I belong to a low income family. My father is a small farmer. We used to live in a small hut made with grass, sticks and farm residue at our farm. I completed my schooling from a small government school in my village. My school was 2.5km from our farm. Everyday I used to carry vegetables on my head and sell before school starts and was barely able to afford 2–3 grocery items like oil, salt, sugar. Sometimes we couldn't afford anything, we used to eat anything we can find on our farm like pumpkin, brinjals, tomatoes, etc for survival. Many times we slept empty stomach. My parents are uneducated but my mother strongly believe in education and used to tell me that you have to focus on education and I'll do anything but will never let you drop your schooling. She took loans from relatives for my education. I was aware of our financial situation so I used to work part-time along with studying.
With a lot of hard work I graduated in Computer Engineering from University of Pune in 2013 and got my first job within a few months.
My 1st salary was 15k, My family was extremely happy and proud since I was the first computer engineer from my village.
After 6months I got first salary hike 21k.
After 1 year completion I was offered permanent role with 30k salary and I accepted that.
After completion of 2 years I started looking for job change and I got 2 job offers from reputed MNCs with 60k salary.
After that I kept learning new skills and looking for better job offers every 1–2 years. Now in 2022 my current Salary is 25 lakh per annum.
Since child hood I experienced such a tough financial conditions I respect money and spend it very carefully. My monthly expense is only 10k and rest of the money goes to investments. From last 2 years I have been living with my family at my farm in a 20 years old tin sheet house constructed by parents. This year I'm planning to build a big farm house for my parents. Till now I only invested my money in creating extra income source
- Purchased new Farm land, Constructed a Big Farm pond for water storage, fish farming, etc and planted thousands of trees like coconuts, sweet lime, mango, papaya trees and started growing organic vegetables.
- Construction business setup for my brother. Purchased Excavator, tippers and a Hyundai i20 Car.
Last year my brother completed construction projects worth more than 50 lakhs.
My total income from other sources is more than my salary so I don't need to work for money. But I'm still working and will continue to work in IT industry because I love to solve problems and develop software solutions which help millions of people.
In spare time I teach computer science to students in my village and try to motivate them.
The World is round.. whatever you do, comes back to you with an even greater impact. If you are an IT/CS student or IT Professional/Aspirant please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or Instagram.
If you have plans to visit Aurangabad, I invite you to visit my farm.
I'm Happy..
-Nakul Patekar
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