{"id":86356,"date":"2026-01-17T14:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/side-hustle-ends-a-google-career-why-this-bengaluru-engineer-was-forced-to-quit\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:36:52","slug":"side-hustle-ends-a-google-career-why-this-bengaluru-engineer-was-forced-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/side-hustle-ends-a-google-career-why-this-bengaluru-engineer-was-forced-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Side hustle ends a Google career: Why this Bengaluru engineer was forced to quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The resignation of Google engineer Arpit Bhayani over his educational side work has become a symbol of a deeper shift in India\u2019s tech workforce. As freelancing surges and moonlighting checks tighten, companies and employees are drifting out of sync. The story reflects a growing tension between rigid corporate rules and a workforce that has quietly embraced flexible, parallel careers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resignation of Google engineer Arpit Bhayani over his educational side work has become a symbol of a deeper shift in India\u2019s tech workforce. As freelancing surges and moonlighting checks tighten, companies and employees are drifting out of sync. The story reflects a growing tension between rigid corporate rules and a workforce that has quietly&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/side-hustle-ends-a-google-career-why-this-bengaluru-engineer-was-forced-to-quit\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Side hustle ends a Google career: Why this Bengaluru engineer was forced to quit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":86357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}