India, March 10 -- A tech professional recently sparked an online discussion after sharing a humorous yet telling interaction with his paying guest accommodation owner about salaries in the technology sector.

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Taking to X, a man identified as Abhishek wrote about a conversation that left him amused. In his post, he said: "The amount of delusion created among common folks in India regarding tech jobs is crazy,, My PG owner asks me today - 'Bhaiya aapki monthly salary 3 Lakh hai na, dont lie' - bhaii itni hoti toh mai tumhare paas rehta thodi."

The Hindi portion of his post roughly translates to: "Brother, your mon...