Manu Agrawal,
on the record.
Long-form conversations and press coverage — split by where the story ran.
Podcasts

From small-town India to Microsoft & Google
Featured on Josh Talks (Hindi) sharing the story of cracking NIMCET, joining Microsoft, and the non-linear path back.

Career lessons from a non-linear path
A long-form conversation on switching from big tech to founder and back — what to optimise for at each stage.

Building products at Google Pay scale
Owning search and auto-suggest across every GPay transaction — architecture, trade-offs, and team.

Founder to IC: rejoining big tech
Why the founder chapter ended, what it taught about engineering at scale, and the return to Microsoft AI.
In News
Bengaluru techie earning ₹1.9 Cr at Microsoft recalls father selling mother's jewellery to pay college fees
"Some debts aren't financial." News18 on the story behind the ₹1.9 Cr package and the family sacrifices that made it possible.
PressBengaluru Microsoft techie got ₹1.9 Cr job after father sold mother's gold for my studies
Moneycontrol covers Manu's viral post on the sacrifices behind cracking a top-tier Microsoft offer.
Microsoft techie recalls father selling mother's gold bangles to pay ₹15,000 college fee
NDTV Feature — the ₹15,000 college fee, sold bangles, and the debt that showed up in Manu's paycheck years later.
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