IIT Bombay alumnus recalls leaving $8,000 a month US internship to build startup in India: ‘Bet on myself’
An Indian cofounder’s reflection on his journey from a high paying internship in the United States to building startups in India has struck a chord online. Aman Goel, cofounder of GreyLabs AI, shared on X how a summer internship in Silicon Valley helped him understand what he truly wanted to do with his life.An Indian co founder shared how a Silicon Valley internship inspired his entrepreneurial journey. (X/@amangoeliitb)(Also read: ‘Can’t even jog in this life race’: IIT Bombay graduate opens up about pressure, expectations)In his post, Goel wrote, “Ten years ago, I landed in San Francisco as a 20 year old kid from IIT Bombay, headed to Palo Alto to intern at Rubrik’s Software Engineering Team. I was earning $8,000 a month. It felt like a dream.”He said the internship gave him exposure to strong engineering culture and product building. “My mentor was an @CSE_IITBombay senior, who made me fall in love with databases and scalable backend systems. The work was exciting. The culture was electric. Rubrik went on to go public. I was one of the early interns, in 2016, before any of that happened,” he shared.(Also read:
