Having moved to a smaller firm, I’m finding it difficult to bill enough hours. There are few emergencies and late night requests compared to my old job. But the work is kind of dull and involves doing a lot of boilerplate writing from my office. Even if I’m in the office for 10 hours, I can’t find it in me to be “on” the whole time, and I end up only billing like 6 hours somehow. At my old firm, the quick turnarounds basically forced me to bill a lot. Anyone relate?

Hello All,

I need an quick suggestion from all experienced fishes 😀

YOE: 8.2
Tech: Full Stack Angular with .net
Current CTC : 15.4
Location : Pune

Am expecting an call for salary discussion anytime soon.


Interviewed for project which has below technology:

.Net Full Stack, Angular, Azure
Location : Pune

Could you all advise how much TCS could strech and how much I should ask them 💰..

PS: I don't have any offer in hand. This would be my first offer for this Season's Job Hunt 😺

Thanks

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