Post by Nilesh Bagade

Sanjoy Rabidas. Shoe polisher .School topper. 🇮🇳 Works 12 hours a day. Dreams of becoming an IPS officer. Take a second to feel what that actually means. Lakhs of students in India. Private tutors. AC classrooms. Parents paying ₹50,000 and even more for coaching. And a boy polishing shoes on a footpath — Outscored most of them. We're told success needs the right environment: → "Good school first." → "Peaceful home to study." → "Stable family income to focus." Then Sanjoy happened. He didn't just top his school. He exposed the biggest lie we tell ourselves every day. As a developer, this destroyed something in me. Because we suffer from the exact same disease. We don't call it poverty. We call it "Waiting for the Right Environment." "I'll start my project when I get a better laptop." "I'll learn properly when life is less chaotic." "I'll apply for jobs when my setup is ready." We've renamed "I'm scared to start" to "My environment isn't right yet." Sanjoy's environment was a footpath. His desk was the street. His study lamp was whatever light remained after 12 hours of work. He scored 465 out of 500. Here's the truth nobody posts on LinkedIn: The developer who gets hired in 2026 — Isn't the one with the best laptop. Isn't the one with the fastest internet. Isn't the one with the perfect home office setup. It's the one who opened VS Code — In a messy room. On a slow machine. At 11 PM after a long day. And built something anyway. Sanjoy didn't wait for a better footpath. He just opened his books. While you're waiting for the right environment — Someone with less than you — Is already on page 200. I'll ask you directly: What environment are you waiting for — That Sanjoy never had — But succeeded without anyway? Drop it below. I'm reading every single one. ~Nilesh building from wherever I am 🛠️ #InspiringIndia #RealStories #DeveloperMindset #Discipline #BuildInPublic #SuccessMindset #NeverSettle #HardWorkPays