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Hi Fishes,

Please help me choose from the below companies.

Data Engineer. 3 years of experience. Location - Pune

1. Cognizant - 15 LPA
2. LTI - 13.5 LPA (including 5% variable)
3. Blazeclan - 12.5 LPA (including 5% variable)
4. ielektron - 13 LPA (Bangalore)
5. TCS - 10.5 LPA + 1L JB
6. Go Digital Technologies (Startup) - Salary to be negotiated.

Only few days left of NP.
Please help me choose.

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