This Indian-Origin Techie Quit His Rs 6.5 Crore Meta Job. Here's Why
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Mr Pandey quit the tech giant in 2022 to build his own startup, Taro, to help other software engineers grow their careers.
Rahul Pandey quit Meta in 2022 after spending five years in that company as its tech lead and manager and getting paid more than Rs 6.5 Crore annually. A South Asian engineer working for Facebook in California said he suffered immense levels of anxiety while working there.
On LinkedIn, Mr Pandey wrote, "My journey was not a straight shot to counting $100 bills. In fact, for the first six months after I joined Facebook, I was extremely anxious. I felt imposter syndrome as a senior engineer, I struggled to adapt to the company's culture and tooling."
He revealed that he did not seek any help from his colleague because he thought it would "out" him as someone who didn't deserve to be a senior engineer. His confidence took another hit a mere year after joining, as Facebook encountered internal struggles, witnessing a decline in its stock value. Amid this turmoil, many of Pandey's colleagues left to join other firms, and the project he was involved in experienced numerous delays.
