Summaries Career Development From Tier 3 to Microsoft: A Journey to 55 LPA with Upskilling and Product-Based Companies

This is a summary of a YouTube video "Accenture to Microsoft in 5 years | From 3.3 LPA to 55 LPA | Detailed Journey with Roadmap" by Fraz!

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The video discusses the speaker's journey from a tier 3 college to working at Microsoft as an SDE 2, emphasizing the importance of upskilling, switching to product-based companies, and having a well-formatted resume with matching filter keywords.

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  Shrikanth shares his journey from a tier 3 college to working at Microsoft as an SDE 2, facing bench period and support projects, and receiving multiple job offers from top companies.
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  03:58

  Do's fellowship program offers comprehensive training and placement guarantee for those looking to switch to IT or improve their skills.
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  07:52

  Switches can greatly improve IT work and lead to better efficiency, but staying in maintenance and support roles for too long can hinder growth and make it difficult to switch jobs.
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  After upskilling and 30 interviews, the speaker faced 15-20 rejections before finally succeeding in switching from partial to complete development.
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  Learned about working in a product company at Intuit, struggled with micro-management at Virtusa, and eventually found a job at a startup after COVID-19 revoked an offer from ZENSAR.
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  20:17

  After working at several companies, the speaker found success at VMWare with a higher salary and better work-life balance, emphasizing the importance of product-based companies and a well-formatted resume with matching filter keywords.
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  25:09

  Switched from VMWare to Microsoft after receiving messages from recruiters, went through 4 rounds of technical interviews and a managerial round, and received an offer to work on the Bing team with a good hike.
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  27:58

  Switching from Accenture to Microsoft was challenging due to lack of DSA skills.

Detailed summary

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  00:00

  Shrikanth shares his journey from a tier 3 college to working at Microsoft as an SDE 2, facing bench period and support projects, and receiving multiple job offers from top companies.

  • Shrikanth, a graduate from a tier 3 college, shares his journey from starting coding in 4th year to working at Microsoft as an SDE 2, facing bench period and support projects, and receiving multiple job offers from top companies.
  • The speaker attended a tier 3 college in Bangalore where service-based companies visited for placements with packages up to 3.5 LPA, while product-based companies like Microsoft and Google did not visit.
  • Accenture's interview process consists of quantitative and cultural rounds with math and aptitude problems, English questions, and a face-to-face round, but no coding questions, and the profile was for a software engineer in Bangalore.
  • There is a 2-month classroom training followed by 2 exams with 3 attempts each, and failure to pass results in termination.
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  03:58

  Do's fellowship program offers comprehensive training and placement guarantee for those looking to switch to IT or improve their skills.

  • At Accenture, you are randomly assigned a technology to work on for 2 months and your future projects are determined by resource management.
  • Do is an experience-based learning platform with a fellowship program covering programming language fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, developers' fundamentals, real-world projects, mock interviews, resume building, and placements with a placement guarantee program for those looking for a switch or salary hike and those who want to come from non-IT field to IT.
  • During the bench period, it is important to utilize time effectively and learn new skills.
  • The speaker was allocated a support project based on their SQL skills which only required 2 hours of work per day for 6 months, leaving them with a lot of free time for "timepass".
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  07:52

  Switches can greatly improve IT work and lead to better efficiency, but staying in maintenance and support roles for too long can hinder growth and make it difficult to switch jobs.

  • Switches can greatly improve IT work and should be considered for better efficiency.
  • The speaker worked in a support project at Accenture for 2 years and 1 month, but didn't experience much growth until they asked to be put in an enhancement project where they learned Java, SQL, and UI development.
  • The speaker's growth in terms of skill and salary was not significant during their time in maintenance and support roles, and faced pushback when trying to transition into development.
  • Working for a service-based company for a long time without learning or working on good projects can make it difficult to switch jobs due to lack of experience and meeting expectations.
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  11:49

  After upskilling and 30 interviews, the speaker faced 15-20 rejections before finally succeeding in switching from partial to complete development.

  • The speaker upskilled themselves for 6 months and gave 30 interviews to switch from partial development to complete development, but faced 15-20 rejections before finally succeeding.
  • The speaker faced 15 rejections due to his notice period, decided to resign first, and after 2 months of job searching, finally got a job at Virtusa with a 20% hike.
  • The speaker worked in two companies, one being a service-based company that does body shopping, and the other being a startup where they faced pressure to deliver and received criticism for not being able to do so.
  • The speed of work at Accenture and startups is very different.
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  16:24

  Learned about working in a product company at Intuit, struggled with micro-management at Virtusa, and eventually found a job at a startup after COVID-19 revoked an offer from ZENSAR.

  • The speaker had a good experience working as a contractor for Intuit, where they learned about working in a product company, but had a negative experience with micro-management at Virtusa.
  • The speaker switched jobs due to micro-management, got an offer from ZENSAR which was revoked due to COVID-19, struggled to find a job during lockdown but eventually got an offer from a startup.
  • The speaker focused on UI but also spent time on DSA using platforms like Leetcode and Udemy, implementing data structures themselves to better understand and solve problems, and spent late nights learning new skills.
  • The speaker had a difficult experience with their manager at Virtusa, resulting in lack of sleep and feeling suffocated.
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  20:17

  After working at several companies, the speaker found success at VMWare with a higher salary and better work-life balance, emphasizing the importance of product-based companies and a well-formatted resume with matching filter keywords.

  • The speaker cracked several companies after Virtusa, including HCL, Infosys, Danske IT, Siemens Gamesa, and Mogo, ultimately choosing Danske IT where they worked for only one month before receiving an offer from VMWare with a significant hike in salary.
  • The speaker negotiated a salary of 26 lakhs at VMWare, where they enjoyed a great work-life balance and worked on a project from scratch, after previously working at Accenture for at least 2 years.
  • Product-based companies allow for more freedom and critical thinking in the work compared to service-based companies where the work is solely based on client requirements.
  • To make a successful career switch after college, it is important to learn from code reviews and the internet, and have a well-formatted resume with matching filter keywords using tools like Novoresume maker.
  • Created resume using novoresume maker with filters for Google, Adobe, Microsoft, and Intuit, applying for permanent role at Intuit.
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  25:09

  Switched from VMWare to Microsoft after receiving messages from recruiters, went through 4 rounds of technical interviews and a managerial round, and received an offer to work on the Bing team with a good hike.

  • The speaker talks about how they received messages from recruiters of various companies, including Microsoft, while working at VMWare and eventually decided to switch to Microsoft due to the acquisition of VMWare by Broadcom.
  • Microsoft SDE2 interview consists of an online assessment, followed by 4 rounds of technical interviews covering DSA and system design, with a possible managerial round or additional technical round.
  • The managerial round consisted of DS, system design, and behavioral questions, and after a few days, the speaker received an offer from Microsoft with a good hike and was excited to work on the Bing team.
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  27:58

  Switching from Accenture to Microsoft was a challenging journey due to lack of DSA skills.