90 days and Loving it. Hyderabad Rocks
One more month has passed since my 60 day update.. . Things are still looking excellent and the recent festivals added to the +ve thoughts about our move so far. With diwali and dusshera occuring very close to each other, we had ample opportunities to visit family, relax and enjoy the good times in Hyderabad.
Finally my son is in ukg / school and he seems to like the environment a lot. Everyone from the director of the school to his class teachers were flexible and willing to work with us, to get him accustomed to the new environment. We showed up 1.5 months later than our scheduled date and paid the term fee ( Rs 7500 ) for the current term. The fee covers everything including his meals and supplies. Uniforms and Bus are separate... due to the proximity of the school to our house, we decided to drop/pick him by car for the first month.
Boy-o-Boy, kids from my experience so far do nothing but watch TV/Cartoons and Movies. I am trying to get my kid outdoors, couple of my team members gave me references to a cricket/tennis training facility, another one gave me a reference to a taekwondo teacher who comes home to teach kids, etc. I am going for Cricket primarily to get him used to a team sport and tennis for the physical activity. Will update more on these once I finalize on them.
Started driving on my own during night and evening hours. I was driving in hyderabad before I came to the US, but it feels very different now since the traffic in hyderabad is in the worst shape I have ever seen. You should have seen the traffic between Road #3 and Punjagutta on the day before diwali weekend. Took me almost 1 hour, to get from jubilee checkpost to punjagutta center.
I am still lagging in taking care of myself on the Physical Fitness front, but I decided to make the best out of the situation by taking the stairs at the office. Some of my team look at me like I am crazy, but I plan to continue doing this as much as I can.
My pet projects are finally on track and I am doing my best to spend atleast 1 to 2 hours a week on them. Currently looking for some junior programmers that can help me with the basic work... heard that I can hire some good parttime programming help for less than Rs 5000, which should solve some major bottlenecks for me.
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Hi
I am looking forward to R2I in next 3-4 months and was looking for people who moved to Hyd and found your blog. Its great to read your experiences and I agree with you on many things. I am just back from Hyd after a really extended trip of 3.5 months and did have a back to reality session already. Looking at it was going back all over 8 yrs albeit some changes. Unlike you as (i gather from your blog) my parents live in Hyd and I have constructed a good house there (ofcourse have to still pay for the loan). I am looking forward to reading more abt hyd. Given the fact that I own a house (pay abt 32000 pm for loan, which might come down as i am refinancing it). How much do you think would be a decent salary there. BTW I dont mind driving a two wheeler(I love it), we already own a car so we can use it for weekend stuff..
Any pointers on that would help.. I am a man of simple needs not looking to live extravagantly..
pls drop a line to if you can @
r2i2hyd2006@hotmail.com
kris
For simple needs with a own house, I estimate that you could do with 20K a month. But it varies based on your family size, schooling, healthcare and other requirements etc.
On the salary front, it can vary as a package from 20000 to 400000+/month. Indian offers include perks that MNC's do not include in their packages etc. So compare apples to apples before accepting something that looks like a bigger #.
My experience so far is that the Median Salary is around Rs.75000/Month in 5+ year profiles.
Extravagance in present day Hyderabad needs many more zero's than any R2I can earn in a job. Anyone coming back to continue in a job should forget the "E" word.
I use every chance to take my cousin's Hero Honda out for a ride, wish he had a yamaha... I am not sure if you can really make it to work on a bike everyday through traffic, public transport/company provided cabs may be a better option.
Hi
Thank you for your thoughts. I am negotiating with a small company. This is my first foray in the R2I endevour and its been a learning experience. I was calculating just the basic tax% deductible on the agreed package(14L) and never did realize the CTC factor which would basically reduce my take home to about 60% (assuming it would include the taxes too). We live with our parents and live simple, no big expenses except the loan, may be other expenses would come to about 15k max.
Looking at the deductibles do you think a take home of 65-70k with the loan deduction could be ok package?
I know everybody decides for themselves but just trying to get a different view..
appreciate your views
r2i2hyd2006@hotmail.com
kris
Hyderabad traffic is the world's best. So unruly and so ultra-smooth that u can even drive blindfolded and reach your destination with your hand in pocket.
So disciplined and so orderly, that it would put Singapore and Switzerland in the shade. It would instead put them in a blade packet My goodness, the crowd is so well-behaved that when u drive, they would stop and wave their hands with their hands tied behind their arse.
The great traffic cops who appear once in a bluemoon are very alert and helpful that if u ask them for a direction, they would point at the same direction u came from. Their traffic guidance is impeccable, when they wave their hands, they look like beach volleyball players.
Buffoloes make a better cop, they atleast stop the traffic to allow their breed to move across the road majestically.
Once on our roads, everybody is a law unto themselves. they care a damn and make a sham over even a small hungama. The finest of gallias and tallis follows when they let loose a volley of words from their mouth.
Paan - wah! the guys and hefty mams who swish the reddish paan do so with grace and ease that sees the juice flow at an incredible 2,000,000 mph .
The road diggers dig every place they take a fancy to. They dig and leave a creater that looks as if some meteroite from space has come and plonked itself there. The dug up space are left unattended to for decades.
That is Hyderabad - a city of nawabs
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