New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- On January 25, Bengaluru techie Sagar, who goes by the handle code_sagar on Twitter (now X), shared a post to let his followers know about his wife, who left her Rs.18 LPA job to start a baking business. He shared a photo of an elegant-looking cupcake, baked by his wife Asmita, along with the post and wrote, "Thank god she did!"

The post soon got viral on social media while many appreciated her decision to follow her passion. However, when a user wrote passion to be bigger than money, Sagar wrote "Money, then passion".

Asmita echoed this ideology when she spoke to HT about how she planned a career shift. She suggested having enough money to cover the basics for at least a year.

"Have 12 months of expenses saved, v...