{
  "id": 16196846,
  "title": "From layoff to ₹1.5 crore UAE offer: How reskilling helped a tech professional rebuild his career and boost earnings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/from-layoff-to-1-5-crore-uae-offer-how-reskilling-helped-a-tech",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:16:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/from-layoff-to-1-5-crore-uae-offer-how-reskilling-helped-a-tech-professional-rebuild-his-career-and-boost-earnings-11792761304547.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A tech professional who was laid off from his first job after failing internal examinations shared his career journey on Reddit's r/Indian_flex community. He began his career at L&T Infotech in manual testing, but lost his job after failing seven internal examinations within eight attempts. He quickly joined IBM, where he worked on JD Edwards but wanted to pursue a career in big data. Despite initial setbacks, he secured a role in a big data project after discussions with his manager. His salary increased to around ₹3.78 lakh a year by January 2022. He then interviewed with several companies, including TCS, Cognizant, Wipro and Nineleaps, receiving offers ranging from ₹7.5 lakh to ₹13 lakh a year. He eventually accepted a role at Airbus, earning ₹23 lakh annually with a ₹5 lakh joining bonus. After a performance rating and reduced variable pay, he joined Thoughtworks at ₹48 lakh annually. Two months later, he accepted a lucrative offer from a consulting firm in the UAE, with an annual compensation of around ₹1.5 crore. The professional credited his progress to persistence, timing, connections, and opportunities he could not have planned in advance.",
  "summary": "A Reddit user has shared how an early layoff, a move into big data and several job switches took his reported annual compensation from ₹2.9 lakh to a UAE opportunity worth around ₹1.5 crore. His account highlights the role of reskilling, workplace mobility and timing in career progression.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}