23-Year-Old Quits Rs 3.36 Cr Amazon Job for Meta, Shares Career Secrets
In an audacious career switch, 23-year-old Indian-American machine learning engineer Manoj Tumu has quit his Rs 3.36 crore-per-year job at Amazon to join Meta, which reportedly pays in excess of 400,000 (about Rs 3.35 crore). This transition will take place on August 30, 2025, and emphasizes the explosive market demand in AI and ML talent in the worldwide technology industry.
The start of the journey started with a post-graduation contract position, where Tumu opted to work at ML instead of a well-compensated software engineering position, which led to his Amazon start. His specialization in AI matches the business interest of Meta, which is centered on creative applications, and it is a trend in which the professionals in the field of ML receive high salaries. He has provided practical advice in an essay in Business Insider: focus on internships, customize your resume, and learn how to interview values company-specific–strategies that helped him get a job at both companies after he had no connection.
Unique Insights: Tumu’s transformation highlights a trend among young technologists toward jobs that are less focused on high salaries and more focused on passion; that trend may encourage the startup culture in India to foster niche competencies. His rejection of traditional networking hints at a data-driven job hunt approach.
Local Context: At the lifestyles that 4.5 million people work in the IT industry (NASSCOM, 2025), the story of Tumu is likely to resonate with the 1.2 million technology graduates each year who aspire to work anywhere in the world. His Indian heritage provides a familiar element to the up-and-coming engineers in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
Credible Data: In the 2025 Workforce Report by LinkedIn, 35 percent of AI/ML occupations experienced a pay premium in the whole world, and in India, the tech hubs have noted a 20 percent rise in the amount of job ads in ML in 2024.
For young tech enthusiasts, Tumu’s tips offer a roadmap to success. Stay tuned to webtechneeq.com/news/ for more career insights!
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