This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kanish Shah, a 26-year-old software engineer at Walmart who lives in ...

Walmart has a reputation for paying barely above the minimum wage to its hundreds of thousands low-skill floor employees. But it pays a lot of money to attract and retain talent for its eCommerce ...

Walmart is investing big bucks in its tech workforce as it looks to beef up its e-commerce business. A software engineer can earn a base salary of as much as $286,000, according to company filings.

In a technology job market where Big Tech brands often dominate aspiration, the career path of this Indian-origin engineer in the United States offers a straight counterpoint. Kanish Shah, a ...