8+ years in SFO // IND since 2019
“My advice to people who are moving back would be to reach out to past connections to get plugged in faster in the ecosystem.“
I did my undergrad in Bangalore and Masters at CMU (ML for public policy), worked at Google and then Netflix. I later worked at Mindmeld in SF, which was later acquired by Cisco. My reasons for moving back involved H1B rejection and also my orientation to find an impact-driven role. I am now starting up in the rural sector and find the rural South India beautiful. A lot has happened in the last 10 years in India. I found a lot of entrepreneurial people who have created so much value and brought a profound change to this country. My life here is very similar to my life in the US: mobile connectivity is great even in rural areas and I got a pretty good upgrade in terms of quality in life. Traffic and pollution, dealing with local government does frustrate me at times but being closer to family and having pets are positive surprises for me. My advice to people who are moving back would be to reach out to past connections to get plugged in faster in the ecosystem.