India, May 9 -- An Indian cofounder's reflection on his journey from a high paying internship in the United States to building startups in India has struck a chord online. Aman Goel, cofounder of GreyLabs AI, shared on X how a summer internship in Silicon Valley helped him understand what he truly wanted to do with his life.

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In his post, Goel wrote, "Ten years ago, I landed in San Francisco as a 20 year old kid from IIT Bombay, headed to Palo Alto to intern at Rubrik's Software Engineering Team. I was earning $8,000 a month. It felt like a dream."

He said the internship gave him exposure to strong engineering culture and product b...