Surviving the crisis

These are difficult times!!!

Inflation is high, stock market has collapsed, economy might be showing signs of slowing down, and to add salt to your wounds, your job may not be safe enough!

Are you prepared for the worst?

I was thinking seriously about it. How prepared am I? What should I do to be better prepared?

The following post is my idea of how to weather this storm. Please check if you can strike a chord with it.

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How to survive an IT slowdown?

TCS shows the door to 500 techies. IBM does the same to 700 ELTP’s. Will there be more?

US economy is not in the best of shapes. Neither is its currency. Rupee is appreciating. Will there be an IT slowdown? Should you worry?

I don’t know. (I think no one can predict these things).

But I think one can do few things to be ready for a slowdown, if and when it happens. I have split my thoughts into 2 parts. Career based and finance based.

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