India, June 20 -- A Virginia man has opened up about the difficult transition from college to corporate life in a now-viral LinkedIn post. Gaurav Chintamneedi said the year after he graduated college and moved halfway across the country was one of the "most challenging" times of his life.

Chintamneedi, an assistant store manager at a leading e-commerce company, said that he works up to 60 hours a week. This is in stark contrast to the life he imagined he would have after college - one where he would work an easy 9 to 5 job and hang out wit his co-workers after office.

Instead, he now spends about 95% of his weekends at work too.

"When I first arrived in the DMV, I imagined living the dream early-20s life-like the ones we see on TV or r...