Srigeeta Shrinivas, a former principal account manager at Google, quit her nearly Rs. 2 crore annual job to pursue content creation full-time. Based in Bengaluru, she had been building a travel and lifestyle platform for five years. Her reel announcing the move went viral as she began documenting life after leaving the tech giant.
A Bengaluru-based techie has left behind a high-flying career at Google - and a salary of approximately Rs. 2 crore per annum - to pursue content creation full-time, sparking a wave of conversation online about unconventional career choices.
Srigeeta Shrinivas, 35, a former principal account manager at Google, officially quit in December 2025 after close to ten years with the company, including stints in Hyderabad and Dublin, Ireland, where she managed one of Google's major European fashion clients.
Not an overnight decision
In a reel announcing her departure - initially intended for friends and family - Srigeeta was candid about the leap. "I haven't figured it all out yet," she said, "but I also don't know where my pay cheque is gonna come from." The video unexpectedly went viral, taking her Instagram account from around 900 followers to over 3,000 within a month.
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