India, Feb. 13 -- Job switches are often seen as one of the best ways to get a salary hike, but for one software engineer, early career moves raised doubts about choices.

According to a Reddit post, the techie graduated in 2023 and started a career with a campus placement offering 14 LPA, of which 12 LPA was fixed.

After 10 months, the salary increased to 14.4 LPA. While it looked good on paper, the job itself was unstructured.

"All freshers, no seniors, some random internal project where everyone just did whatever. I wasn't learning anything and felt stuck, so I quit without another offer," the post adds.

The employee spent several months interviewing for new roles, but suitable opportunities were hard to find.

Eventually, the emplo...