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workplace

4 articles tagged “workplace”.

TTara Nair

Writing Like a Colleague: Email, Chat and Asking for Help in Your First Job

Most freshers are judged in their first six months less on their code than on how they write a message, ask a question, and report a problem. Here is how workplace communication actually works, what a good ask looks like, and how to say difficult things without sounding either apologetic or careless.

27 Aug 20269 min read

TTara Nair

Moving Cities for Your First Job: Budget, Housing and the First Month

The offer says the salary but nothing about the deposit, the first month's rent before your first payslip, or where to live in a city you have never visited. Here is what moving for a first job actually costs and how to get the first month right.

25 Aug 20269 min read

KKarthik Subramanian

Should You Quit Your First Job? A Framework for the First Two Years

Seven months into a first job, almost everyone wants to leave. Some of them should, and most of them should wait. Here is how to tell which one you are — and how to leave properly if the answer is that you should go.

20 Aug 202610 min read

AAarav Mehta

Your First 90 Days: What Nobody Tells Freshers About Their First Tech Job

The skills that get you hired are not the skills that make you useful in month two. Most freshers spend their first quarter quietly panicking about the wrong things. Here is what the first ninety days actually demand, and how to spend them so that month four is easier.

19 Aug 202611 min read