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You have an offer letter, or a first salary just landed.

4 steps · about 59 minutes · all published

  1. Your offer letter, decoded

    The offer letter, decoded — before you sign it, not after.

    16 min · reading age 13

    Try: CTC to In-Hand Salary Calculator

  2. Your first payslip, line by line

    Every line on the slip, and which ones you can influence.

    14 min · reading age 13

  3. How income tax actually works

    Slabs are marginal. A raise never leaves you worse off.

    14 min · reading age 13

    Try: Income Tax Calculator — Old vs New Regime

  4. First salary: the order of operations

    The order of operations many people use for a first salary, and why.

    15 min · reading age 13

    Try: Emergency Fund Calculator

Why this order

Protection before growth. An emergency fund, then health cover, then clearing expensive debt, and only then investing. Not caution for its own sake — arithmetic. A card balance can charge around 50% a year, which is more than ordinary investments earn.

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