Archive · 18 Nov 2025
Bengaluru Techie's Side Hustle: Coding While Riding Rapido
In Bengaluru, a man saw a Rapido food delivery rider who was also a tech developer.
The rider was listening to a coding tutorial on his phone while riding.
This made people talk about how hard tech workers in Bengaluru work, even when they have other jobs.
A Bengaluru man spotted a Rapido rider listening to a coding tutorial while delivering food
The incident sparked a debate about the grind of techies in Bengaluru
The viral post highlighted the side hustle of tech professionals in the city
The Rapido rider was a developer taking a Node.js tutorial during his delivery shift
The incident has been a topic of discussion on social media, with mixed reactions
- Who
- Vaibhav Gupta, a Bengaluru man, and the Rapido rider who is also a developer
- What
- Spotted the Rapido rider listening to a coding tutorial while delivering food
- When
- Recently
- Where
- Bengaluru, India
- Why
- To learn coding while earning extra income as a Rapido rider
Support for multitasking
Concerns about safety
Learning while earning
Support for multitasking
Some people praised the rider for multitasking and learning while earning extra income
Concerns about safety
Others expressed concerns about the rider's safety while distracted by the tutorial
- Occupation of Rapido rider
- Developer
- Topic of the coding tutorial
- Node.js
- Platform for the coding tutorial
- YouTube
- App used by the man to share the post
- X
- Colloquial name of Bengaluru
- Silicon Valley of India