The pitfalls of core engineering jobs in India and how GATE is a trap
https://thedatavoyage.substack.com/p/the-pitfalls-of-core-engineering
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@shibaprasad
What is the way forward, though? Not everyone is suited to an IT job either, and firms like TCS may not have good opportunities for career advancement.
@crmsnbleyd I feel like we have largely two types of people, when it comes to the section who is finding it hard to land a job.
1. Who doesn't look at the job market at all. See and evaluate the demand. Introspect whether they're suitable or not. I mostly talked about them here.
2. Another group only looks at the job market and see the skills that are there in demand. They don't evaluate whether they'll be a good fit. (Had written about them here: https://ordinaryanalysis.substack.com/p/knowing-yourself-better)
I feel you need to find a tradeoff between the two. It can be core, non-core, business, sports management whatever.
And for TCS, yes I agree. They don't have a great career development path. But still, I think they're a good starting point for anyone. All my friends, who started from TCS almost 5 years back, have left and joined prestigious MNCs with good pay packages. 3-4x of what they were making at TCS.
@shibaprasad good for them! I always saw TCS as a sort of career dead-end but seems I was pretty wrong.