🤔 Quitting Corporate Kya Hai?
'Quitting corporate' aaj ka sabse over-romanticized concept hai. LinkedIn pe 'I left my cushy 25 LPA job at TCS' wale posts roz aate hain. Reality — 6 mahine baad un mein se 60% wapas kisi MNC mein lag jaate hain, 30% struggle karte hain, sirf 10% successful pivot karte hain. Yeh numbers Indian Tech sector ke informal surveys se hain (Avalon Meta, Wisdomise studies).
Lekin corporate chhodne ka case strong hai bhi. Indian IT mein 5-10 saal ke baad growth flatten ho jaati hai. Manager politics, appraisal drama, on-bench periods, US deputation drama — yeh sab roz ki cheezein ban jaati hain. 32-35 ki age mein ek 'kya yeh hi mera 60 tak ka future hai?' wala sawaal aata hai. Yeh sawaal valid hai.
Iss chat room mein hum 'quitting corporate' ko 4 sub-categories mein todte hain — (1) Job-to-Job switch (same corporate world, bas dusra company), (2) Corporate-to-Startup (employment continues, environment change), (3) Corporate-to-Self-Employed (freelance, consulting, business), (4) Corporate-to-Sabbatical (planned break for travel, study, family). In chaaron ke alag risks aur playbooks hain. Sabse risky #3 hai — sabse common Indian dream bhi yahi hai. Hum honest numbers, real stories, aur 18-month exit playbook share karte hain. Drama nahi, data.
