By Sanya Jain
Publication Date: 2026-02-10 02:53:00
An Indian techie has revealed how quitting his high-paying Microsoft job in the US and moving back to India massively improved his quality of life. Ujjwal Chadha said in an X post that he was earning $250,000 in the US as a developer at Microsoft. He gave up that paycheque for a remote work opportunity in India, and got a massive lifestyle upgrade in the process.
“Changed life for the better”
“I left my job as a Developer at Microsoft in US, and moved to India for a remote job opportunity. It changed my life for better,” wrote Chadha, who worked with Microsoft in the US for a little over three years.
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Chadha explained his lifestyle upgrade in three points, with the first point being Purchasing Power Parity or PPP. He said that while a…
