India, Sept. 17 -- A techie posted an Instagram video alleging nepotism at big tech companies. She claimed that some people work in tech giants without proper skills because they were hired based on their family connections. The woman's Instagram profile indicates that she lives in New York City and works as a software engineer at Microsoft.

"Corporate nepotism is a thing, especially in the Silicon Valley and I am going to tell you about it," the techie says in the Instagram video. She continues that there are people in tech who are working in certain positions without the required skills and only because their "parents got them there."

She alleges that many "Bay Area Kids" bypass interviews and get internships or jobs directly. She cla...