From IIT rejection to Microsoft: Man shares how he landed ₹1.2 crore job after years of setbacks
A Reddit user has shared a detailed account of his uneven career journey, from failing to crack the IIT entrance exam and struggling through engineering to securing a ₹1.2 crore-plus role at Microsoft.The Redditor said that his story was not one of overnight success. (Pexels/Representational Image)In a post titled “From IIT reject to Microsoft. 6 years to finish a 4-year degree. 1.2 Cr+ TC”, the user said his story was not one of overnight success. “This is not a rags to riches story. This is just what happened when someone who had no business succeeding refused to stop,” he wrote.The Redditor said he took a break for a year after Class 12 to prepare for IIT, but his rank worsened. He then joined a tier-2 engineering college, where he lacked motivation and took 6 years to complete his 4-year degree due to backlogs. “Backlogs, zero motivation, no idea what I wanted from life,” he wrote.In between, the OP said that he spent time working on startups that failed. Then, as a working adult, he went back to college just to clear the backlogs and get a degree, which he said he should have had years ago.The Redditor said that he then began his career in a sales role at a startup before pursuing an MBA from a tier-2 institute. He then moved into a product role at a Middle East-based company, where he described having a difficult work environment. He also planned to pursue a PhD in the US, but “Covid cancelled it,” forcing him to return to India.(Also Read:
