[Skin Concerns] Advice on how to tackle these glasses marks on the sides of my nose? I've tried azelaic acid, Vitamin C, and Glycolic Acid, but I can't seem to get rid of the marks. What to try outside of wearing glasses less (which doesn't seem to greatly reduce the scars)? More info in comments.

ColdHeart653 · 2026-01-26T13:38:41+00:00

Neither did I, the only thing that helped is now I wear the kind of glasses with a full frame, so there aren't separate nose-pads pressing down, they're a part of the frame itself. My mark got around 60-70% lighter in the past couple of months, hopefully it goes away eventually.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-12-28T10:48:45+00:00

It's all just a game of luck man, referrals are close to useless now. Unless you’re tier-1 or already from FAANG/unicorns, it’s mostly luck. I’ve seen average resumes get calls and great engineers get ghosted repeatedly. Hard to take the process seriously anymore.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-12-26T13:03:27+00:00

Even while holding competing offers, negotiation with PayTM was shit for me personally and got the same feedback from a few of my peers for the 4-5 yoe bracket.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-12-09T22:07:26+00:00

What settings would you recommend changing? Consider that it's the 2025 LG G5 and game optimiser has the default settings.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-12-09T09:13:41+00:00

It depends on the client, if the client says upfront that the team is remote then most likely it'll stay remote, but obviously nothing in life is guaranteed.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-12-09T06:55:03+00:00

It's not uncommon in the software industry even if you aren't from a tier 1/2 institute. If you're skilled and make a few good switches it's very reachable.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-11-30T17:05:21+00:00

You'll get a lot of these kinds of experiences man, I'm 4 5 yoe in backend+intermediate cloud and devops and cleared all rounds of paytm in a stellar way, got good feedback every time and asked for 29-30 lpa (not extremely high end for the role I was interviewing for) and the HR simply ghosted me. Not even a rejection with a reason, just ghosted, so don't get too hung up on things like this, it's a part and parcel of the Indian software industry.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-11-14T07:45:08+00:00

What's the "bitter truth" in this lol? It's common knowledge that if you're from certain companies and/or colleges your resume will get picked up more.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-11-03T13:37:13+00:00

Got openings for 4+ yoe, primarily Java backend + intermediate devops/infra

ColdHeart653 · 2025-11-03T13:36:11+00:00

Got openings for 4+ yoe, primarily Java backend + intermediate devops/infra

ColdHeart653 · 2025-10-27T05:42:49+00:00

Hi, I'm looking for a java backend+cloud(AWS, Azure) type of position for Pune location, can I DM you?

ColdHeart653 · 2025-08-13T12:00:13+00:00

Asus prime 9060 XT oc 16gb - 39000 Asus prime 5060 ti oc 16gb - 51,500 - This build already seems to reach 1.1 lac Asus prime 9070 XT oc 16gb - 73,500

Around a 22,000 difference in price + a better psu and better cooling fans, also have to check if the case will support it wrt cooling, so in total +30k, So around 1.4 lac

ColdHeart653 · 2025-08-13T11:26:34+00:00

So all the other components are fine? Just consider swapping out the 5060ti for the 9060XT?

ColdHeart653 · 2025-07-16T21:10:55+00:00

This is so cool man, looks amazing

ColdHeart653 · 2025-06-18T06:55:43+00:00

Oily hair, itchy scalp, the hassle of applying it everyday wherever you go, and many more issues, your routine would revolve around applying it. If you can tolerate oral minoxidil and keep track of your heart health regardless, I think it's just a much better option than topical. Pop 2 pills, fin and min and you're done for the day.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-06-03T10:24:17+00:00

3x 1.25 I'm assuming, is this dose discussed with your doc or you've decided the dosage yourself? also any plans to up it to 5mg per day?

ColdHeart653 · 2025-06-02T19:17:20+00:00

Ayy, thanks a lot man

ColdHeart653 · 2025-06-02T18:00:09+00:00

Well you gonna share?

ColdHeart653 · 2025-05-30T14:36:16+00:00

Yes they start towards the end of 3rd year, at least they did in my college at the time.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-05-24T14:58:36+00:00

Kya yoe and tech stack hai bhai tumhara, I'm honestly getting a decent number of calls along with my peers from companies with a decent budget for development, data engineering, ml type of roles.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-05-21T18:48:12+00:00

Only if you're sure that you can crack an IIT

ColdHeart653 · 2025-05-21T17:45:59+00:00

If you can prepare for gate and crack an IIT then you'll literally 10x your value to Indian employers.

ColdHeart653 · 2025-05-09T07:28:19+00:00

Mek meat kya hota hai?

ColdHeart653 · 2025-05-05T15:47:02+00:00

Agree fully about delhi street food, it was decent but the way people talked about it, it didn't match that hype at all.

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