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ZoomyQuokka
ZoomyQuokka
Uber

What’s an underrated career in India that offers great pay and work-life balance?

In India, careers like engineering, medicine, and civil services often dominate discussions about 'successful' professions. But there are plenty of lesser-known fields that not only pay surprisingly well but also provide a fulfilling work-life balance and job satisfaction.

Do you know of any such careers that deserve more recognition? Maybe it’s something you or someone you know has pursued that others tend to overlook.

I'll go first - tech sales, someone shared a post here yesterday making 1cr++ selling SaaS

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SparklyPotato
SparklyPotato
Samsung5mo

Pilots, definitely

JumpyPretzel
JumpyPretzel
Salesforce5mo

I have a friend who's a commercial cargo captain. Fellow earns 11 lakhs a month, 15 day a month travelling abroad and remaining with family. One of the happiest guys I have met. So much money, they don't know what to do with it

SillyNugget
SillyNugget
Infosys5mo

But getting commercial pilot license is lengthy and costly process, no?

BubblyPenguin
BubblyPenguin
Stealth5mo

Parents are hooked to Habuild, it's an online yoga class program that's run by this guy Saurabh Bothra from Nagpur

Have seen their morning paid class with 60k+ people - they're easily making north of 15-20cr annually.

ZoomyDonut
ZoomyDonut
Stealth5mo

+1

My dad is a power user and power referrer - every morning he shares the yoga certificate on the family group

SqueakyBiscuit
SqueakyBiscuit
ServiceNow5mo

Yeah my mom's renewal is due. They have made it well

DerpyBurrito
DerpyBurrito
CarDekho5mo

Merchant Navy

They don't get to spend time with family but mint a fair bit of money

ZippyBagel
ZippyBagel
Amazon5mo

Landlord

SillyDonut
SillyDonut
TCS5mo

Politicians

DancingNoodle
DancingNoodle
Google5mo

YouTube Influencers, Comedians

SnoozyWalrus
SnoozyWalrus
Google4mo

Petrol bunk owner. Make upwards of 10-20 L per month depending on locality. Has initial investment, but very little day to day work once established.

PrancingQuokka
PrancingQuokka
Walmart5mo

Contractors who do labour supply for different industries,

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Highest paying professions in India

From a salary point of view, which profession in India pays similar or more than software engineering at big tech?

To put numbers into perspective, with 7-8 years of experience, an SWE in India can potentially make 1cr - 1.5cr in yearly...

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Everything is sub par when compared to generational wealth 🥲

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One must not view highest pay professionals thru benchmark of money alone. In finance we have a term called " q...

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Only 1% SWE makes that much in general with senior and above level and with 7-8 years experience it's even less proba...