Reality of a "safe" govt job in India:
22yo - Clear UPSC/SSC, join at ₹35K/month
25yo - First posting: some district no one knows
27yo - Transfer. New city, no network
30yo - Marriage. Parents finally exhale
32yo - Still ₹55K/month. Private friends at ₹2L+
35yo - Pension secured. Ambition — dead
40yo - Kids in private school. Salary: not enough
45yo - First car. Second hand.
50yo - Proud on paper. Broken inside.
55yo - Finally senior post. Too tired to enjoy it.
India: where security costs you everything else