EP-01 | Why he left Meta London & moved back to India!
Welcome to the first episode of the 100GB Podcast series. Our guest today is Abhishek Azad ( / abhishek-azad-39aa7736 , youtube: / @abhishekazad , a former Senior Software Engineer at Meta (Facebook) London, who recently relocated back to India.
In this podcast, we delve into Abhishek's decision to leave Facebook London and explore the reasons, timing, and motivations behind his move. We also discuss the cultural and work-related differences between India and London, as well as the salary differences. This episode is a valuable resource for college students considering a move outside India and NRIs who are considering returning to India.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy the podcast. And if you prefer a faster pace, feel free to switch to 1.5x speed.
#softwareengineering #movingabroad #coding
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00:00 Intro
02:25 How he moved to London
04:13 How he applied for visa
06:19 Why he moved to London
07:15 What salary bump he got
08:35 Work culture in London vs India
11:15 Savings comparison
15:55 One major learning he got in London
19:58 Why he moved back to India
26:00 Outro
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Mandatory attendance from NIT KKR, Thanks for great content!. KZread stopped recommending me your channel for a long time, today found back this when I was watching out my subsrciptions. Keep it up sir!
@100GB
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha! Please share with your batchmates!
That "Everybody is in a hurry, yet no one is on time" joke was hilarious.
@100GB
Жыл бұрын
Indeed. I heard it directly from that foreigner. It's a super funny but absolutely correct observation!
An interesting perspective!
Awesome podcast
Adobe is equivalent State govt job in tech sector with Faang money No body leaves Adobe so easily If he was in Amazon India the story of his life would have been different
UK vs Canada which have more IT job opportunities and salaries?
@saikota01
Жыл бұрын
Obviously USA has more opportunities compared to canada
@100GB
Жыл бұрын
It might be hard to say. Probably need to refer to some research!
Helpful 😊
@100GB
Жыл бұрын
Please share with your friends and batchmates!
Why moving back to India is big thing. Clean air and Clean road looks good for few months then the normal work starts to hurt. You have to do all the stuff yourself and there is no help and small thing start to look big. Also life can be lonely as you wont get so many friends. Salary wise except USA , there won't be a lot more saving elsewhere as the tax in the rest of country is too high.
@100GB
9 ай бұрын
Yeah!
UK Pros - Good culture - Good work life balance and good leadership in corp offices - People are good, humble, generally - Good civic sense - Good public infra, trains, buses etc - Health care generally works for old and children - People value and respect time UK Cons - Weather, 9 months cold - Socialistic salaries, capitalistic expenses - High taxes - Not much career opportunities and growth - You will feel you are penalized for working hard and being ambitious - Schooling is free, but you are not going to put your kid to public school - If you earn more than 35-40 LPA in India while still being under 30 or 35, you dont have to go out of India IMO. - If you are young, parents are not too old, you can explore UK, make sure to negotiate salaries upwards of 85K, or else it will be a big degrade in life. - No matter what salary you go to UK on, weather will trouble you if you are born and brought up in India, its 9 months of harsh cold.
@acntforyt9803
3 ай бұрын
What do you mean by penalized for hardwork?
@londonds91
3 ай бұрын
@@acntforyt9803 Very high taxes, no benefits.
@londonds91
3 ай бұрын
Go for it.
gaurav is kinda cool
What would be savings multiplier for US?
@100GB
Жыл бұрын
I will soon create a detailed video on the overall spending and living cost for a SWE in the US. Will discuss the multiplier as well. stay tuned bro
@Live-hh6li
Жыл бұрын
@@100GB Thanks 😄
Sir you should also make videos on your haricare routine 😁
@100GB
4 ай бұрын
LOL what??? But why?
120k eur + 80k stocks, while having 44LPA in India, would you recommend the relocation?
@londonds91
3 ай бұрын
What age are you? Do you have kids? Is the company you are going to also have offices in India? Which country are you going to, Germany? Also, will you be single earning? Stocks are over 4 years?
@acntforyt9803
3 ай бұрын
@@londonds91 Single bachelor. They will have office in India by the year end. London. Stocks mentioned are per year.
@londonds91
3 ай бұрын
@@acntforyt9803 Go for it. Salary in EUR or GBP? By the way your offer is too good to believe. Hedge fund?
@londonds91
3 ай бұрын
@@acntforyt9803 Go for it. Your offer is too good to believe though.
@londonds91
3 ай бұрын
@@acntforyt9803 I'd go for it.
Bring ur friend Mohit Jindal from Microsoft on this podcast series
@100GB
Жыл бұрын
I will for sure. But how do you know him? 🤣
@zyx7955
Жыл бұрын
@@100GB u did a podcast with Nishant chahar about non-cs to cs in that u told that he motivated u in clg so I saw his LinkedIn profile and since then I wanted a podcast with him
@zyx7955
Жыл бұрын
Also wanted to know his journey in Microsoft