India, March 17 -- A Bengaluru founder recently shared how quitting a high-paying job at Yahoo! Bangalore was the best career move he ever made. Despite his manager calling the decision "stupid," the founder moved to Italy for an internship that eventually left him broke. He reflects on the early days of struggle that eventually led him to work with prominent tech leaders.

Bengaluru founder Arjun Jain wrote, "The day I chose curiosity over comfort. August 2007. Yahoo! Bangalore. I'm staring at my resignation draft. Rs.1 lakh per month. Stock options. The golden handcuffs every middle-class kid dreams of."

The founder recalled that, though high-paying, his tech job was "suffocating". Hence, he decided to leave it all and relocate to Ital...