Six-figure Big Tech job to unemployment: Indian man leaves job, says there are more ways to make money than a 9-to-5

An Indian Product Manager has left his six-figure Big Tech job to explore building his own career outside the traditional corporate path. Teja, who quit on July 31, said six years of building someone else’s vision and watching AI transform work convinced him that 2026 offers more ways to earn a living. He is now documenting an uncertain new chapter.