Bengaluru Intern’s Reason for Absence from Work Will Stun You. Here’s What Happened

Most of us take a day off from work to spend time with loved ones, unwind from the daily grind, or attend a job interview. But when an intern in Bengaluru took a day off, the reason was anything but typical. The intern returned to work only to drop the bombshell that “he don’t need the internship anymore”.

“This only happens in Bangalore,” wrote X (formerly known as Twitter) user Karthik Sridharan while sharing a screenshot of the WhatsApp conversation on the microblogging platform.

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“Hey, what happened to you last Friday? I didn’t see you in office,” the boss asked the intern.

To this, the intern replied about meeting venture capitalist that led to securing funding for their AI startup.

“Hey, sorry I took a leave because I had a meeting with a VC. My AI startup got funded. I don’t need the internship anymore,” the intern said.

Take a look at the conversation below:

The post, since being shared a day ago on X, has accumulated over 2.7 lakh views and the numbers are still increasing. Many even took to the comments section of the post to share their thoughts.

Check out how people reacted to this post:

“LOL! I wonder if he found his co-founder while he was stuck in a silk board traffic!” said an individual.

Another added, “This is crazy!”

“I guess that internship was just the warm-up!” expressed a third.

A fourth commented, “That’s a great thing.”

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Bengaluru and startup culture go hand in hand. This is why the city is referred to as India’s Silicon Valley. Bombay Shaving Company’s CEO Shantanu Deshpande, in a recent LinkedIn post, rightly said that startup talks dominate the city’s atmosphere and is caught in an “ecosystem delusion”, where many arrive with big dreams, but only a few achieve success.

He added that people with a “PowerPoint presentation”, or “LinkedIn accept from a VC” think that they’re already a founder and “halfway to unicorn” if they attend the same events as people who have made it big.

He further expressed that the city reminds him of Kota – the Mecca of IIT-JEE, stressing that while India needs founders and companies to be built, the current environment in Bengaluru fosters an unhealthy belief that success is imminent just by being part of the ecosystem. “All these founders who come to Bangalore with the hope of building need to be protected and supported,” he emphasised.

He concluded his post with a message for all startup founders: “These city debates (or any generalised debates) are never helpful. But the only So-What for me is – if you’re a founder and starting up in Bangalore, distance yourself from the ecosystem and stay closer to your business. And see if you can find mentors outside the city too.”