Hi all, need advice from folks familiar with OPT/STEM.

Timeline: Entered US Aug 2023, completed Master’s in 1 year. Initial OPT: Jan 26, 2025 → Jan 26, 2026. Couldn’t secure a job, returned to India Aug 1, 2025. Rejoined TCS (10 LPA), later moved to Tech Mahindra (150% hike).
Now confused seeing peers in US doing very well.

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Years of Experience: ~6 Years
Prior Compensation: ~ 30 LPA (FIXED) + 12 LPA( ESOPS) -> ~ 42 LPA

Company: Microsoft India
Title/Level: L-62
Base: 38 Fixed
Signing Bonus: 8(6+2)
Stock bonus: $80k for 4 years
Relocation: Basic + 3 Lac
Bonus: 10-20%
Total comp- 38+6+15 ~ 59 LPA

Company: Oracle
Title/Level: IC3

Base: 43 Fixed
Signing Bonus: 10(5+5)
Stock bonus: 1200 RSU for 4 years
(CTC): Rs. ~66 LPA
more inclined towards Microsoft, but they are offering less
Need suggestions Microsoft Oracle

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Techstack: Golang, Postgres, gRPC, GraphQL, ElasticSearch
YOE: 4.8+
Current CTC: 16.5 LPA

And should I make a jump rightnow?

TIA🙏

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Skillset - Pyspark,Azure,Databricks,ADLS,Sql server
CCTC - 17 LPA
ECTC ~30 LPA
experience -7.5 yrs

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