EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026 · 21 MIN
Is Big Tech a Trap? Why She Quit Her $200K Software Engineering Job
from Out of Office with Sundas · host Sundas Khalid
In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Pooja Dutt to talk about why she left her remote $200,000 software engineering job at Microsoft. We discuss burnout, the tradeoffs behind leaving Big Tech, what she learned from applying to 25 jobs, and how engineers can stand out in a difficult job market.
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