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Category: Career Advice

Candid Career Tip: Your career is a marathon, not a sprint
August 31st, 2020

If I were to list down the most common career mistakes people make, this one will perhaps take the top spot. And it is also one of the most fatal ones, so definitely deserves a post of its own. A short story first I met Aman recently. Like most engineers, he didn’t choose to be…

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Report: Customer Success is emerging fast in India
September 8th, 2018

We wrote about the fast rise of Customer Success roles in India a while back. Personally, we at CutShort are big fans of the Customer Success function. We started focusing on this around 6 months back and have continuously improved our systems and processes since then. This focus has also led our team to join…

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Are you really free?
August 16th, 2018

Yesterday India celebrated its 71st anniversary of independence. This momentous occasion had Nikunj, our CEO, thinking over the idea of “freedom”, as applied to our professionals lives. Below, we are producing an email he shared with all the wonderful CutShort users yesterday. If you like it, please share it with the people you care about….

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ESOPs: Understanding stock options in startup companies
July 25th, 2018

Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOPs) are not new in India. Infosys famously offered generous options to their employees and made hundreds of first time millionaires. It’s been several years since then and barring a few exceptions, there haven’t been success stories where employees got to share the wealth they contributed to building. There was a…

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Here’s what you missed in India’s largest online blockchain gathering
June 15th, 2018

We interact with thousands of professionals every week. Every now and then someone would ask about opportunities in blockchain area and we would send them the list of some blockchain companies hiring in India currently. But we sensed something was missing. We found that most professionals were confused by the recent cryptocurrencies hype and wondered…

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No-nonsense guide to get into data science
May 26th, 2018

If you are here, I believe that you have a strong interest to understand what it takes to become a Data Scientist. I am writing this post because I see a tremendous amount of people in a dilemma and there is absolutely no information out there, but just countless articles on what online courses you…

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Your high experience isn’t an asset anymore
May 16th, 2018

I still remember when I joined my first job. In our office campus, there were people with 10, even 12 years experience.  They were easy to recognize by their id cards that had become pale yellow in contrast to our sparkling white ones.  They seemed to know how the industry worked and were deeply valued by…

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Salary insights for a full stack developer in India
May 13th, 2018

No wonder that diversified job opportunities, high growth rate, lucrative packages makes full stack developer as one of the most in demand jobs. If you are a full stack developer who wondered: What is my market worth? Which city pays the most for my experience? How much salary I should offer to hire a full…

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Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) Companies Hiring in 2018
May 8th, 2018

Almost every company today is trying/wants to scale up their AI & ML capabilities to innovate and make their offerings user friendly. Be it in recruitment, e-commerce, finance, customer success or education. AI is creating a deep impact in all industries and our daily lives. The demand for AI & ML professionals is huge today…

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Node.js vs PHP: Which one you should choose for a better career?
May 3rd, 2018

For years, web developers have used PHP as their server-side language of choice to build applications and websites. It has a huge support system, deep code base, and could be used in conjunction with other languages like Javascript to create fast, stunning applications. However, within a short space of time, Javascript has evolved from being…

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What is full stack development and how to become a full stack developer?
April 6th, 2018

Did you know that in the recently concluded Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 48.2% of the respondents identified themselves as full stack developer? Full stack development is currently one of the most in-demand jobs. It has a wide scope of employability with tech giants, startups, internet companies, and IT majors, all looking to hire for the profile. If you’re looking for…

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Increasing demand for Customer Success Managers
March 31st, 2018

Around 5 years ago, in came a new role called “product management”. No one had heard of this role, but after a short while, this role became so important that everyone wondered — how did we survive without this role before! Similar stuff is now happening with a new role called Customer Success. It started…

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Top companies and startups hiring for data science jobs in India
March 12th, 2018

Data scientists are hot in demand. And why not – every company today is looking to apply data science to go up the value chain.  This noise also means that if you are a data scientist, it’s difficult to identify the top companies and startups hiring for data science jobs in India. So look no further….

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Why data science jobs are in high demand?
March 8th, 2018

The hype around the data science have left everyone asking the question that why data science jobs are in high demand these days? Let’s see. A single flight of Boeing 787 aircraft generates up to 500GB of data. Currently, there are over 6 billion connected devices around the world generating millions of terabytes of data…

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How to become a Data Scientist? – A detailed step by step guide!
March 6th, 2018

You couldn’t have missed the buzz. Whether it’s the media, articles, job postings or interviews of top leaders from companies such as Google and Facebook, everyone seems to have been talking about Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. If you’re like most, you would also be thinking — How to become a Data Scientist? It’s time…

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How to restore and grow your career after getting laid off or fired
February 7th, 2018

If there is one thing that has hit modern professionals recently, it’s the risk of getting laid off and the realization that their jobs are not safe anymore. As mentioned in this recent Quartz article, Indian IT companies laid off 56,000 employees in 2017 alone. And given the recent downturn in non-IT sectors (after demonetization and GST),…

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Top Alternatives to Linkedin Jobs | Websites like Linkedin.com
November 30th, 2017

You can love it or hate it, but when it comes to hiring or searching new opportunities, you just can’t ignore LinkedIn. With more than 400 Million users, it’s one of the most indispensable tools to find details about a company and its employees. But many of these users have also wondered at some point –…

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Alternatives to AngelList for Jobs | Websites like Angel.co
November 16th, 2017

Started in 2010, AngelList has come a long way. It started as a fundraising tool, but has become a very popular recruiting platform for startup jobs recently. But many of these users have also wondered at some point – what are some good alternatives to AngelList? With 25,000+ startups recruiting and 1M+ candidates globally, AngelList…

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Alternatives to Naukri | Websites like Naukri.com
November 13th, 2017

If you’re looking for a job or hiring in India, you most likely would have used Naukri. If you’re like most, you would have wondered at some point – what are some good alternatives to Naukri? You’re not alone. For the last 15 years, Naukri.com has dominated the recruitment market. As of 2017, it claims…

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Interview assignments – dos and donts
August 16th, 2017

If you have tried to look for jobs recently, you might have been asked to complete a job interview assignment remotely. If not, you will likely soon – since more and more companies are starting to include this step in their hiring process. Why do companies give interview assignments these days? Traditional job interviews are…

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Job search of future
August 1st, 2017

What difference do we want to make in the life of our users? We at CutShort keep asking this question every day. Whether we are defining our product roadmap or even writing a small social media post, answering this question help us in taking the right decision. And after removing all the jargon and terms,…

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