Tanay Pratap

Entrepreneur | Teacher | Author | Mentor | Engineer

Founder & CEO

Teacher-in-chief

Advisor

my story

Born and raised in Bokaro, Jharkhand, I completed my engineering degree from Manipal Institute of Technology in 2012. Started off my career with Network Security and Artificial Intelligence and finally ended up at Microsoft as an SDE working primarily on Microsoft Teams Platform.

why I left my Microsoft job?

It was during Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, when I stumbled upon the job market. Talked to many students and found how finding a job in development had become worrisome.
I started teaching WebDevelopment to students with the vision to get their careers started. But doing it alongside my Microsoft gig could have been difficult. So, I left the cushy job and dedicated myself to change the way educational learning works.

how I can help you build your career?

In the past 4 years of working in the higher education sector of the country, I have realized that learning a skill in a way that leads you to a job is quite different from the way we learn in our college years.

Having developed programs that have helped thousands of freshers start their careers - whether it be in tech or business - I strongly believe that you are in the right place.

If you are ready to work hard every day and put in the hours, keep on reading!

crafting careers since 2020

roc8 launched

During COVID, I noticed a 5x increase in LinkedIn messages asking for Microsoft referrals due to the bad job market. That’s when I met Swapnil (ex-Amazon, ex-Meesho, IIT Guwahati), who wanted to help students get jobs. We started an online job challenge where students built 5 projects, and we pitched them to companies. This initiative helped 50+ students land their first jobs and eventually turned into the startup roc8, led by Swapnil, which has placed thousands of students to date. If you know programming and web development and need guidance to get your first job, roc8 is the place to be.

Learn more about roc8

but the to-be-devs needed guidance

As soon as the job challenge launched, students began asking for project resources. Existing courses were too advanced, so in 2021, I created a user-friendly, foundational web development course. Since then, the boot camp has helped thousands learn programming and secure jobs. For beginner programming guidance, neoG Camp is the place to go.

Learn more about neoG

what about the world outside tech?

By 2022, neoG Camp and roc8 were placing thousands of students. A student's request for guidance for his B.Com. graduate sister inspired Invact. I collaborated with experts, and we have since trained and placed Business Analysts in various companies. If you have a Commerce or Business degree, check out Invact to become an industry-ready Business Analyst.

Learn more about Invact

wall of love

With beginner-friendly resources and supportive guidance, we help newcomers navigate the world of tech and non-tech with ease.

Syed Andleeb
Software Engineer
@ Unacademy
“Feels like yesterday when as a newbie I joined with lots of hopes and lots of self-doubt. But in the end everything worked out very fine and very beautifully. You are the real OG Tanay bhaya. The way you taught us, your approach towards the learning process, is simply mind blowing. You didn’t teach us how to create full stack web apps only, you taught us the recipe of how to be the best software engineers. I thank God for that day when I found you on twitter, literally I had no direction whatsoever in my life, I was headed nowhere and then you showed me the way towards light. Thank you very much for everything. When I joined I was overwhelmed, because I wasn’t even knowing the abc’s of web development. But now, I can create full stack apps without that much of a difficulty. Wouldn’t have been possible without such an awesome mentor. Definitely not the end, many more things to come.”
Ragini Singh
Software Engineer
@ Airtel Digital
“Hi everyone, I am elated to share that I have joined Airtel X labs as SDE-FE last week. I have spent frustrating times in tcs, had willingness to learn and get into product based company so spent time in DSA but got demotivated multiple times until my friend introduced me to this community. And it changed everything. This is the best investment of my life. This past 6 months not just gave me a better job but life lessons and immense confidence. Forever grateful to Tanay Pratap bhaiya for creating this camp.”
Faique Jatu
Frontend Engineer
@ Jio Platforms Limited
“Hey Everyone,
I am elated to share that I will be joining Reliance Retail as a Frontend Engineer- I next week.
I can't really thank enough Tanay Pratap for the motivation, guidance and providing all that was necessary to me for a great future and career in FrontEnd.”
Sharath Nair
Member of Technical Staff
@ TechMojo
“Hey all!
I've accepted an offer from Techmojo, Hyderabad as Frontend Engineer and will be joining on this 11th.
This journey came a long way right from not understanding what a callback function is, to bagging multiple decently paying offers as a Frontend Developer.
Building projects, writing blogs, practicing interviews wasn't something I did as a student back in my college. That's how irresponsible I used to be.
But now this is what you brought out of a befikar kid, Tanay Pratap . All thanks to you for creating this priceless community.”
Ankita Bagale
Frontend Engineer
@ Razorpay
“I came to learn web dev, but Tanay Bhaiya, you have not even taught us how to think, break problems and code the solution, but also taught us to become a better person.
You made us fall in love with coding in a real way,I never thought I could be this consistent.
I could never have improved this much on my own in just 4 months.
Thank you for being our mentor and elder brother, I will always be grateful to you.”
Janaki S
Software Engineer
@ RocketlaneHQ
“Last year exactly this time, I was struggling to even make static webpages. Today I can make full stack web apps from scratch. This wouldn't have been possible without Tanay Pratap. Forever grateful.”
Saniya Shaikh
Software Engineer
@ IBM
“Dear All,
I am delighted to share that I have joined Recro as Frontend Developer with almost 250% hike of what I earned at TCS
I bagged multiple offers from Thinkitive Solutions, TheMathCo, Emproto, Collabera And this was just possible beacuse of NEOG CAMP....
My journey was not of 6 Months it was of 2 years since I started following Tanay Bhaiya... And truly don't remember how and then fell in love with JavaScript and Tanay Bhaiya....”