome, a lot of exibility and I am
looking forward to develop parallel income streams. Hope that works ;)
Anonymous
WrittenDec17,2015
Rather than giving the actual salary and stock, they are phrased as the variable X and
Y for the rst year, and a multiple for the current year.
1. programmer
2. rst programmer Salary + bonus: X, stock Y per year
3. current programmer salary + bonus: 6X, stock 20Y per year
4. Relevant education: masters in CS

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Anonymous
WrittenDec19
Education: MCA (Rajiv Gandhi Technical Univarsity, Bhopal, MP)
First Job : Joined as Software Engineer
Salary : Rs. 60,000 PA
Year: 2005 till 2007 (last salary drawn Rs. 2,00,000 PA as Sr. Software Engineer)
Second Job: Joined as Sr. Software Engineer
Salary : Rs. 360,000 PA
Year : 2008 till Present day (Last salary drawn 1,45,0000 as Project Manager)
Prashant
WrittenDec21
2007: Data Entry Operator. Salary: 2000 Rs/Month
2008: Writer. Salary: 4500/Month
2009: Writer. Salary:23000/Month
2010: Writer: Salary:30000/Month
2011: PSU. Salary: 22000/Month
2012: 1st Corporate Job. Salary: 41000/Month
2013: MNC. Salary: 55000/Month
2015: Second MNC Salary: 80,000/Month
2016: Start-up: 1,90,000/Month
Planning to quit in a year or two. Need to go back to Broke stage to nd excitement.
Anonymous
UpdatedFeb1,2016
B.E. Computers 2011
2011 July - Joined as QA Professional : INR 30K per month (- 10% TDS)
2012 July - Promoted QA Professional : INR 35K per month (- 10% TDS)
2013 May - Promoted Associate Member of Tech Sta : INR 42K per month (- 20% Tax)
2014 May - Promoted Member of Tech Sta : INR 54K per month (- 20% Tax)
2014 November - Shifted to Product HQ with same designation : INR (equivalent)

340K per month (- 33% Tax)
Still with the same company in January of 2016 with same salary (bonus excluded!)
When I was in 10th standard (in 2005), I got to know one of my friends brother used to
make 25k per month in his job and I used to wonder what he will do with that much
money.
Now, I see even this much money is not enough and doing your own business is real
deal!
MansoorShaikh
WrittenAug11
Although I only read lots of questions here in quora but thought to write an answer
for this one.
First job: selling baloons (yes thats right)
Salary: 20 rs per day (year 2008)
Second job: working in icecream parlour
Salary: 1500 pm (year 2008)
Third job: working in xerox shop
By this time i was also learning how computer works.. So joined MSCIT classes.
Then here comes the biggest twist of my life.
Fourth job: SEO fresher in a IT company
Fifth job: SEO team lead
Current job
Digital marketing manager in one of reputed real estate company here in Pune.
Salary: 60000 pm
Where i see myself in next 2 years?
Either i will be working in any MNC in higher position OR going to start my own
digital agency.
That's all..
Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
BE(Information Technology) Mumbai University 2011

1st Job: Trainee Test Engg.
Salary: 14000 per month
By chance Valid Score in GATE

M.E. (Information Technology)
Intern at MNC: 15000 per month Stipend
Permanent Employee at Same company (2nd Job)

1st Year: 8 LPA
2nd Year: 9 LPA
That's the eect of POST GRADUATION. My salary got increased by 4 times of the
rst job.
Anonymous
WrittenJul10,2016
I am from a third grade college of West Bengal(India). I did a lot of programming

while in college and did 4 paid internships. I have 2 years of experience excluding
internships.
Salary:
1. Internship 1: Rs 10,000 per month for 2 months.
2. Internship 2: Rs 20,000 per month for 2 months.
3. Internship 3: Rs 10,000 per month for a month(remote).
4. Internship 4: Rs 10,000 per month for a month.
5. Job 1: Rs 6,00,000 per year.
6. Job 2: Rs 20,00,000 per year.
Qualication: B.Tech in computer science.

Anonymous
WrittenMar25,2016
Engineering degree,
First job in India Rs. 5 lakhs pa ($10000)
Moved to the US for grad school after three years
First job after grad school, salary of $110k in consulting.
Got recruited into private equity after four years - salary of $150k, bonus around
$100k
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NageswaraRaoThota
WrittenDec13
My rst salary in 1976 November was Rs 748 per month. In November 2016, it was Rs
74,000 per month. So, it increased by approximately 100 times in 40 years. But so did
the prices of almost everything, milk, gold, petrol, meat etc.
Ination is a world wide phenomenon.
VridhiJalan
WrittenJan12
My answer is just a quip. To make it clear, I am still a student and not allowed to work.
I earned Rs 200 selling lemonade on Holi that too in just half an hour. When I was in
school, we used to celebrate Holi with great fanfare. My friend and I booked a stall
and started selling the simplest possible item there could be - lemonade. Two boys
were running another stall besides that of ours. They were selling some bhang
thing. One of those guys was quick enough to warn me. He said, No one will buy
what you are selling, its Holi and not some Independence Day. I got angry but didnt
counter him.
Unexpectedly, we sold out whereas, they barely had served 45 customers by then. It
was my turn now. I went to him and said, If no one is buying your drink, we can buy
you out! lol !
Occupation - Lemonade seller
Salary - Rs 200 for 30 minutes
Not working currently, so my salary has dipped.
Thanks :P
Anonymous
WrittenSep26
First Job: INR 20/- per day -> Current Job: INR 20 Lakhs per annum.
Before starting my professional career after completing engineering I used to work as

a daily wager in farms where I used to get Rs. 20/- per day. (Satureday/Sunday and
holidays)
Started my rst job as a Software engineer in one of the services company in 2007.
Profession: Software engineer
Starting salary : INR 3 LPA (2007)
Worked 6 years in my rst company.
Salary when I left the company: INR 6.8 LPA (2013)
Current salary: 20 LPA working for a product company and couple job changes within
last 3 years.
Its really unfortunate to say that loyalty really sucks in software services industry. If
you are leaving after such a long time they are ready to hire somebody from outside at
the twice salary that you are earning but will not give you what you deserve.
Dont hesitate to change the job if you feel you are not paid enough.
Anonymous
WrittenOct16
Occupation: B.Tech Electronics. Not from a reputed college
Placed in HCL by the end of nal year with a package of 2.75LPA in 2013.
Joined HCL in 2013.
Deployed in Service project. Related to DBA.
It has been 3 years. My LPA now is 3.4.
I did not concentrate on this because I am not interested in this domain. I wanted to
change.
Still trying to change.

Anonymous
WrittenJan18
20011 : B. Tech passout from a decent private engineering college. Got hired by a mass
IT recruiter as a software engineer in Chennai. Salary - 3.15 LPA
2012: Increased to 3.5 LPA
2013: Promotion. And salary increased to 4.5 LPA
2014-2016: MBA from a reputed college
2016: Working as a sales consultant in Noida. Salary : 16 LPA
Anonymous
WrittenMon
I am going anonymous just because i don't want anyone to give my salary reference in
my current company. My salary hike within a year is 358%. Really i have also not
expected this.
I started my career with cognizant with ctc of 3.01 lpa, with one experience
my salary raise by 3.35 lpa. I had waorked with cognizant for 2 years.
After cognizant i joined a startup where my ctc is 7 lpa. Worked there for 8
months.
After that i joined ola cabs where my ctc is 12 lpa. This is currently where i am
working.
So within a year my salary has increased from 3.35 lpa to 12 lpa. For others i will like to
say:
If you know you have talent, don't let it under estimate by your manager.
Anonymous
WrittenOct29,2015
LOL.
You've restricted me from answering properly. But ne, I'll stick to your format.
1. Occupation - Automation Engineer ( Currently)

2. First salary - 15,200/month - 2012 - Lecturer
23,800/month - 2013 - Lecturer ( Total of 11 months 2012-2013)
3. Present Salary - 18,557/month - 2015 - Automation Engineer (Joined 4 months back)
4. Educational Qualication - B.Tech - Mechanical - 2011
M.Tech - Mechatronics - 2015
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Anonymous
WrittenJan16
I started my career as a software developer in an IT company in the year 2014.
My rst salary was INR 33,000 per month and the annual package including
bonus and other allowances was around 4.5 lakhs.
Now I make INR 62,000 per month and take home around 8L annually.
Coming to educational qualications, I did Bachelors of Engineering in Electronics

and communication in on of the not so famous government institutions. Although
my academics have almost nothing to do with what I am working now.
PS: I have not changed the company.

Anonymous
UpdatedJan15
Here is my story :-)
Mid 2010 - 4000/- per month. (internship)
Internship period. Selected in a small company for 6 month internship with INR
4000/ month stipend. After completing internship returned to college to continue my
studies.
2011 - After my B-Tech(CS) in 2011. I had to struggle a lot to get my rst job in IT
industry.
After getting rejected by almost 1520 small level companies. I got my rst job :-)
2012- 1.8 LPA :
I was selected by a mid level product based company in Mohali at ctc 1.8 LPA. (I got
selected for govt. Computer teacher job but I decided to continue with IT as this is
what I love to do).
2014 - 5 LPA :
at the end of 2014, I decided to make a switch and moved to an service based
company at 5 LPA.
But I didn't got work as per my prole. So moved to another company in mid 2015.
Mid 2015 - 7 LPA :
Got an oer from an US based services based IT gaint at 7 LPA. Grabbed the oer, did
some great quality of work and completed the project.
2017 - 11.5 LPA :
Got an oer from a US bank with CTC 11.5 LPA for Mumbai location where I am
getting opportunity to work on some really good latest technologies.
So, overall in 5 years in IT industry, I moved from 1.8 LPA to 11.5 LPA. From a small
scale company to a Big banking rm.
Though switching companies very frequently in IT is not good as well but you should
not stay at one place if you are not learning much and your skill set is not improving.
If you have good skills in your eld, no one can stop you from growing in your
professional life.
Keep learning, keep hardworking and keep moving on along with life. Stay focused.
Cheer!!!! Stay blessed!!!
Anonymous
WrittenOct19,2015
Wow. This is an interesting question. I have been with the same company for 5 years
now.
Heres the story -
August 2010 - 12k PM.
April 2011 - 22k PM.
April 2012 - 28k PM
April 2013 - 33.6k PM
April 2014 - 42k PM
April 2015 - 65k PM + Share of prots.
A lot has changed. So, thats a 5x growth in 5 years. Im an advertising professional now
focusing on Brand Consulting.
Anonymous
WrittenDec22
Occupation Software developer
First year salary (38000 PM CTC 6LPA)
Present day salary (almost 5 years down the line) (138000PM CTC 25 LPA)
i guess i was just able to add a 1 in beginning all that to show for 5 years life is tough, i
haven't progress ed at the pace i wanted to.
Anonymous
WrittenJul21,2016
Engineering Graduate
3500% increase from august 2012 to current.
Software trainee at a startup with 4200 INR/month in 2012.
Current
Founder of a startup and IT and Research head for an advertising rm.
Average outcome 1.5 L/month
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Anonymous
WrittenNov7
I am Computer Science graduate from A-listed college of India.
I got a job at Startup as Trainee for 7000. I was to call for any lead from where any
revenue could be generated and then utilizing it.
I worked as a trainee for 3 months after which I was elevated to full-time role.
I got 10000 after that next month and my role changed to Business Development
Manager where I was supposed to do B2B tie-ups.
After that month I got 15000 for next 3 months where I did this along with added
responsibility of Marketing and Operations.
After 7 months since I joined I got another raise and my salary became 20000 along
with ESOP of 1% vested in 3 years.
It has remained constant since then. This is what happens in rat-race of startups in
lieu of better returns.
Anonymous
WrittenDec27
Year 2005: Passed nal Year graduation in Commerce, But didnt Graduated as i had a
subject leftover from rst year to clear, it was Mathematics !! From rst year grad to
nally clearing it, I appeared 10 times for the same subject exam. Cleared in my 10th
attempt !! ( BIG SIGH OF RELIEF ), But only short lived untill I sat and did my own
evaluation. Realised I have passed out with barely any percentages to qualify even for
a job with salary of 10k pm. Was I disappointed . Aah Not at all !!
2006: Got placed at a Shining Jewel of IT sector in India , 92 odd engineers appearing
for same job and only 1 commerce grad, and ending up being the only candidate to
walk home with a joining date. That day I realised , my best is yet to come !!
First Job : Infosys, Pune, India.
Salary oered : 3.3 laks per annum Or 27500 per month.
2008: exactly after 2 years quit my job and decided to pursue MBA hence started
preparing for CAT. Realised soon that I will never clear the bare minimum percentage
required to qualify. Felt like I hit the dead emd again.
2008 - 2009 Was doing some part time business while studying for entrance exams to
keep my incomes owing in.
Quit MBA prep and decided to plunge in full time in the business.
Fast forward 2016, 10th anniversary of rst Job at IT company, quick calculations
showed I would be making anywhere around 7 lakhs per annum or there abouts, had I
continued.
Present day Salary :- 35 lakhs or 3.5 million PER MONTH !! A at in Mumbai, bought
my rst car and gifted it to parents as wedding anniversary gift. MERCEDES BENZ
GL 350 !!
Cant forget the feeling of satisfaction, especially from the fact that I work lesser hours
per day than in the IT company, thus, devoting more time to family, friends,
hobbiesLIFE !!
Anonymous
WrittenOct22
I am a software developer in cloud technology.
almost 4 years in IT.
Let's talk about my rst salary, It is 8000 rs per month.
Current salary is 90k per month. and bonus that's it.
I am just an IT person like all others but I am lucky to crack good opportunities at
right time.
one thing that make me dierent from others is I am workaholic with productivity ;).
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Anonymous
WrittenJul28
I started my career in Mobile Software industry as a Manual mobile app test associate
in one of the prominent Korean Electronics Company in India
Occupation : Mobile Automation testing

First CTC(2010) : 1.5 Lac
Current CTC(Now) : 11.5 Lac
Educational qualication : B. Sc in Computer science
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Anonymous
WrittenJan10
1. Technical Architect
2. 5400 INR per month , 2004
3. 1,25,000 INR per month , 2016
4. BSc IT
2214% !! well it doesnt make sense with percentage, your needs, ination and
life style changes over decade :)
Anonymous
WrittenDec8
My rst foray into the sales world was retail shoe sales in 2001 - I made $6.75/hour and
3% commission. (Products averaged $20 - 50/pair. On a good week, I sold $2500.) I was
in high school at the time.
Fast forward to 2016 - I work as a salesperson at a commercial construction building

products distributor, I have a bachelors in economics from a small public university
(which isnt required for my line of work), and I make $48,074/year salary and will
have a bonus this year of about $9,500 on sales of $1.3 million.
Anonymous
WrittenAug13
Yeah this is secind answer in quora goibg anonymous for obvious reasons because I
don't want my peers know what am doing quora .
Started my career as a desktop support engineer at wipto workibg from a third party
consultancy wiyh 6500 per month and with an agreement 7500 after 6 months.
Before wipro i worked a bpo vompany more salary them wipro.as i am bring a b.tech
graduates i feel uncomfortable workibg in bpo company i left and joined wipro.
1. There is where my career started.rst six months very hard and odd time for
mr.and some time i felt do I really want this job ?.i kept my self calm and
looking out for an opportunity.
2. After six months manager transferred me to a bank where i should go out of

the city for technical issues that are being generated which can't be resolved
remotely.i hardly managed with 6500 per month and some
allowance(2000)for which i travelled to other cities.
3. After 3 months they put me another bank as a resident engineer .i this is

where i felt ashamed and depressed for not getting other job and not happy
what am doing.carried cpu and monitors for 1 to 5 ors of the bank building .
4. One yer back got selected in cmmi level 5 company as a contractor employees
with salary of 17000 per month .as soon as i get into that company i got to the
the things learn more technical and learn politits and more. In between got a
cance to be parement employee .denied .
5. Yes. Got oert from a us producted based company as a engineer
system.joined with 6 lakh per annum with extra bents.I don't feel its grate
amount of salary I don't mind salary as am learing and working am getting
money.
6. Sorry for the poor english i just started to write and developing my writing
day by dy day .thanks for reading
Anonymous
WrittenMar18,2016
One of the lasrgest Software rm in India
2008 - Assistant system Engineer - Trainee - 3.15 Lakhs P.A
2010 - Assistant System Engineer- 3.40 Lakhs P.A
A reputed university in USA as a student
2011 -2012 - part time $11 per hour (10 - 15 hours per week)
Company A
2012 - Software developer - $60,000 P.A
Company B
2013 - Software developer - $72,000 P.A
Company C
2013 - 2014 - Software Developer - $80,000 P.A
Company D
2014 - 2015 - Software Developer - $85,000 P.A
Merit Increment
2016 - Software Developer - $90,100 P.A
All my work and higher studies in USA is in Texas.

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Anonymous
WrittenJul21,2016
Occupation : Developer
First salary 2 Lakh/yr 2014
Present salary 3 Lakh/yr, 2016
Educational qualications B.Sc . IT
*Currently in bond else I would have moved from current employer to somewhere
else.
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DanishAhmed,CricketAddicted
WrittenOct25
For me how much I earned it's not matter
But when I thik about my past and I compare to present its matter a lot
It's big dierence,
I start my journey for child labour at the age of 14 or 15, not bcoz of family issue but I
want be A self made person not depend on others,
I remember my 1st job 1 day it's books store I'm on newspaper counter , per day payout
just 100rs on day MORNING 7 to 5 timing I intract lots of people on daily basic,
After a nish my 1 working days and I get my 1st day payout I was so happy that I can't
express that feeling . I done it what I wanted . I m happy and satised for made it
Now I m running my personal business monthly turn over around 1.5 lacks
It's \U0001f4af times more frm where I start.

RajendraPrasadNayak,studiedatIndraprasthaInstituteofInformation
Technology,Delhi
WrittenNov10
Here goes my story..
From Jun 2012- Jun 2013 ,My CTC was 3.17 LPA from TCS
From jun2013- jun2015, CTC - 3.75 LPA from TCS
From Jun 2015- my in hand Salary is Rs 12400 per month. I am very happy with this
salary from govt.of india.
My current work- Teaching assistant for a course in a reputed college in India.Only

Max 10 hrs of work per week that too depending on the professor's wish.
My future Salary- as expected salary from a very reputed company in VLSI domain.
(from Jun 2017)..
Coming to education, currently I am pursuing my MTech from a premier institute in

India in VLSI and embedded systems.
So with in 4 years, my salary is going to increase at least 100 with very good job
prole as compared to my rst job.
Edit 1:
I am joining Sandisk (placed from Campus hiring) Bangalore from June 2017 as full
time Product Engineer-ii Role. Its not that I am predicting my salary as some might be
thinking.
Edit 2:
Thanks to Amit for the fact I had forgotten..Cheers:)

Anonymous
WrittenOct21,2015
First Job-Aug 2008 joined as ASE at IBM(I was selected from my engg. campus where
I was studying B.tech ECE)
Package 2.95LPA(in hand 25k including 250/day of shift allowance)
Job here was kind of cushy,not a gud thing for freshers.
2nd Job Aug 2012 Senior Software Engineer at Wipro Tech. By now I was lost in the IT
market and I had no idea wat I was doing.I didnt like what I was doing at all.
Package 7.75 LPA(60k in hand including shift allowance)
3rd Job(current)-October 2014 Lead consultant at a prestigious product company
Package 12LPA (80k in hand)
So yeah that is not much of growth.I see people who started at call centers earning
more than me.I have never even been sent onsite.Problem is that I dont like IT eld.I
have never really worked hard.I hardly do any work all day.I am not sure what to do..
Anonymous
WrittenJan11
I was an undergraduate.
First job: Customer support executive: salary 2 LPA
Now: National sales manager for a US rm: salary 14 LPA.
My rst job was back in September of 2014.
Planning to make Exec. Director in the coming years.
I'm still an undergraduate. Planning to complete my graduation.
The reason for anonymity is that a few people don't know I didn't nish college.
Planning to keep it that way.
Anonymous
WrittenJul15,2016
From 3.05 lpa to 7.0lpa in 3 years
First Company - MNC- 3.05 lpa (June 2013-Jan 2015) - Stayed on bench the entire
period.
Second Company - Startup - 7.0 lpa (Jan 2015-Present) - Working my ass o.
Data Analytics (SAS).

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Anonymous
UpdatedApr8,2016
Ahaa.. Seems that you want to compare yourself to others and want to make yourself
happy.. But telling you the truth.. even though I have many-folded my salary within
three years, I always nd someone better than me.. So a satisfactory salary is a myth..
Anyway PFB my details below and make yourself happy (All salaries are what i got
after all deductions):
First Oer( Feb 2013) : Rs 5000 /month - was not interested in job area.
First Salary(Feb 2013) : Rs 17785 /month - in a well known service based MNC IT
company.
First Increment (May 2014) Rs 30029 /month
It was a great increment and I though on top of the world.. until I found a girl who got
better increment.. ;-)
Second Increment (May 2015) Rs 55879 /month

This time I surpassed all I knew in terms of percentage hike but was not still satised..
First Switch Oer (May 2015) Rs 96125 /month

Yeah I switched immediately dumping my company which gave me >70% hike within
10 days of increment..
[Edit] : Update Update !! I got an oer from one of the biggest ecom compnies which
earlier i would have just dream of. Now they are oering me arooun 1.5L a month.
So now that was my journey from 5k to 1.5L PM
Now m hungry for more... :D
Occupation : Developer(play with data)

Educational Qualication: B-Tech ECE from a third grade college
Anonymous
WrittenMay22,2016
I started my career with an OEM as an Assistant Engineer in 2006. My monthly take

home salary was INR7,500 ($112).
Today, in 2016, exactly after 10 years, my take home salary is INR75,000 ($1119), which
is 10 times of what I started with.
I've switched two jobs in between.

Anonymous
WrittenDec3
1. software developer
2. $38000/year 1998
3. $105000/year 2016
4. Bachelor of science in computer science & mathematics
The salary info does not include bonus or company matching in my 401k or my
pension .
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WrittenSep25
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Anonymous
WrittenDec20
1 st job 1200/-
2nd job (year later )1600/-
went for management course
after 3 years 6000/- in mumbai, so hard on that salary. reminding myself the song by
bob dylen like a rolling stone
came back to home town remain jobless for year and after too many diculties , got
the job for 2000/- initially whichc increased to 3000/- after that.
changed the job after 2 years for 5000/-
went to mumbai again for next job 10000/-
left the job after 23 months and remain jobless for 2months
got another job for 12000/-
started side job along which altogether gave me 50000-60000/- aprx at the time of
living the company.
presently getting 25- 35 lpa.
good luck.
Anonymous
WrittenJul15,2016
1. Civil Engineer in a Reputed Indian MNC
2. 19000 INR pm , annual ctc 2.4 Lakh INR year 2009
3. 95000 INR pm , annual cts 13.5 INR year 2016
4. B Tech from NIT
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Anonymous
WrittenJul20,2016
500% Increase (from 2012 to 2016)
Qualication: B.Tech.
First Salary: (Sep 2012): 4 Lac per anum
Current Salary (2016): 24 Lac per annum.

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Anonymous
UpdatedMar21,2016
I never thought about this before. It's interesting.
I started working for IBM (IT) in 1963 after college at a salary of $10K. I retired 35 years
later at a salary of $330K.
That works out to an 11% increase per year.
But--
I never once got an 11% raise.
I changed jobs a couple times, but I never got a big boost out of that.
I'm going to have to think about this to gure out what the hell happened.:>)
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Anonymous
UpdatedJul25,2016
Started as sales executive in 1995 with INR 65000 pa.
At INR 55 lacs pa currently.. still in sales!
Qualications: MBA - 3 yr part time from an average Delhi ins
SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM 1995(THAT I KNOW OF):
1 One is Ceo of a fairly large company..must be drawing atleast inr 3-4cr pa
2. A few are running start ups
3 three of them are running smallish dot coms
4 4-5 of them have retired
5 one has become a writer
6 probably rest of them are in corporate in sr-mid levels
I currently hv 60 lacs as savings and investments
Also I had purchased a house which I hv paid for completely..so currently

experiencing loan free status..though I want to buy another house
I like travelling abroad once a year
And I want to retire if possible by 45 from corporate world and do things that interest
me
SourabhGupta,TeamleaderatWealthManagement
WrittenTue
My rst job was in a small organization. Where I was hired as fresher with just 10000
Rs stipend. After 6 months of rigorous training I was hired with salary package of
2.5Ipa. I had studied Java programming and worked very hard and learned all aspects
of software engineering and corporate culture in that organization. During my tenure
of 4 year in that organization my CTC had been increased to 5.5 lpa.
After working there I feel there is not much learning there and I was thinking that I
am under paid with current market situation. I decided to look out other
opportunities.
Finally I cracked the interview process I was having multiple (around 3). I joined a top
notch Bank as Analyst position which has oered highest CTC of all oers which is 9
lacs.
I have spend 3 years in that organization. Then still same I was again started think
there is not much learning here and I have to start looking other opportunities.
This time I cracked the interview of one of top brokerage rm which had oered me
the package of 14 lpa.
Right now I am working at the same organization since last 3 years. Currently I am
getting 20 lpa.
Anonymous
WrittenJul21,2016
Well this is a very tricky question because just for the love of money people jump
many companies. I did the same but majorly for the work that I do. I started my
courier in 2005 as a Software Engineer Trainee with a Software Giant with a meager
stipend of 4500 rupees per month. I spent 6 years in the company without caring
about money but I focused more on developing my basics, my core and my domain
knowledge.
And well it paid rich dividends. Today I am CEO of my own company and even sky is
not the limit :)
So in short,
Occupation : Software Engineer Trainee to CEO
Year 2005 : 4500 per month
Year 2016 : 3700% increase in base salary and well the company is mine too :D
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Anonymous
WrittenDec28
1. Occupation - IT emplyee
2. First salary, year - 3LPA,2013
3. Present salary, year - 8.5LPA , 2016
4. Educational qualications- B.Tech-ECE
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VivekSomani
WrittenOct20,2015
this is about my friend, we did graduation from IIT Delhi
his salary structure:
rst --2011 --deloitte -- 6 lakh

second: 2013 rothschild -- 12 lakh
third: 2014 apax partner -- 1 crore
fourth: 2015 pursuing MBA from wharton :)
so i think salary depends only on the skilss, even he is a engineering graduate he

completed his CFA (american chartered accoutant degree) between 2011-2014
so salary doesnt depend on your experience, it only depends on the skills you
develope with time
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RamKumar
WrittenAug7
Occupation:milkman/milk distributor
First salary:in 1996 I would earn 500rs per month
Current salary : runs into 6digit Mark every month
Qualication:MBA
At one point of time I had planned to quit and be at a regular work but I did not for
which I am thankful now I am way ahead in life
Anonymous
UpdatedDec29
1. Started career in 2013 with a indian IT company salary :3.0lpa
joined a German company in 2015 salary 6lpa
joined again a dierent German company in 2016 salary 11 lpa.
currently working as senior software engineer.

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Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
I'm posting anonymously out of respect for my former employers.
1. I'm a software developer

2. I started in 2009 in ThoughtWorks India as a Software Dev. Earned around 5.4LPA. I
doubled my salary the day I left.
3. I'm earning 6 times (32 LPA) in 2015.
4. I have a BE
Sanju,QAatHewlettPackard
WrittenJan3
Occupation : Quality analyst in supply chain operations at HP(hewlett packard)
Education: computer science engineering(B.tech) 2012 passout
First salary (2012) - 2.6 LPA
Present salary - 4.5 LPA
Life is sucking me to the core but patience is a virtue ..so Iam keep on trying for
other companies for the past 1 year tats the lesson i learnt not to give up at any cost
Anonymous
UpdatedDec29
I started my career in Tata Elxsi with just 14k (but the actual pay was supposed to be
21k as per the Oer Letter) as Software Engineer in 2009. It was a high recession time
in IT and so my pay got reduced.
2009: Tata Elxsi: 14k -> 21k -> 29k
2011: Next Company: 37k
2012: Next Company: 49k
2013: Next Company: 54k (Contract Job near my Native)
2014: Next Company: 51k (Got Job in my Native itself. It is Tier 2 City and they have a
strict Pay Scale Bench Mark) -> 55k
2016: Present Company -> 70k (Now I am in currently in Central Government PSU)
P.S: The amount mentioned is my Take Home
Edit 1: After seeing other answer where they had mentioned their part time earnings,
I like to add those info.
2008: During my nal year in college, joined a local IT Training Center as Part Time
Instructor with a salary of Rs. 1500/Month.
So from Rs. 1.5k to Rs. 70k in 9 Years.

GeethanjaliBalaji
WrittenSun
Got into Wipro in december 2007 , worked there for 3.5 years .. quit due to a type of
rheumatoid arthiritis .. unable to work in IT . when others here were trying for jobs i
was writing CAT , and trying for MBA , didnt get the college of my choice , suered
due to acute tyep R.A till 2013 , got back to work , but now trying to become functional
consultant .. untimately .. neither my salary has increased , nor my MBA dreams
succeeded ..
Anonymous
UpdatedSun
First Job- trainee test engineer Hyderabad - 1.2 L. P. A.
> 1st Promotion- Associated test engineer Hyderabad- 1.68 L.P.A
> 2nd Promotion- Test engineer Hyderabad- 2.88 L.P.A
Second Job- Software engineer Bangalore- 5.25 L.P.A
studied a it and mastered a few algorithms got hike of +100% , Salary =12 LPA
I work with ntech company in Bangalore and I have 3 years of work experience in
total.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
2011 - 1st job oer : PPO from the startup I interned at - 45k pm
2011-2013 MBA
2013 - 1st job - 80 k pm (I got placed on 2nd day of placements - FYI - Day 0, Day 1, Day
2.. is the convention)
2014 - 1st increment - 88 k pm
2015 - Job switch to an e-comm rm - 110 k pm
Left it for a preferred location, better role in same industry
2015 - Job switch to another e-comm rm - 135k pm
I am happy with my current job.
ShivanathSai,studiesECEatNITNagaland
WrittenJul21,2016
THIS is the story of my father
1. He worked as a newspaper boy for 145 rs per month when he was in 10 class
2. He worked in a small hotel as a part time worker and studies intermediate for
2 years
3. He then took a gap of 1 year working in the hotel soon he got admission in a
graduation college in khammam
4. He worked under a small business man for 8k per month and completed his
graduation
5. He then got married and had a son and worked for same 8k for a period of 2
years
6. He soon came to hyderabad with his family with just 1400 rs and started
working in software company (INFOSYS)
He then cleared the cat exam and got admission in IIM calcutta and he works at ITC
and draws a salry of about 15lpa(present)
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Anonymous
WrittenOct28,2015
Mechanical Engineer
With year back
So technically I got my result cleared in 2011
Was in job since 2010.

2010: First Job
INR 15600 in hand. CTC = 1.98 Lacs
2011: Second Job

2012: Higher Education (MTech)
2014: Third Job

28th Oct 2015: Still continuing with the same job.
Hoping to start something on my own next year.

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Anonymous
WrittenOct13,2015
1. Occupation - Software Development

2. First salary, year - 8000 per month / 2012
3. Present salary, year - 7.5 lpa / 2015
4. Educational qualications - B.Tech IT
SajuThomas,QAManager
WrittenOct17,2015
First Job : UI Developer

First Salary : 96000pa\2002
Education : B.Tech Computer Science
Present Job : QA Manager

Present Salary : 15Lpa
Education : MIS.
BrianLCartwright
WrittenOct28,2015
Photogrammetrist (extracting geospatial data from 3d aerial photos)

1985, $5/hr
2015, $38/hr
still with same company
computers have greatly increased the productivity of each individual
747Views
Anonymous
WrittenJan3
Around 500 percent from my rst job recently got a 100 percent hike in my dream
company. I am a Engineer from a normal college and normal percentage in
engineering but had to struggle a lot to get job in my dream company :)
MichaelDeBusk,HealthcareSecurityOfficer,Hypnotist,NeuroLinguistic
Programmer
WrittenOct30,2015
Technically speaking, I'm doing the same job at the same company. My income is
about 7.5 times what it was when I started in 1986.
744Views
Anonymous
WrittenJul24,2016
Education -B.COM
Started working in 2007, was studying in 12th.First Salary was-3666INR/Month
Currently in 201640KINR/Month
155Views
Anonymous
WrittenDec27
Software Engineer
First Salary 2015 - Campus Selection 12L.
Changed company Current Salary - 16L .
B.Tech EE.
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Anonymous
WrittenAug8
.Net developer
Started my career with Cognizant at 2011 for 3 L
Switched to Accenture at 2015 for 9 L
Joined Microsoft GD 1 month back i.e 2016 for 14 L

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Anonymous
WrittenOct5
First Job
Software Engineer
INR 18,000/ month - 2006
Qualications then : BE
Now
Product Management
INR 3,00,000/ month
Qualication MBA
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Anonymous
WrittenOct22,2015
1st Job Feb 2012 --> Salary was INR 10000 PM

1st Job Feb 2013 --> Salary was INR 15000 PM
1st Job Aug 2014 --> Salary was INR 18000 PM
left 1st job and join 2nd Job
2nd Job Feb 2014 --> Salary was INR 30000 PM

2nd Job Apr 2015 --> Salary was INR 40000 PM
left 2nd job and join 3rd job
3rd Job Sep 2015 --> Salary is INR 52000 PM
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Anonymous
WrittenOct25,2015
2009-2013 - Rs 6k Per month (from tuitions);

2013 - First job SE Rs 20k Per month;(Grade C Engineering College)
2014- Second Job 45k Per Month
2015 - 3rd job 100k Per month.
6k---->100k in 6 years :) (Thank you God ! )

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Anonymous
WrittenOct30,2015
HS Grad job 1 cashier 12400 just show up...went to school for a technical degree
next year job 2 24000 technical degree
went up 4k for the next 3 years as went to college
if you want to count the tuition reimbursement add another 5k to that yearly.
Job 3 48k engineering degree
next year: 65, 88,131, 146
along this route next 15 years with some much higher than last years salary
last year 170k
763Views
Anonymous
WrittenOct17,2015
Occupation - Business research & consulting

First salary, 2010 (content writer) - 1.2 LPA
Present Salary, 2015 (Consulting) - 14.5 LPA
Education - B.Tech (Biotech)
Anonymous
WrittenOct23,2015
1. Head of Marketing, Australia

2. AU$45,000, 2007
3. AU$190,000 + 25% Bonus, 2015
4. Bachelor or Marketing, Master of Management
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Anonymous
WrittenOct13,2015
1. Occupation - Senior Application Specialist(Software Guy)

2. First salary, year - 60k/2008
3. Present salary, year - 10L/2015
4. Educational qualications - Diploma in IT
Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
I have done my engineering from a reputed college, got an oer from infosys for 4.5
lac per annum ..rejected it joined a Tier B MBA college ...was not placed after my MBA
this was in 2010 , searched job for almost a year ..prepared for goverment exams also
no luck ,in my home town joined a job as recruiter in 2011 night shift for 1,80000 was
not able to cope up with enviorment left that in 5 months again searched job for 2-3
months joined as Business Analyst in TCS for 2,20000 (17k per month ) for the same
job they have hired plain graduate ..(BBA) was able to do better after an year my salary
was 3.6 lac ...got married left tcs ..again searched job in gurgaon for almost 7 months
..got an oer from Oracle for an EA job package 5 lac ..i joined it and realized it was a
thankless job ..i was not sure where my career is going i was doing nothing which i
learned from my MBA (Marketing) & engineering...have to leave that job also ..as
husband shifted his base to bangalore ..after 5 months of job searching got an oer
from IBM as social media analyst for a package of 8lac ..love my job currently .....but
not sure where my career is going all my friends placed after engg or even mba are
earning around 20- 26 lac per annum and me after 5 years of mba almost 2 years of
home sitting here at 8 lac
Anonymous
UpdatedDec26
I will not mention summer jobs, internships, jobs held as a student to misrepresent
and show thousands of percent of increase. But from the rst full time job after
graduation til today:
Degree: Masters Degree in Computer Science
First job: Technical Manager Assistant in a small IT consulting rm: $31000

in 1998.
Today: Pre-sales Engineer in software company: $220000.
That's a 710% increase in 17 years. I'm not particularly proud of it. In retrospect, over a
course of 17 years, I can tell that I have wasted at least 3 to 4 years stagnating in
exchange of false promises of advancement.
I recently tried to visualize my income increase since I started working with data from
my income tax statements and I learnt a few things about myself specically about
how I progressed my professional career based on income stagnation.
Periods where I was getting a small increase of 45% per year kept me happy,
chugging along and sometimes wasting time.
In periods where my income was at, I had to react to provide for my family in an
environment where living costs were growing constantly. It resulted in exponential
growth
The regret I have is time I have wasted with the satisfaction of 45% increases and
false hope of promotions that were never to come.
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Anonymous
WrittenAug7
Occupation : Application Developer
First Salary,Year: Rs 8000/month,2012
Present Salary,Year : Rs 75000/month,2016
Educational Qualications : Bachelor of Engineering(Computer Science)

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Anonymous
WrittenOct16,2015
1. Occupation - Software Developer

2. First salary, Jun 2010 - 3.3 LPA
3. Present salary, Sep 2015 - 12 LPA
4. Educational qualications - BE Computer Science
Anonymous
WrittenOct27
Budding accountant working in Big-4 rm. I have a one-year Mastters in Accounting.
Started working in 2012: rst-year associate making $48
2016: senior associate making $85

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RajeshVemula,Unity3DDeveloper
WrittenOct20,2015
i am graduated from by B.tech in 2012 and i am an android developer.
I got my rst job in i-next solutions in april 2013 (sorry written 2014 ) which is in
Bangalore and my rst salary is 4k .. You heard right 4000...Its so hard for me living
with that in Bangalore .
After one year i left that job at that time i am getting 8000..
I learned Unity game engine and making games with it..Presently i make 300$ a day
from my apps.
2013 april = 4000 per month

2015 October = 500000-600000 per month.
Presently we are working to start a new Game studio in Hyderabad and i am 24 years
old
Anonymous
WrittenJul22,2016
1. Occupation-Software Developer
2. First salary, year -320000 INR per yeat in 2010
3. Present salary, year - 2000000 Inr per year in 2016
4. Educational qualications - Bachelor of Engineering
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Anonymous
WrittenOct29,2015
Well, the answers have indeed depressed me.

I preferred to stick to my rst employer for a long time, longer than the most at least. I
did not switch, and my hike has been much less compared to my old peers and
colleagues.
I suppose, that's a small price to pay for loyalty!!!
785Views
Anonymous
WrittenOct27,2015
Occupation : Quality Analyst
First salary, year: 18000 2013
Present salary, year : 30000 2015
Educational qualications: B.E. IT

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Anonymous
WrittenJul16,2016
1. Occupation - Software Engineer

2. First salary, year - 25k p.m. , 2013 (age-23)
3. Present salary, year - 55k p.m. , 2016 (age-26)
4. Educational qualications- B.E.
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Anonymous
UpdatedJul4,2016
All these answers make me feel like a fool ! I earn enough to get by only.
My rst salary was : 7000 per month in 2005
I left working to study for many years.
2012 : 24000 per month
2014 : 44000 per month (This is another job for which I had to clear an exam )
2016 : 51000 per month
2016 July on wards after 7th pay commission : Around 73000 per month
I am a translator .
Anonymous
WrittenDec22
Occupation: IT Engineer
First Salary : 10L P/A - 2012
Present Salary : 30L P/A + 10L Stocks - 2016
Education Qualications: Engineering

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Anonymous
WrittenDec13
First Salary : 14,000INR per month(250$), 2006
Present Salary: 6000$ per month
Education: MS
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Anonymous
WrittenOct14,2015
1. Software Engineer
2012 Passout
First salary (August 2012) 96000 PA
Current Salary (October 2015) 10,00,000 PA
Educational Qualication : Bachelor of Technology
Upvote 1
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Anonymous
WrittenDec26
General Manager in Healthcare Company
First salary: Rs 4,800 per month (2008)
Salary today: 165,000 per month (2016)
B.Tech (Mech) and MBA from a top B-School

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Anonymous
WrittenJul16,2016
2900%
3 years experience.. Software Developer....
Being from a non premier college.. I started out on a very small level and have risen to
a place i am happy about..
1) Started my career in a single room company as Java developer... Worked on stipend

of 5000 INR per month..
2) Switched after 3 months to a company with 10 employees and a salary of 2.7 lpa..
3) Switched after 9 months to an ecommerce startup with starting salary of 4.5 lpa and
after 2 years and 2 promotions and 4 hikes earning 12 lpa..
4) Cracked interview of a global bank and will join next month on salary of 18 lpa...
That has been my career in 3 years..

Anonymous
WrittenJul23,2016
Software Enginner in Bangalore, India
First Salary: 50$ per month, 2003
Present: 6150 per month, 2016
Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)

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Anonymous
WrittenOct25
1. Occupation: SDET-II
2. First salary: 7.85 lpa INR, 2011
3. Present salary: 29 lpa INR, 2016
4. Educational qualication: B.Tech (IT)

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UditSharma,Passionateaboutcars,Airplanes,knowsmyparton
outsourcing,softwarecompany
WrittenOct20,2015
1st job, CTC: 1,32000 (July 2012- Dec 2012)
2nd job, CTC: 1,92000+ incentives ( Jan 2013- July 2014)
3rd job, CTC: 4,00000 +incentives ( May 2014- present)
BTech
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Anonymous
WrittenAug8
July 2011 - TCS - 1.85 LPA
Present Day - IBM - 10 LPA
Duration - 5 years
Qualication - Diploma in ECE
Occupation - UNIX Admin
Age - 24
Cheers :)
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Anonymous
WrittenDec21
Telecom Engineer
First Salary: 4K INR take home PM 1993
Present Salary :2L INR take home PM 2016
B.E. Electronics & Communications

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Anonymous
WrittenOct5
1. Occupation : Lead Analyst

2. First salary, year - 25000, 2013
3. Present salary, year - 115000, 2016
4. Educational qualications - BE+MBA
Average Guy with Average growth :)

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Anonymous
WrittenSep26
1 : Occupation : Intern , Now team lead

2 : First salary : $0, June 2012
3 : Present Salary : $2377 a month, September 2016.
4 : Undergraduate(computer science)
58Views
Anonymous
WrittenMay25,2016
First Salary: 3.35LPA , year: 2013,October
Present Salary: 12.5 LPA, year:2016,May
Educational Qualication : B.E in EC

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Anonymous
WrittenJan13
Occupation : Business Analyst
First year salary : 8k in hand(2011)
Present Salary : 60 k in hand(2016)
650% increment
Education qualication : Btech
Honest reason : Hardwork and luck both favoured!!

Anonymous
WrittenJul21,2016
Manufacturing Engineer . (Automotive)
2011 - 1.5 lpa
2012 - 3 lpa
2013 - 3.8 lpa
2014 - 4.9 lpa
2015 - 9 lpa (2nd job)
BE Mechanical .
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Anonymous
WrittenOct21,2015
#1st Salary : 2.7 LPA - August 2012
#Present Salary : 16.43 LPA - October 2015
I am Software Engineer from a third grade college.

Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
about 1000 on tuitions - 2003

now 45lpa - Articial intelligence with 8.5yrs exp
Anonymous
WrittenAug7
First Job - Feb 2012 - Jabong - 20.5K Rs per month
Now third Job - Aug 2016 - Tolexo - 54.5K Rs per month

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Anonymous
WrittenJul23,2016
From INR 1,80,000 per annum to INR 51,00,000 per annum in 9 years.
I did my MBA after graduating in commerce.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct29
From my rst part time job , it has increased by 100 times in 8 years ad full time job by
5.5 times in two years
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Answersthatneedimprovement
Anonymous
UpdatedJan14
Occupation: Assistant manager US tax
April 2012 to Oct 2012 : 17000 pm
Oct 2012 to Sept 2013 : 18500 pm
Oct 2013 to Sept 2014 : 23000 pm
Oct 2014 to Sept 2015 : 28500 pm
Oct 2015 to Sept 2016 : 45000 pm
Oct 2016 to Dec 2016 : 60000 PM
Education : MBA Finance
I have included net take home per month.
Edit: We are expecting a mid year hike of 15 to 20% in Feb. :D

SoulSpeek
WrittenOct20,2015
Nice thread to BRAG about your achievements I must say ;)
It would have bee more helpful, had the title been how to get raised from ordinarity to
higher income groups. Many people would have benetted from insights of
successful people.
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GurkiratSinghGhuman,Reporter,PunjabLegislativeAssembly.
WrittenJul12,2016
I joined in the year of 1993 in Punjab Civil Secretariat and got rst salary Rs 900 and
after that I got job as reporter in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and today getting around
Rs 90,000.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct9,2015
SE
2008 - 18k
2015 - 48k
Btech cse
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KaushikDeepak
WrittenOct23,2015
At one point of time I wasn't getting any job after my college (average academics),but
after a lot of struggle got a job in VLSI domain in 2012.
CTC 1.8 LPA
I changed my 1st company in 2015.now CTC 14 LPA
:):) :)
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RakeshChandra,MemberofFaculty.BIRDLucknow.
WrittenOct24,2015
04.12.1984- ADO in NABARD- Rs.2100 p.m+ 300p.m. perquisites+ House rent 700
p.m. = 3100 p.m.monetary value of other benets like medical/LTC/PF contribution
900/- = 4k
31.102015-DGM/FM in NABARD/BIRD- Rs.150000p.m.+ 40000 perq. + HR/quarters
Rs. 30000/-=220000 p.m. monetary value of other benets like medical/Income Tax
on Perq/LTC/PF/Pension contribution 80000/-=300k
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SujithNiraikulathan,1.5yearsexperienceinandroiddevelopment.Currentlyworkingin
WitWorks.
WrittenJul16,2016
1: Occupation - Android Developer
2: First salary - 1.2 Lakhs/Yr (Jan,2015 to Feb,1016)
3: Second/Present - 6 Lakhs/Yr
4: Educational Qualication - B.Tech Information Technology

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VikashSrivastava,10+yearsofexperienceinfieldofIT
WrittenOct26
1st year - software developer - Manufacturing Company X - 2006 - 10K pm
10th year - Head of IT Dept - Manufacturing Company X - 2016 - 200K pm
Started with Oracle, now leading SAP HANA projects.

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JohnSmith,worksatBloggers
WrittenOct30,2015
June 2013: started making $60,000
January 2014: pay pushed up to $91,000
Present: $103,000 and looking for other jobs for a 10% - $15% pay increase.
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ChristophZacharias,CommunicationsSpecialist(2002present)
WrittenSep19
% increase: 11159%
Occupation: Started o in customer support and currently in marketing &

communication
First job: March 3, 1993
Last job: July 25, 2016
Education: MA English, MBA Marketing

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AndrewZed
WrittenOct30,2015
age 16: $1 an hour
age 42: $60 and hour
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YogeshGandhi,Conceptoftimeisusuallymisunderstood
WrittenJul22,2016
1. Occupation Software Engineer
2. First Salary, year = 16155, 2005
3. Present Salary, year = 112500, 2016
YoY growth = 19%

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PawankumarPawar,LegalPractitioner,AdvocatePractisinginHon'bleHighCourt,
Aurangabad.
WrittenJul21,2016
My rst stipend was Rs. 500/- for a month in Jully 2006 when i joined a oce. In June
2016, i charged Rs. 500000/- towards my fees for a matter. By the way, I am Advocate.
5Views
RuchirSrivastav,TechnicalAdvisorIIatSuperiorEnergyServices(2013present)
WrittenOct29,2015
Petroleum Engineer (Graduate Studies), % increase from start to present is 2125.9%.
But my rst pay was in India and currently I am in the US. This is solely based on the
questions and does not account for the dierences in living standards.
11Views
Anonymous
WrittenNov9,2015
Programmer/Analyst
$2000/month
$150000/year
BS, CIS
MBA
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AmitAgarwal(engineer),formerSoftwareEngineeratGoogle
WrittenOct8
My rst salary after graduate school was $120K in 2008. The last one I had was $180K
in 2013. Now I make much more in my own company.
10Views
Anonymous
WrittenNov5
1. IT Assistant, Web Dev, now Junior Programmer
2. $7.25/hr as a part-time job throughout my bachelors, 20102015
3. $25/hr, 2016
4. B.S Computer Science
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Anonymous
UpdatedDec24
First job(At the age of 15): Sold air fresheners in streets during weekends to support
my family nancially.
Salary: 200300 INR per day based on the sales I made.
Current job(At the age of 24): Software Engineer at World's most customer centric e-
commerce company
Salary: 145000 USD an year plus bonuses and stocks
Educational qualication: Masters in CS.

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Anonymous
WrittenJan13
1. Marketing manager
2. $6.00/hr pre-college, $37,000 post-college (2010)
3. $150,000 (2016)
4. MBA
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JohnG.Herndon,worksatCaliforniaStateUniversity,Hayward
WrittenDec4
Occupation: many dierent jobs, never afraid to learn something. Nothing is
impossible.
Salary rst year: $21,800 in 1989
Salary today: a lot more than $21,800.
As high as I could go without educating myself out of the job market.

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KartikeyaKhosla,SoftwareEngg.
WrittenOct28,2015
Occupation :- Software developer
First Job :-
Started by career as a junior software engg.
Jan 2014 - Rs 8000/- (PM)
Second Job :-
May 2014 - Assistant programmer - Rs 17000/- (PM)
Nov 2014 - Programmer - Rs 22000/- (PM)
Third Job :-
Aug 2015 - programmer - Rs 23500/- (PM)
6Views
SiddharthOza,worksatWipro
WrittenJan5
occupation: eld operator renery (previously) (senior consultant now in engg & IT
comp) comp
rst salary: INR 15000/month 2008
last salary: INR 1,12,000/month take home (plus variable as well)

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DuraiNaidu,MechanicalEngineerInterestedinengines,mechanisms,costingand
economics
WrittenDec18
First Job 2000/month in 2002.Present 103000/month.52 times nearly over the period
of 14 years
7Views
UthirapathyKadirvelayudham,worksatAdvocate,Judge,Administration
WrittenJul13,2016
Advocate(1977) Rs.1000/-per month
Judge(2002) Rs.26000/-per month
Administrator(2016)Rs.160000/-per month
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Anonymous
WrittenOct18,2015
B Tech Mehcanical
Joined an automobile rm as a GET in July 2010 for 3.6 LPA
Today, 11 LPA: Territory Manager Service with 3rd company
10Views
Anonymous
WrittenOct20,2015
April 2010 :- Software Developer 10k per month for MNC
April 2015 :- Software Developer 1 lac per month for startup with some healthy
amount of stockes. Waiting for it to get aquired.
Education:- M tech
1View
SurojitManna
WrittenOct20,2015
Nothing.. but the pice is increasing of our markets..
7Views
SumanthCheedella,worksatwww.trendin.com
WrittenOct20,2015
Cant share specic details. But happy to share that my ctc hiked up by 650% approx
in 10.5 yrs...
6Views
YuvarajKasi,worksatHCLTechnologies
WrittenOct22,2015
Did my B E mechanical,
2009-Graduate Engineer Trainee-1.24LPA
2010-Intern -1.74 LPA

2011-design Engineer-3.65LPA,
2014-Lead Engineer-5.5 LPA
2015(Jan)-senior consultant-8LPA
2015(Apr)- got pink slip - 0 LPA

2015(Oct)- still searching for a job with min salary for my EMI.
4Views
RishitArora
WrittenOct23,2015
Well we are talking in Nos.
Important is how much time you get to spend money you earn.
Do business and get life.
4Views
Anonymous
WrittenOct23,2015
1. Design Engineer
2. 3.7 lpa, 2013
3. 4.7 lpa, current
4. BE (Mechanical)
1View
UpasnaDhiman,SoftwareEngineer,multiplejobexperiences
WrittenOct27,2015
After reading this, you will surely be amazed.
My Educational Qualication: B.Tech in ECE
Occupation: Project Assistant at CEERI, Pilani (ECE)
Salary: 10K per month
Occupation:Software Engineer at Accenture
Salary:3 Lakh PA to 4.78 LAkh PA
Then I got married and quit my Job in the hope to nd a new one in my City. Friends
called me Nuts or if I am out of my mind. I did not bother all that to be near my
family.
Soon, I got the job in my City but it was less than What I used to get few years back
Occupation:Software Engineer
Salary:2.4 Lakh PA
I did not loose hope and luckily I got my Current job

Now, I am happy with it as I am living perfect Work-Life balance
Occupation:Software Engineer
Salary:3 Lakh PA
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Anonymous
WrittenOct28,2015
Capstone Securities Analysis Pvt Ltd.
April 2012
1st year - 96k PA
2nd year - 8 LPA
3rd year - 14 LPA
4th year so far > 12 Lakhs
P. S - I have xed salary and variable salary. Where variable salary depends on my
performance. I make money is $ but eventually get paid in .
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Anonymous
WrittenOct29,2015
2013 - TCS - 3.15 LPA
2015 - TCS - 4.2 LPA

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JitendraPratapSingh
WrittenOct30,2015
From Rs. 1500/- per month in the year 2003 as a private tutor to around 1.25 lacs per
month including perks and allowances at present, that too in government sector...I
think I have done a pretty good job....
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Anonymous
WrittenJul9,2016
Software Engineer
38 K , November 2011
1,48000 , July 2016
BTech , CSE , from a not so well known university

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Anonymous
WrittenJul11,2016
INR 3.25lpa to 8.3lpa in 10 months
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Anonymous
WrittenJul17,2016
Job title : iOS Developer
Exp :2.7yrs
First job
Jan 2014 : Rs 8000 per Month in hand salary RS 7,141. Rs 96000 per annum
Current salary: Rs 50000 per month. Rs 6.5lpa.

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PuneetBhardwaj,6+yearWorkingAsbankingandRecovery
WrittenJul22,2016
1. Occupation- Service Executive Banking and Recovery
2. First salary, year-2010 Rs.7000
3. Present salary, year-2016 Rs.19000
4. Educational qualications-BBA
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Anonymous
WrittenJul30
Occupation: Software engineer,
First salary - 1.2 LPA - 2013 , Joined average sized company in Bangalore India.
Present salary - 5.2 LPA -2016 , Again joined another average sized company in
Bangalore India.
I have done Master in Computer Applications .

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RajeevKushwaha,TrainerBymistakeGadgetFreakbyNature
WrittenAug4
Started My Job as CCE
1. Occupation: Customer Service Executive

2. First salary, year: 5200 INR/pm - May 2010
3. Present salary, year: 26k INR/pm - July 2016
4. Educational qualications: B.A
Now IM working as Trainer
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GauravAgarwal
WrittenAug8
1. Supply Chain Analytics
2. First Year Salary: 3.50 lac, Year 2011
3. Current Salary: 15 lac, Year 2016
4. Education: Msc Supply Chain, BE Electrical
3Views
Rajesh,softwareengineer
WrittenAug8
Software Engineer
First: 2.45 lpa, 2005
Present: 14.5 lpa, 2016
Educational qualication: M.Tech.
4Views
SanjayBezzam
WrittenAug8
Hi,
My details :
In 2004:
1.Occupation : Consultant in an IT rm
2.First Salary, Year: 3.5 l.p.a in 2004
3.Present salary, year : 15.5 l.p.a in 2016
Notable thing is, my net salary was equal to USD 900 in 2004, and now it is around
USD 1500 (just USD 600 growth in 12 years). Most of my salary growth is related to
ination only.
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AnilkumarKoneru,studiedatNationalInstituteofFashionTechnology
WrittenSep28
1. OCcupation - A.M Product development Knite
2. First - 2,00,000
3. Present - 8,50,000
4. Education: NIFT (B.Fashion. Technology)
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AlokY
WrittenSep28
OccupationCall Center worker at Unisys
First SalaryINR 22,000 per month
Present SalaryINR 23,000 per month after 4 years
Educational Qualication12th grade

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Anonymous
WrittenOct15
Starting salary at 3.2 lakhs per annum in fy 2009. Increase to 6 lakhs per annum in fy
2011.
Did MBA from tier 1 school. 12 lakhs per annum in fy 2013. In fy 2016 shifted to mbb
rm at inr 70 lakhs per annum.
Hope the trend continues. :-)

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Anonymous
WrittenNov13
1. Software development engineer
2. 316000 lpa , 2012
3. 1030000 lpa, 2016
4. BE in IT
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Anonymous
WrittenDec19
None of your concern you loser !!
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Anonymous
WrittenDec23
2007 - 80k per annum - call center
20081.32L Per annum - BPO
2010 - 2L per annum - Appraisal in same BPO
2012 - 2.5L per annum - again appraisal
2013 - 12L per annum - RM at Dubai Bank
2014 - 1.2 L per annum - PSU ( reverse engineering).
2016 - 2L per annum same PSU
2017 ???
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Anonymous
WrittenDec26
Qualication: B.Tech (2010), Masters(2013)
201013 : Research Scholar/Teaching Assistant- Stipend Rs. 8000/- p.m
201314: Faculty in Engineering College, Salary Rs. 33,000/- p.m
201516: Engineer in MNC, Salary 1 Lac + p.m
2017 onwards: Class-1 ocer, Govt. of India, Salary Rs. 55,000/- p.m
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MuruganHBK
WrittenDec29
1. 2008 - 2000 per month - Oce boy in Vodafone showroom - After XII std
2. 2008 - 2012 - Laborer & Painter - 200 per day - Only Weekends during my
Engineering
3. 2012 - ASE - 25ooo per month - On campus placement with TCS
4. 2015 - Software Engineer - 45000 per month (Switched to other)
5. 2016 - Associate Projects - 65000 per month (Switched to other)

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AnkitSingh,studiesComputerScienceatBirlaInstituteofTechnology,Mesra(2019)
WrittenDec31
Im still studying. Im in second year.
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ManjunathSp
WrittenDec31
I think i deserve to answer this question.
First Job: TCS..Joined in 2014 as ASE
Package : 3.26lakhs/anum
Switched in Nov 2014.
Second Job: Cisco Systems..Joined as Network Consulting Engineer
Package: 10.7lakhs/anum
Lazy to calculate the percentage of increase;)

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Anonymous
WrittenJan8
April 2012 - 8000 per month
July 2016 till date - 62530 per month
Sr. Engineer in pune based software company.

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ParagPatil
WrittenJan13
1. Occupation: In the year 2004 I had joined a software company as Jr. Software
Engineer. I worked till the year 2010 in the same company. Later in 2010 I had joined
another company with 125% salary hike. I am currently working as technical
Manager.
2. First salary, year: My rst salary was Rs. 3000 a month.
3. Present salary, year: My current salary is Rs. 47000 a month.
4. Educational qualications: Master Of Computer Applications.
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Anonymous
WrittenJan15
A big 0
..
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KalpeshKatelia
WrittenJan17
Education : PGD in Plastics engineering
2001 : Junior Engineer : salary 3000 PM = 36000 PA
2016 : DGM : Salary 1,46,000 PM = 17,60,000 PA
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NagaRathna,worksatSagaciousInfosytemsPvtLtd
WrittenJul25,2016
My First Job: SEO Analyst ( Oct 2014 to Till Date)
CTC When I Joined: 1,05,600 INR(Rs 8,070/- In hand per month)
My Qualication: B.Tech( 2014 Passed out)
After My First Hike:
Present CTC: 2.31LPA INR
so,
My salary raised from Rs.8,070/Month to Rs 18,011/Month.
So i can say, 123% hike i got in one year.

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ArunTiwari,ChiefOfficer@Angloeasternshipmanagement.
WrittenJul16,2016
Since i have joined my rst job in 2012. And got promotion in 2013. So my salary was
hiked around 800 $. And now in 2016 i m getting 1200$ more than what i was getting
in 2013.
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VaibhavAhire,worksatHindustanUnileverLimited
WrittenOct17,2015
2006- 4000 rs sack manufacturing
2007 - 8000 rs carton manufacturing
2008 - 1000 carton manufacturing
2009- 16000 rs milton housewares
2015- 55000 rs unilever
(All inhand salaries)

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ShikharDubey
WrittenOct20,2015
Here are my stats:
First Job - 6.2K per month in 2013 last months
Salary increased to - 12.5K per month in March 2014
Salary increased to - 25K per month in June 2014
Second Job - 42K per month in December 2014
Third job - 65K per month in June 2015
So that's an increase of almost 105% in 2 years.
P.S: waiting for an oer of 80K per month. That would make it to 130% increase in
salary. In 2 years. :)
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Answerscollapsedbydownvotes
Anonymous
WrittenOct9
My Salary Graph is a rollercoaster ride
Passed B-Tech - ECE (NIT)
It was really a bad luck got no ECE job, worst case I also didnt knew coding at all.
(That time coding never interest me)
Got D grade in C and Data Structures.
Rejected in 20+ companies. Finally got selected in second last month. :)
Year : 2010 - 2012

Service Company : As Support Engineer, resolving stupid tickets. Night Shift
INR 3,50,000
That job didnt satisfy me :(
Year : 2012 -2014

As startup founder. Invested around 3 lakh.
As it was a software product in education, having no other option but to start
learning coding to build the product myself.
Learned Development: HTML, PHP, jQuery, Bootstrap, Entrepreneurship
and Business Law, Design, Photoshop
INR: 0 :(
Lost all earning, looking for some option to feed myself, so started searching
for job.
Year : 2014 - 2016

Product Company : NodeJs, Java, PHP, GAS, Angular
INR 25,00,000 (20 + 5 ESOPS) :)
Thought to start again what I have left in 2014, with one of my another genius
coworker.
Year : 2016 - PRESENT

INR : 0
Again Start Up C0-Founder :)
Lets see where I am heading
Anonymous
WrittenOct27
Feb 2011 - 21400(net of taxes) campus placement in a IT rm. B. Tech. From a
tier 3 institute
Started preparing for CAT in Dec 2011
In Apr 2012 Left job and started teaching, which I really love, in a school and
in a coaching institute. Salary - 20k-25k per month
Jun'2014, cracked CAT and joined a tier 1 B-School.
Jun 14 - Jun' 16 salary - 1lpa from internship stipend and part time teaching
Jun' 2016 - 1.35L per month (including bonus), around 6 times of pre MBA
salary.
Am I happy? No. I was happy when I was teaching. I want to build my career in
education industry.
Anonymous
WrittenNov1
Occupation: Software Engineer, working with Ruby on Rails platform
Educational Qualication: B.Tech from SASTRA University, India
My rst job salary is 17 thousand per month.

After 3 months, got a hike to 25 k per month.
After 9 months made a switch, by completing one year. Now my current salary is 6
LPA, I think I am going to get 45 k in hand after cuttings. This is my rst month in
current job
Wish me luck :)
Anonymous
UpdatedOct24
Occupation- Software Developer
First Salary Nov 2011 - 15k Per Month
Salary on Nov 2015 - 3.42 Lakhs Per Annum
Salary on April 2016 - 6.5 Lakhs Per Annum
Current Salary Sept 2016 - 16 + Lakhs Per Annum
Increase - 788.8%
Quora Bot Collapsed My Answer - So here are few more details
My Qualication - B Tech in Electrical Engineering
Now I am a developer. Was hired through campus selection in one of the IT Services
majors.
How did I get this hike ?
Long story short -
I worked in one of the IT Services majors. Worked for one client for over 3 years.
Suddenly the client wanted to pull out their IT operations from my company and
wanted to make it in-house. Hence, they hired me (and few of my colleges) as I had
quite a bit of knowledge about their systems. My company did put up a ght but
ultimately agreed to let us go as they didnt want to strain their partnership with the
client over a few people.
Anonymous
WrittenJan10
~350% in 6 years
1. Occupation : Data Engineer with exp in Python and some Big Data
technologies.
2. First Salary, Year : 7.3 LPA(CTC), 2010
3. Present Salary, Year : 32 LPA(CTC), 2016
4. Educational Qualication : B.Tech ECE from one of the Top 5 NITs.
Anonymous
WrittenDec13
First Job (TCS) 201011: 3.2 lakh/annum CTC
Second Job ( Startup) 2012 -13: 7.5 lakh/annum CTC (6 base + 1.5 bonus)
Third Job (Masters Student in IISc) 201315: 96 k/annum :p
Fourth Job (Silicon valley based startup) 2015 - current: 24 lakh/annum CTC (18
base + 4 bonus + 2 allowances)
Education: B.Tech (private college) -> IISc Masters

Anonymous
WrittenJan11
Education:
10th : 86.6%
12th: 65.4%
BE (CS): 66.9%
Salary:
College Placement (Joined after 1 yr of passing due to late joining, Servcice Based):
June 2013 - 3.2 LPA CTC
Increment after 1 yr: June 2014 - 3.65 LPA CTC
1st Change ( Product Based): Dec 2014 - 6.3 LPA CTC
Increment after 8 months: Aug 2015 - 7 LPA CTC
2nd Change (Prod Based): Dec 2015 - 11 LPA CTC
3rd Change (Prod Based StartUp): Mar 2017 - 21 LPA CTC
BE was from mid range college from VTU and the job prole is of Test Engineer.
Skills: Core Java, Testing and Selenium, Linux.
Edit-1:
The job location is: Bangalore.
Anonymous
WrittenDec20
1. Occupation: Plant Operations -> E-Commerce Operations
2. First Salary, Year: Rs. 1.56 Lakhs Per Annum, 2003
3. Present Salary, Year: Rs. 56 Lakhs per Annum, 2016
4. Educational Qualications: Engineer + MBA

Anonymous
WrittenJul14,2016
First Salary : 8000 /- per month( Oct-2012)
Present Salary : 200000 /- per month
Profession : Software Engineer
Education : B.Tech ( CSE) from Tier-3 College
Country : India
Edit : I came from lower middle class family .

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Anonymous
WrittenDec29
When I joined a Public Sector company in 1995 in Bangalore, my initial salary was
around Rs 65000 per annum(After mandatory cuts- Rs 4700 per month). Till 1 year
back, my salary reached to Rs 30 Lakhs per annum in my fth job. I left my last
company to do something on my own and spent 7 months without cushy corporate
job. 4 months back, I rejoined a small company at a salary of Rs 21 Lakhs per annum.
So for me, it is Rs 0.65 Lakhs to 30 Lakhs and downward to Rs 21 lakhs.

Anonymous
WrittenJul16,2016
Occupation: Senior Power electronics engineer (2013Present)
First Salary : 4.5 lpa
Second job salary : 7.7 lpa
Third job (Present) Salary : 10 lpa
Educational qualications : B.Tech EEE
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Anonymous
UpdatedOct29
Occupation:IT
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:MCA
FIRST SALATY AND YEAR :2.80 L per annum 2012
2013 feb to 2014 May 8300$ (CAD) per annum
Present salary and year: 6.80 L per annum 2016 +2.5 L per annum bonus +9000 Rs
monthly expenses
Please let me know if this is a average/good/bad increment

Anonymous
WrittenJan6,2016
First job: Rs. 20000 pm, hated the job and left it in 3 months
Second job: 11000 pm ,got admission to a top B School, left the job
Third job: 100000 pm
Fourth : 115000
Fifth: ~ 125000 (govt job, includes all benets)
Sixth: 170000
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ShreyanshPatil,Themanwhocouldn't,is.
WrittenJan17
I started earning when I sold sandwiches and tea when I was 22. I got my rst
corporate Job when I was 24.
ERP Consultant: CTC 1.8 LPA
Went onsite a few times.
Now on to my current and second job.
ERP Consultant, dierent product : ~ 16 LPA
Im 27 now.
Education?
I dropped out after 3 years in engineering when I was 21 and completed a degree in
IIPM the year they shut down the campus in my city.
Funny.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct30,2015
after
2009 Dec. Started with the salary of 1.2 lacks/year.
2011 Feb joined with a package of 5 lacks/year.
Worked hard in the same company for 4 years and delivered the solutions.
Management got condence in My work. Moved to US oce for the same project.
Now 66,00,000 lacks/year.
I am happy :)
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Anonymous
WrittenOct6
Almost exactly 800%!
First job - 2002, Salary INR 96,000 per year. Nearly USD 120 per month.
Present job- 2016, Salary INR 80 Lakhs per year plus Stock benets. Nearly USD
10,000 per month.
I am an Engineer and an MBA from tier 2 colleges. Have been in sales all my career.
Anonymous
WrittenJan19
4 folds since the last 9 years.
2007 - 3.0 LPA(1st Job)
2010 - 5.3 LPA (3rd Job, 2nd was a stop gap)
2012 - 8.5 LPA (4th Job)
2015 - 9.3 LPA (5th One - IT Services)
2017 - 12 LPA (6th Job - IT Services again for an ~ 30% hike)
Anonymous
WrittenDec8
I started my professional career with Indias largest IT consultancy rms 7 years back
and I can summarize that I am currently earning twice my rst salary . I got my rst
salary on December 2009 as an amount of nearly Rs 30,000 (Monthly) and i drew my
last month (Nov, 2016)salary with an amount of Rs. 65,000 . I had acquired bachelors
degree in Information Technology and have not upgraded my qualication in last 7
years.
Anonymous
WrittenDec29
2014: Joined as an intern at Google. They provided no salary but food coupons worth
5k and free tea and snacks in the oce.
2016: Working as an Ethical hacker with salary 1.2 cr per annum.

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Anonymous
WrittenJan2
Software Engineer - Java Developer
First Salary : 2.4 L INR PA HCL Technologies, 2004
Present Salary : 22 L INR PA Dell R n D center. I am going to join a dierent company

for 28 L from next month.
I am not completely satised with my salary. I could have done much better if I had
not wasted my time in bachelor years . Now even if I want to learn some technologies
and make a switch, I am unable to nd time because of my family commitments (
father of two kids now :)). For my experience people are getting 50 L package. i will
keep trying .
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Anonymous
WrittenDec14
36,600% or 366 times in 13 years.
1. Occupation - Software Engineer (Full Stack)

2. First salary, year - INR 3,000 per month in 2003 in New Delhi, India
3. Present salary, year - USD 17K ( INR 1,100,000) per month in 2016 in San Francisco,
USA
4. Educational qualications - B.Tech in Computer Science from a private engg.
college with 60% marks.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct16,2015
Joined 1st Company in 2010.
1st Organisation
Aug'2010-July 2013-2.75 LPA
2nd Organisation
Aug,2013-June 2014-5.10 LPA
3rd Organisation
June'2014-September'15-8.30 LPA
4th Organisation
September'2015-Current-12.5 LPA
% Increase in salary since 1st Job-354.54%
I am in IT.
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Anonymous
WrittenDec28
1. Occupation - Sr. Graphic Designer
2. First salary, year - 3,500 rs per month 2006
3. Present salary, year - 36,000 rs per month 2016
4. Educational qualications - Post graduation diploma in multimedia
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NitinGupta,theProductguy
WrittenOct23,2015
Passed out from college in 2011
2011 - 3.25 lpa

2012 - 6lpa
2013 - 8lpa
2014 - 12.5lpa
2015 till September- 14.5lpa
2015 from October - 25lpa + Stocks
300Views
Anonymous
WrittenOct13,2015
Internet Product Professional
3 Lakhs - 1999
50 Lakhs 2015
BTech, MBA
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Anonymous
WrittenJul25,2016
Fist Salary - Oct 2012
LPA - 2.1 Lac
In-Hand - 15,137/- PM
Second Salary - Oct 2013
LPA - 3.25
In-Hand - 25,598/- PM
Current Salary - July 2016
LPA - 7.42
In-Hand - 50,630/- PM
3.9 Year increased more than 300%

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Anonymous
UpdatedDec12
Educational qualications: BCA
Place : Bangalore
First job 2010 : 84000 per annum.
Second job 2010: 1.5 lacs per annum.
After staying in same company for 4 years it increased to 4 lacs per annum.
Third job 2014 : 6.5 lacs per annum.
Fourth Job 2016: In one of the best Oil Resource company. 16 lacs per annum
Anonymous
WrittenJan8
Graduated in 2014 .
First job :
Designation : Graduate Engineer Trainee (June 2104)
Salary : 26000/ month
Two years later
Designation : Senior Engineer ( June 2016 )
Salary : 37500 / month

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Anonymous
WrittenOct16,2015
Joined 1st Company in 2007.
1st Organisation
Jul 2007 -2.5 LPA
2nd Organisation
Aug 2011- 9.3 LPA
3rd Organisation
Dec 2011 - 13 LPA
4th Organisation
Dec 2015(to be joined)-24 LPA
I am in IT.
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Anonymous
WrittenDec23
First months salary: $120 (on Internship) and then $200/month after 3 months of
internship
after 1 and a half year: $1500-$1700 per month from my own freelancing business
Country: Pakistan
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Anonymous
WrittenOct22,2015
1. Occupation : software engineer
2. First salary, year : 1000 per month , 2012
3. Present salary, year : 100000 per month , 2015
4. Educational qualications : B. Tech.
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Anonymous
WrittenJan6,2016
I've been in advertising, journalism and media for over 15 years now. My rst job in
1999 got me Rs. 42,000 per annum with zero benets and bonuses. My current stint
gets me about about Rs. 40,00,000 per annum with variable bonuses etc. I am a
college dropout.
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Anonymous
WrittenOct18
Microsoft Support Engineer
First job- sales executive 2009. Salary - 7000. Quit after 2 weeks.
Second and third jobs same year. Quit within 1-2 months of joining. Salary below 10k.
Fourth job- Jan 2010 - July 2010. Salary - 14k.
Fifth job - Aug - Sept 2010 ( 1 month) Salary - 23k
Sixth job - Oct 10 - Dec 13. Last salary - 40k
Seventh job - Jan 14 (5 lacs) - Aug 16 (9 lacs)
Eighth job - Aug 16 - currently. ( 14 lacs)
Education - Correspondence bachelor's degree

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Anonymous
WrittenNov1
Going anonymous for obvious reasons !!
Occupation - An engineer.
First Salary - $350, 2010 - 2013
Present Salary - $8310, 2013 onward.
Educational Qualications - Engineering Degree.
Do the math :)
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Anonymous
WrittenOct23,2015
Year 2009 : Completed BE Civil
July 2009 : Job 1 : Site Supervisor (1.44 lpa)
November 2009 : Left the job, started coding courses as it was basic interest, had to
face lot of hardships as no job, learnt Java, Java Script, .NET, C++, HTML, C#, Python,
Ruby
Oct 2010 : Joined small term software rm (2 lpa)
Mar 2011 : First raise (3.5 lpa)
Dec 2011 : 2nd job (10 lpa)
Feb 2013 : 3rd job (25 lpa + incentives = 30 lpa)
Dec 2013 : Raise (51.27 lpa)
August 2014 : 4th job (75 lpa)
Present : Continued at same place with raise (97.25 + stock options over 3 years = 1.37
crore )

See my journey till now, the change happened only because I followed my interest
rather than just trying to do what I learnt during 4 years of my btech life)
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Anonymous
WrittenOct22,2015
I did Mtech from IIT Mumbai.
My rst salery was 18k/month in oct 2012.

My second salery was 37k/month in oct 2013.
My third salery was 60k/month in oct 2014.
Present salery is 67k/month.
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Quora needs more explanation so written some.
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UdayaSameer,worksatAnilNeerukondaInstituteofTechnologyandSciences
UpdatedAug8
My rst job : Systems Engineer , Infosys Ltd ( 2009 to 2012, resigned as a senior
software engineer )
CTC when resigned : 4.3 LPA
Present : PhD scholar at NIT Rourkela in CSE,
Monthly stipend : Rs.31,500 (some times i do not get stipend for months due to
bureaucratic delays ) PHD SCHEME
I never knew a decrease in salary growth has a positive correlation to happiness but in
my case it surely does :)
Sometimes losing is winning, you should know to leave something. Kouravas

won the gamble with Pandavas but lost in kurukshetra, Ravana did not let go
Sita and ultimately died in the battle with Rama . From a telugu movie ( dont
remember which one)
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Anonymous
UpdatedDec23
Its around 800% (From 2014 -2016)
1. Occupation :- Software developer .
2. 3.75 lakh/year
3. Present salary :- 30 Lakh /year Excluding joining bonus and allowance
4. Educational qualication :- B.Tech in Computer Engineering from

DTU(formerly Delhi College Of Engineering )
Got placement in Infosys (3.75 lakh) after 10 company rejections. After 2 month of
almost around 1520 company rejection (reaching hr round of almost all company),
got placement in Jabong (7.5 lakh).I worked for 9 months in Jabong. Then I sent
resume to more than 20 company. Got called from only one company.I converted it
and got a package of (15 Lakhs) in 2015 .They taught me everything because I wanted
to learn .In this company, I worked for around 2 year .Then I switched the company
where my salary is 30 lakh CTC/year (excluding joining bonus and allowance).
But I learn only one thing one should be learner and no one should stop learning.
Thanks Kazl Chingsubam for correcting my grammatical error.

RishabhVimal,Traineeatsapientnitro
WrittenOct3
Hike - 80%
Time- 10th may 2016 to 26th sep 2016 4

AskorSearchQuora AskQuestion Read Answer Notifications Aditya
Qualication- B.Tech (E.C)
Got placed in mphasis from campus on package of 2.5 lakh per annum with a bond of
2 year,but the joining was nowhere near . So in the mean time i started to prepare for
other jobs but was focused on private sector IT companies only.Developed few skills
like DBMS and core java as i am electronics background.Tried few interviews also and
got placed in EEBS Gurgaon from elitmus on package of 2.5 lakh per annum only but
the bond period was only 1 year in that company. Didn't joined that also and
continued my preparation for better package and company. Fortunately got placed in
Sapient Nitro on package of 4.55 lakh per annum as trainee QA. I got the hike of 80%
without even joining the company.Now i am happily working at sapient. I will suggest
all of you to keep preparing. Hardwork will denitely take you somewhere.
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KiriAakash,TechFreak..Enterprenuer...
UpdatedOct21,2015
1)Job 1
Started as Sales executive in IT rm(for international sales)
date:1st March 2014
Salary:12000
left job on:9th june,2014
2)Job 2
Started as Senior BDE in same eld
date:23 june 2014
Salary 28000
left job on:15th may 2015
3)Job 3
Started as Senior BDE
Date:29th may 2015
Salary:35000
Now I am also handling whole cash ow and Mobile app projects.
They oered my 80000 per month.
And I am handling some projects outside as well which gives me 10000-30000 per
month
I am searching a tiny job of 2 hours a day as a Mentor.
Though I have passed out with 44% in Mechatronics Engineering and I worked
smartly with the help of some fake certicates.But I am never a harm to any company.
conclusion :In an 1 and half year,I am now on 80000 INR per month despite of
having very average english.
Answersthathaveanunverifiedauthor
QuoraUser
WrittenJan15,2016
Occupation: R&D Engineer in Consumer Electronics
First salary: 22,000 USD / year, Graduate stipend, 2005
Current salary: 180,000 USD / year, 2015
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20,000% times (from 1997 - 2015)

1. Occupation: Underpaid software engineer -> Overpaid director at a large

2. First salary, year - $125 a month, 1997

3. Present salary, year - $25,000 a month, 2015

4. Educational qualications: Engineer -> MBA

I run a personal nance blog called OneMoreDime.com. I increased my net worth

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Are people with decreased salary allowed to answer?

Currently, Im working with ISRO in the capacity of a scientist in electronics,

Motivation: The satisfaction of making an impact out there.

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First job & salary :

Current job 2016

Assistant Manager, 2000 dollars, ( 130,000 inr ) dubai UAE.

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1. Occupation: Openstack developer, Cloud Engineer, Kernel Hacker

2. First salary, year: 48K INR per month- July 2012

3. Present salary, year: 580K INR per month

4. Educational qualications: BE (Computers)

First Job, NTT DATA, Pune, July 2012 : 48K INR

After December, started freelancing, added roughly 20K per month.

Second Job : Reliance Jio,Mumbai, Dec 2013 : 100K INR

August 2014 : 140K (Promotion) + 50K per month from freelancing

Third Job : Software Consultant in Dubai, Jan 2015 :360K INR

Current Salary : March 2016 : 580K INR per month

Update: August 2016

Future Salary : 0K INR

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1st job, Cognizant Technology Solutions, 2010 to 2012

Now. NCSCM, Junior Research Fellow,2015

I am REALLY Happy now, if you know what I mean.

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1. Occupation - Worked in Middleware and Cloud Technology

3. Year - 2012 to 2014

1. Occupation - Worked as SAP Consultant

3. Year - 2014 - 2016

1. Occupation - Technical Project Manager

3. Year - Current year i.e. 2016

4. Got admission to an extremely ordinary engineering college through

5. Studied hard and focussed on gaining knowledge throughout my

8. Struggled immensely in the period between my graduation and employment.

12. Professional Accomplishments -

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Physics Tutor : July 2010 : 300 rupees per month

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This is my rst answer/post on Quora. Thought I should share my experience.

Current Role: Data Scientist/ Data Architect in London.

Location: Hyderabad, Delhi and London

Jobs in chronological order:

1. Paper delivery boy | Salary: 6K INR per Annum | 1996

2. STD/ISD booth boy | Salary: 7,200 INR per Annum | 1996

4. Tax books salesman | Salary: 18K INR per Annum | 1997

5. Helper in wine shop | Salary: 22K INR per Annum | 1998

6. Bartender | Salary: 24K INR per Annum | 1998

8. DTP Operator | Salary: 30K INR per Annum | 1999

12. Graphic Designer | Salary: 80K INR per Annum | 2002

15. Senior Developer | 2008

16. SQL/BI Developer | 2011

17. Data Architect | 2014

18. Data Scientist | 2016

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