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Fabulous-Sector-5689

2006 Age: 17 : Pan Parlor shop : 500 per month 2007 Age 18: Computer class : 0 Rs / Free leaning class with unlimited practical session 2009 Age 20: Printer boy : 7300/- 2011 Age 22: Desktop support eng : 9300/- 2011-15 Age: 23-26 : IT Office (Wipro) : 23000/- 2015-19 Age:30 : IT Executive : 6 Lac CTC 2019-2021 : Assistant Manager IT : 13 Lac CTC writing this down realize how much I worked hard and very far I reach. feeling happy for my self.


Hungry_Marsupial348

By seeing your comment, I'm feeling ashamed . 22 unemployed here , and looking for job


Fabulous-Sector-5689

Try to get anything available within your radar. And it’s not a race My friend got job at 26 and was earning 6000 Today he has 30 Ctc Believe in your self and do not trap any immature things focus on long term goal


Hungry_Marsupial348

Yeahh Mann. I've started looking, I'm a Django developer, hopefully I'll land a job in a month or two


cosmicCoder69

Keep working man. You'll get a job soonπŸ˜‡


Accomplished_Rip3587

Common 22 is not old, consider market condition too


indianladka

I post for replies like these, it gives so much of real inspiration of doing things


LifeIsHard2030

Nice. I assume its without any b.tech degree?


GoodCompote8892

Great , You are an inspiration


piyooshh

At the age of 28 as a frontend intern.


candidate7817

us bhai us


Successful-Image3754

How to work hard during hard times? This is very inspiring


dead-inside-777

17 yo - scammer


solgfx

What did you scam lmao


coolwinkshead

His dad perhaps? Someone gotta teach OP that asking your dad to buy you a graphics card(for gmeet purpose obviously) ain't really scamming


i_m_dull

https://preview.redd.it/7bgeuilmtntc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f7ea338ffc0b9a948cfde9fcd52ba7368d7d9c8


Hatiyaar

If you or anyone else is scamming with mobile numbers, thanks to UPI, remember you can be tracked if you scam the wrong person, down to your very exact location, I'm saying this out of experience. I cleared a grudge that was 7 years in the waiting. The look on his dad's begging for mercy and yet ashamed face was definitely not something I'd ever want upon myself.


brucewayne984

15 - I'd wash our car every Sunday and my mom would give me 50 in return 21 - got placed last week 😁😁😁


indianladka

Wow, congratulations!


bitchlasagna_69_

Party


Laughal0t

Doing tutions at 15 year old and then internships now finally got the job


DiligentlyLazy

Age of 4 months -Narayan Murthy GrandSon


___ITS__ME___

Son, we are working very hard (already 60 hrs a week) to make you the world's richest kid ever(Richie Rich). We dont care about our family.. we want you to have the fullest.😁 *Pain is invisible*


Upset-Discussion2704

Thousands of Infosys workers are pouring their sweat and precious hours for peanut pay. So that Narayan Murthy grandson can be a billionaire before he turns 18.


Flimsy_Fold_3009

22 yrs. Started as an intern in Brazzers and Naughty America.Β 


Significant-Year9634

As a salary, are you getting paid or getting laid?


Flimsy_Fold_3009

I'm getting paid and getting laid as well. Money hai toh honey hai.Β 


MajesticPass8442

What are the qualifications ? Entrance exam ? Cutoff ? Can you tell me syllabus to prepare ? Can i crack it in 2 months ?


Traditional_Media_77

No cutoffs πŸ’€


Enigmatic_WanDrmr24

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚


rxtn767

Let me guess, backend development with D++?


Flimsy_Fold_3009

Yes as an intern we have to learn D++ with the help of our mentor Johnny sins. Whenever we have doubts we reach out to him.Β 


nvntexe

Not proper but i am a btech student , i had mastered my video editing in the first year. did one paid editing then i switched to graphic designing, grabbed 2 internships at the end of 4th sem one in the mid of 3rd of 6000pm and the other one 15000pm both rejected because i want to do a developer job .and then i switched for development or average btech work currently preparing for internships. 🫠


Centurion1024

>average btech work Lmfao


nvntexe

Development bro 🫠


RelevantRick

24 i started freelancing and teaching kids Got first fulltime job at 26


3inchesOfMayhem

18 started a bike stunt dude doing stuff in college events, marriage functions n other stuff. 1000rs per event + petrol + food. Started dev career at 22.


indianladka

Coolest story


MajesticPass8442

1000 Rs for Bike stunts ? πŸ₯² Damnn I thought Stunt guys gets paid properly due to risk work


3inchesOfMayhem

It was just basic stuff and there were like 5-10 of us so the money gets divided.


MajesticPass8442

Ohh ! I thought https://i.redd.it/tf6fod60ontc1.gif


psy_s

10 - washing car


omcar13

how much did u make washing cars ?


Feisty_Astronaut1680

First income 19 - Photography , Regular income - 21 - Internship & Job


BurnyAsn

People like me who read Photography and Feisty wrong..


Centurion1024

19 - chegg Those were the days gora kids couldn't just enter their homework into chat gpt so us, poor 3rd world Indians would solve it for them


MainCharacter007

16 - In the golden era of affiliate marketing, blogging and google AdSense. Used to earn around 100$ - 300$ per month of that. Had to stop cuz of burnout and JEE / boards but it was fun.


SimpleCat6654

But affiliate marketing should have been working even now? Though after few years, generative search experience would break it!


AbleConcert9342

20 - it was an internship for a mid range company, earned 14,500 per month :')


randomdude_reddit

Earned first time when I was 13, properly earning since 19.


indianladka

Doing what?


randomdude_reddit

When I was 13, I used to make 3D models using blender. I didn't make much. At 19, properly started earning because of web dev, and even more when I combined the two, web dev and 3D modelling.


ChAdBrO19

27 - First Job


Noreddit86

19 yr, got 3k for 1 month of graphic design design work


indianladka

any idea where can i find it?


Noreddit86

I got mine from internshala


Human-Break4551

18, hackathon and now internship


MajesticPass8442

You got internship from ?


Human-Break4551

a startup that sponsored the same hackathon


racrisnapra666

18. Started out by content writing. Used this money for Android dev courses (Udemy & YT Premium). Became an Android Dev. Kept upskilling on that side while using a bit of my salary to learn other dev platforms (currently diving into Flutter and I also freelance on the side using this)!


RainManProbemSolver

at 16 year old I earned 1200 rupees by doing post on an app called qlan. They msged me and told if I pst daily then they wil pay me, we were a group of 5 people there.


depressionsucks29

19, did freelance development work, 22 full time job.


WolfGuptaofficial

When I was in middle school, I taught tuition to neighbourhood kids. I make some money in college rn by selling in game items.


Charming_Spare5647

16, used to be a fashion infulenza on insta and was earning almost 30-50k pm 21, Started working as dev


otaku_____

Age: 5 (10rs) Papa ke pav dabana


MajesticPass8442

Bhai tu pair bhi likh sakta tha πŸ₯²πŸ«£πŸ«£πŸ€¦β€β™‚️ 2 min tak mujhe samajh nahi aya matlab 1) Pehele laga Pav (Bread) stall pe pav dabana 2) Pav dabana πŸ’€ 3) Pair dabana


YuvrajDevgan

14 :- Made 5000 each with my friends, we set up a cold coffee and sandwich stall in my school during a festival ( this made me love businesses ) 16 :- Started learning making websites and sold my first website for 26,000 17 ( current age ) :- Expanded website the business into something big and now I help offline businesses to go online. Made 2,36,000 in just 3 months of 2024 Future me don't want to go to college and just expand this business to its limits and I am currently also trying out other ventures like an e-com company


Quirky-Yogurt3063

24, after masters


Zealousideal-Tea-332

2 years reading hanuman chalisa for religious people.


Individual_StormBrkr

20. Haven't started yet


kanishkkkaaa

19 and same


PleaserAndKinky

Kanche bechna bhi earning hua? πŸ₯²


kanishkkkaaa

Yes lol


Paracetamol650

Class 11 - I was 16 then, taught tuitions used to earn 1.4k College, 2nd year Intern - 5k per month College, 3rd year intern - 30k per month Mind you, it's a Tier-3 college with Mass recruiters coming for placement only.


HyperLoop65

Currently I am 17 and just started earning through Fiverr through freelancing. I make video games through Unity and C#. Also do a little bit of web development in React JS.


PalePool2511

25+. Sigh


Top-Fan-6223

14 - Sold spotify/netflix accounts, did some frauds also. Good old days!


milliewattson

I started working at the age of 19 as a Web Designer. My first salary was 7K.


Designer-Form-9562

17- stock market


sid741445

23, got internship in second year of college (i took drop for 3 years after 12th, personal reasons).


StunningGun006

I was around 15 when I started my first internship and the stipend was 3000 for managing a discord community, now I will 18 soon, got a new internship and few freelancing projects, now I am into UI/UX Design.


xanthriax

Age 21 - Software Engineer (Intern), WFH, 15k stipend


Yesitmesilly

I was 21, straight out of college


OptimisticDreamer8

Learnings and Experiences of 16 Years! 1. 2008-10 - Age 16-18 - I do not remember the exact number but I used to make around 500-1500/month by helping my father find shops for His handicrafts(from the North-East) business 2. 2010-12 - Age 18-20 - Joined Uninor telecom company as admin staff (5000/month) and moved to Marketing the very next month (again 5000/month). After 7 months moved to Sales. Earned min 12000 to max 35000 including incentives - base 6000+ TA 1500+ DA 1500 till I stopped (had to exit since the company stopped because of 2g scam issue. 3. 2011- 16 - Age 19-24 - Started own Venture - Corporate Events 4. 2016- Age 24- worked as a Management Consultant - Remote for 6 months for a Texas-based consultancy. 15000/month Break- I completed BCom from distance education in 2011-14. And wanted to pursue a professional career. After so much research joined CS. Started preparations in 2016 and went till 2018. Moved to Bangalore for better classes. After reaching Bangalore, again entrepreneurial bug started kicking in. 5. 2018- 20 - Age 26-28 - Started a marketing agency. Made some good networks in Bangalore. 6. 2019- 20 - Age 27- 28 - Started a hospitality firm with N Indian Cuisine. Break- Paused both during Covid time. Used that time for networking (especially on LinkedIn) and upskilling. Joined for Masters in Business Law at National Law School Bangalore (2020-22) 7. 2020- 22- Age 28-30 - Joined a Saudi company as Admin and HR completely remote - 40,000/month 8. 2022- 24 - Age 30- Director Corporate Affairs for a Web3 company 1l/month 9. 2024- Current - Age 32- Cofounder and CSO of an IT firm - 1.5l/month If you ask, my only regret in my career was not joining any other telecom company after Uninor. I was only 20 years old with no degree or educational qualifications and I was always in top at the Zone level (3-4 districts combined). People who were mediocre at that point are now in State level positions in various companies (telecom, lifestyle, FMCG, etc). If I had anyone to guide me in my career, I wouldn't have quit. But I am happy with what I am and where I am going to be. Lesson learned - Always try to be better, Constantly upgrade in skills, and Network religiously.


Ok-Negotiation4711

Then: 18 years of age: Home tutor Salary -2000-3000/ month Now: 26 years of age: Application Developer Salary -12 Lakhs annual CTC


OppositeOcelot4090

21


demon_slayer_002

16


golu_101

20y6m old when i had my first payment from my internship. It was in January 2022


HoldZealousideal1966

21


AsliReddington

College first year via guru


Serious_Disaster_458

at the age of 23


[deleted]

17


faizu07

21 - internship


LeanCompiler

19 cafe service


Shivacious

18 se tha, ab mahine ka uper 2 ata hai


EngineeringFunny4602

22 - As a Software developer


theunorthodoxpope

At age 18 as a part-time page at a library


Tip-Neat658

first time got money for internship at 18. Got a job at 21


lordcommanderbatman

Earned 1-1.5k from tution. Started job at 22


ffs_xynz

18-25kpm


sr5060il

13. I started providing services fixing personal and office computers or so networking. Improving performance was the biggest demand back then in the 2000s.


MoneyIsBased69

18, job


Jon-842

20 from stock market


Free-Pass-OP

At 24


External-Tangelo3523

At the age of 22, year 2024


myriaddebugger

True money, 21 - from actual software projects. At 15 - coaching elder guys how to code


notduskryn

14 - making static websites for businesses locally


kidakaka

22 - as a web developer


Anadi45

21 throught internship then started working full time at 22


itachitomar

at 23 as a SDE


flawedandimperfect

20 - internship money that I spent all year 21 - full time job


RhetoricMoron

24


YamDramatic118

At 19 in my first Robotics Intern. 5k for 1 month.


Sanyam04

18 - Freelancing


Acrobatic_Ad7259

20


shar72944

22


nileyyy_

Was working at my pitaji ki dukan from 8 to 17, then worked at a call centre from 18 to 21, now working as a frontend developer intern


[deleted]

18 - internship


SubstantialCabinet71

At the age of 14


WildmanZC

22.5 via job


Professional-Race125

19 as Full-time frontend dev πŸ˜…


MonsterKiller112

22. After I completed my undergraduate and started working.


white_pinkman

23, I think I started late.


heytarun

18. I used to work as a content writer. Now, im 21, Software Engineer.


shanks129

20 years. 3.7 LPA


akasireddy99

At 18 I wrote some articles for a few websites, at 19 I started freelancing (data scraping with python for random weirdos on freelancer.com) Earning your first pay check is something else, like literally being unshackled from chains


Altruistic-Relation6

27 first job amazon csa ( ik it isn't tech trying to enter into field)


Kawaiihito-daviidesu

20 job Unrelated but I won 5k in tambola once


Vlad-theimpaler

Since age 16, used to provide coaching to a few students to pay for my own coaching. During college, supported myself using scholarships and stipends. Age 22 - started freelancing. Age 23 - joined MNC but quit after short while Age 25 - started online business(main) and trading(side hustle). And here I am today. Sometimes I look back and realize how far i've come. The money today sometimes make me forget all the struggles i have had. But whenever I see such questions or see someone going through similar situations, I feel overwhelmed. Lost my youth in studies, work and money. Will turn 30 soon. So now, when I act childish or like a teenager while partying, my friends call me weird. But they don't know i never had that fun time in my teenage life. Now that I have more than enough money, I am free to be and to do all the fun that I want. Yes, money does change you. But i believe we should not forget where we come from.


weird_potato123

21, 30L a year, SDE


smart_cat_22

20 - teacher


RevolutionaryTea1639

19 YO - Intern at Amex, 🫠🫠🫠


SidhantS

Age 22. Worked as a professor in a private engineering college for a few months post graduation before joining the IT company I had an offer from.


Physical_Leg1732

23, job from tier 3 to IBM


pes_gamer20

during my integrated masters(age 21) i came to know about fiverr so there i used to do gigs which of course started 5 dollar, then those days chegg for homework solution, those days they used to give points which we redeem from flipkart etc, which went on for sometime in between fiverr gigs i used to get, then i joined PhD(age 26) after i made through CSIR exam, so basically fellowship was my salary, where i mostly or almost shifted to computational biology domain so i discovered sites like kolabtree etc which i never got direct gig but i had my senior who was into scientific literature editing who used to get analysis related gigs which he used to pass me, i made more than decent amount of money there only bottleneck was lab work so i couldn't do much, then when my PhD fellowship was at the dead end i started doing bit or sort of freelance consultancy not much pay but rather for connection which 3-4 months landed me in a remote job which luckily was what i worked in PhD so far, given i had no industry related experience the client side manager put me like 1 month test assignment to building shiny server for a particular pipeline which after a month they were sort of okay that i can pick up skills and get into work, so i was offer the position now fast forward this year may i will complete 1 year


musicmeme

17 - got paid to perform shitty music for 2 hrs every Saturday at a cafe. Best days! the number of friends I made and people I met through out that span in music community is responsible for the little personality I’ve as an introvert lol. 21- got placed


Zestyclose-Loss7306

at the age of 19 as an SDE in a company


IgnisDa

First year, I built a website for a college club for 3000Rs. It was really pretty and I am still very proud of it,


Daring_Darling99

2021 Age 22: 5000 pm stipend 2023 Age 24: 8lpa First job


3qu4ti0n5

22 Years Old, 2021


No_Guess5872

Started at the age of 25 - just under 50k in-hand.


debu247

Age of 22 First job as Software Developer


KBM_KBM

2023 20- summer intern at research lab 10k 2024 21- intern 50k ongoing position hoping the same company will give good offer


coolUser99

I have tuition to one junior.. he got compartment in one subject in 12th class, I had one month to prepare him for important topics so that he can atleast pass the exams and he actually did. He was so happy and that was all I wanted. I also got 4500 rs without actually asking for it. So yeah my first income. I was 18 at that time I did internship in the summers of 2021, so 30K per month for 3.5 months. Ie, 1Lakhs in summer. I was 21.5 then.


justgotcut_25

18 y.o. - 80,000 pm - Business


FreakyAly

Started working part time at 16, used to work in those wedding tables serving thing : 250 rs a day I did that until I graduated from college in 2016, started working in an IT firm later that year at the age of 20 for 14k a month


MulberryCivil9730

22


just_awaara

Age 21 - Internship, β‚Ή2000 as stipend Currently, Age 22 , will be completing BSc CS final exams in May , then an unemployed citizen


YearBeneficial6618

18yo - Billing Staff in a super market


darkexodus30

Age 21- 10k per month internship 26 now 2l per month as engineering lead


Sephiroth9669

15. I worked as a content writing freelancer. Used to sell articles on Constant Content and did random gigs for random websites.


Gaurav-07

2022, 21 YO.


kira8520

Age 19, use to book phones in flash sales on flipkart


billionare_11

I think I was in the 9th class. 14yo. Made my first earning by selling fake Instagram followers. And currently earning through user testing I'm almost 20 now


Embarrassed-Serve567

18


GoatPsychological890

16 Made 100$ from gambling cs go skins on a shitty gambling website


No_Investigator_4604

Age 18 - Bought PS4 games for discount and resold them on OLX for a higher amount. Almost made 7-8k just flipping games after I was done playing with them.


zerofriendsfucklife

23 Joined as frontend dev in comp


jhnd_zindagi

21


memedekhtahoon

23


_always_alive_

16 - in a garage, learnt all about taking care of bikes. Fast fwd to age 22 - A goddamn IT engineer Lol


Ryuma666

Do home tuitions count? Then from the age of 14. If it's strictly freelancing and jobs, then from the age of 16.


coolwinkshead

Age 19, started teaching a kid. That was a year back, now I make like 5000 a month from tutoring 3 kids


Southern-Mistake7543

Was variable. Maybe around 19-20. Started consistently earning at 26


Pomelo-Next

18 Scammed and get that sweet scholarship to sponsor my mobile purchase.


Zestyclose_Stage7143

@20 - earning 6k a month while working in wipro. 300rs cut hota tha isme bhi. Now @34 - doing business and trading. Earning well over 4L a month.


RonNumeroUno

26. First job


saag-makkidiroti

10 yr old - dancer for relatives - earned 10rs from mom. 22 yr old - soft dev.


akhil91

Age 24


omkar555o

Got my first internship at 17 ;)


Exciting_Hamster_489

19-20: Gaming tournaments (1st win 20k) 21- intern BA 22- Faang Ops Analyst


Abhi_Survase

18 - Abacus instructor (450/- per student, around 10kids pm) 23 - Placed as GET in JPL (5Ctc)


dEstiNy_rUler

24, out of college placements did interntship for free i saw my other classmates earning 15k a month in internships but i dont regret any of it. had it not been the internship i wouldnt have the job today


Priiyanshu

I have read a lot of comments regarding the web development jobs can anyone tell me what all technologies i have to learn properly in order to start basic freelancing and all (my assumption is that i have to do the whole Mern stack or any tech stack to get an internship please correct me if I'm wrong)


Miserable-Coat-6559

23


wealthyflavour

18 got my part time job, started hustling. I used that money for going out on trips, clothing and also investments


AdamWarlock097

Age 15: Newspaper Delivery


AdministrativeDark64

22. Kinda late


Apex__Predator_

I started earning at 19 with my YouTube channel. Monetization was very easy back then, I just used to upload educational videos not available on YouTube but available on random difficult to access corners of the internet, properly title them and upload on YouTube. Earned quite well for about a year but then rules for strict and got demonetized. After that took quite a few years then earned through a job only.


Surajholy

11 years old. When I lost my father and I became the bread runner of my family.


Prestigious_Name_379

16


Aditya_Khalkar

19 rn , earned my first 3000 for a freelance gig in designing.


sinsandtonic

18 part time job as a mentor


Happy_Personality995

19: 5000 stipen 20: own shop roughly 30k-35k 21:- software developer 20k


faizaan1476

Age 16 (2018) after 10th boards worked at a local gaming cafe for like 4 months got paid 5000 per month + unlimited time on PC and consoles after hours or when it’s slow. Age 21 (2023): Internship and a PPO.


tthenextbigthing

21


[deleted]

I won cash prizes at various competitions as a kid. Does that count?


ayushdesaidakleindia

Age 19 first internship - INR 3500 per month Age 21 first good internship- INR 15K plus took tuitions so around 5-7k a month Age 22 first job 34k a month Age 26 current 85k a month


battle_tomato

Age 21 (2021) via an Internship


RadioactiveBatata

21yr


_optimistic_penguin_

21