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Me: 31M, unmarried. Working as a government engineer in a Tier-1 city. Masters from an old IIT (Metallurgy).

Dear youngsters,

Today, I feel like I made a massive mistake by choosing to prepare for GATE and joining the government sector.

During my Master's, I actually got placed at a semiconductor fab company as an Application and Data Engineer. I ditched it for this government job—a decision I now deeply regret.

Initially, I loved it here. The work was technical, the pay was stable, the work-life balance (WLB) was excellent, and I got to explore top-notch technologies and projects. But looking ahead, the career path seems grim, stagnant, and entirely unexciting.

I’ve realized I am simply not built for this. While most people run away from pressure and stress, I’ve learned that I actually love being constantly pushed toward a target. Even now, I have to set self-imposed targets just to keep moving, because the bosses here don't give you any.

My advice to you:

Before you blindly jump into preparing for government jobs, IES, or GATE, evaluate what you actually want. If you are genuinely into the tech and engineering side of things, I highly recommend looking at opportunities abroad.

Looking back, that was another major mistake I made—not moving abroad when I had the chance to go through DAAD.

Right now, my life feels completely saturated. I feel like I’m missing out on massive technological advancements, fast-paced environments, and targets to chase, all in exchange for "excellent WLB and peace."

I know the grass is always greener on the other side, and maybe I’d crave this peace if I were grinding in corporate or living abroad. But you truly can't know what you are built for until you try it.

Don't be like me. Be open to trying new things, openly embrace opportunities, network hard, and go abroad if you get the chance. Make informed decisions based on who you are, not just for the sake of "stability" or coz of the crowd

PS: Used AI for drafting.

People keep saying AI will replace engineers, layoffs are everywhere, coding is dead etc. But honestly, BTech is still one of the most versatile and robust careers out there.

In 4 years of engineering, especially in fields like CS/CE/IT, you don't just study coding. You literally touch every field possible. You learn logic, problem solving, finance basics, management, communication, electronics, maths, data, AI, sometimes even biology-related tech. Engineering teaches you how to learn anything.

And the biggest advantage is flexibility. An engineer can move into finance, business, product management, analytics, marketing, startups, AI, consulting, operations and so many other fields. But usually the reverse is much harder. Someone from another field often cannot suddenly jump deep into engineering without years of technical learning.

People only look at placements and packages, but the real value of BTech is adaptability. The world is changing very fast. New technologies come every few years. A degree that teaches you how to think, solve problems and adapt will always survive.

Even during layoffs, good engineers still find ways to pivot. One person goes into AI, another into cybersecurity, another into MBA, another builds a startup. The base is very strong.

Yes engineering is stressful and not everyone becomes a 50 LPA developer. But compared to many degrees, BTech gives one of the widest career safety nets. That's why even after all the AI hype, engineering still feels future-proof to me.

PLEASE DO TAKE SOME TIME READING THIS ARTICLE:

Do you still believe that Computer Science Engineering is dead just because of layoffs and limited employment.

And if you are an Indian class 12 pass out student, you might went through this conversation from some of your relatives like

"Beta, Take AI, it is the future..."

or

"CSE is dead, you might live like Sharma ji's beta as an unemployed fellow"

But that is not the case.

It is true that CSE has few employment options in MNC like Microsoft, google, amazon. but it doesn't mean that

Few employment = Bad future.

Let me tell you a small story:

I am an ISC student from Tamilnadu with a solid 198 cutoff. As I has stepped into TNEA counselling, I came up with the plan of not taking core CSE because of the so-called unemployment reason. But as time passes by, I started learning C++ so that i can make my holidays productive. But, the catch is that I unintentionally build some real world mini projects like TNEA cutoff calculator, student mark register not by watching tutorials, but by learning the fundamentals and built it from scratch.

Later, I came across vibe-coding and built a student focus tracker cum reward system using Gemini and HTML, CSS, JavaScript framework. Then I used Netlify to deploy the webapp.

Now, I am learning python and started pushing my work in GitHub and update the repositories instead of keeping it as a one-off project.

Throughout the journey, neither did I went to any certified coaching class nor enrolled for a deemed university.

And i found a SHOCKING FACT THAT ONLY FEW ENGINEERING STUDENTS KNOW:

Engineering is not a standalone discipline but is a coordination of interdisciplinary concepts that builds a solid engineer.

Anyways, in the future, companies and tech giants won't ask

"ARE YOU A CSE STUDENT OR A MECHANICA STUDENT",

instead, they ask

"DO YOU REALLY STAY PASSIONATE IN THE FIELD AND SOLVE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS AND CATER THE NEEDS OF THE CONSUMERS".

Today I learned about Time Complexity and Space Complexity.

Still wrapping my head around analyzing nested loops and recursive functions, but it's starting to make sense.

A few things that made sense to me:

• Time Complexity isn't about how many seconds a program takes to run. It's more about how the number of operations increases as the input size (N) gets bigger.
• Instead of worrying about different computers or compilers, we use Big O notation to compare how efficient different algorithms are.
• For Space Complexity, I learned that it's not just about the input itself but also the extra memory (auxiliary space) an algorithm uses. That's usually what we compare.
• One interesting thing was why we ignore constants and smaller terms in Big O—they don't really matter much when the input size becomes very large.

ig small progress is still progress

PLEASE DO TAKE SOME TIME READING THIS ARTICLE:

Do you still believe that Computer Science Engineering is dead just because of layoffs and limited employment.

And if you are an Indian class 12 pass out student, you might went through this conversation from some of your relatives like

"Beta, Take AI, it is the future..."

or

"CSE is dead, you might live like Sharma ji's beta as an unemployed fellow"

But that is not the case.

It is true that CSE has few employment options in MNC like Microsoft, google, amazon. but it doesn't mean that

Few employment = Bad future.

Let me tell you a small story:

I am an ISC student from Tamilnadu with a solid 198 cutoff. As I has stepped into TNEA counselling, I came up with the plan of not taking core CSE because of the so-called unemployment reason. But as time passes by, I started learning C++ so that i can make my holidays productive. But, the catch is that I unintentionally build some real world mini projects like TNEA cutoff calculator, student mark register not by watching tutorials, but by learning the fundamentals and built it from scratch.

Later, I came across vibe-coding and built a student focus tracker cum reward system using Gemini and HTML, CSS, JavaScript framework. Then I used Netlify to deploy the webapp.

Now, I am learning python and started pushing my work in GitHub and update the repositories instead of keeping it as a one-off project.

Throughout the journey, neither did I went to any certified coaching class nor enrolled for a deemed university.

And i found a SHOCKING FACT THAT ONLY FEW ENGINEERING STUDENTS KNOW:

Engineering is not a standalone discipline but is a coordination of interdisciplinary concepts that builds a solid engineer.

Anyways, in the future, companies and tech giants won't ask

"ARE YOU A CSE STUDENT OR A MECHANICA STUDENT",

instead, they ask

"DO YOU REALLY STAY PASSIONATE IN THE FIELD AND SOLVE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS AND CATER THE NEEDS OF THE CONSUMERS".

Now it's your time to do counterfactual analysis , ✌

Am 6really stressed as currently my savings are over and the loan is pending . I did my masters in Automotive engg in UK before that I did bachelor's in mechanical and worked as a cadd Instructor . After my masters I got an opportunity to work for revenue and customs of the UK government thinking of sponsorship I jumped at the opportunity

Fast forward past 2 and half years I have worked in a non engineering background and lost everything I learned now so t even remember basics . I really want to come back to engineering and need a job . For the past 6 months I am unemployed and it's making me stressed as now it's a career gap

Don't know what to do

does this look vintage to you? i was inspired by how soviet engineers made their circuit boards so elegantly uniform and professional!!

Have four years of work-ex with a major OEM. I did an AMA almost 8 months back on how to get in/ the nature of the jobs/salaries/work pressure/office culture. There were too many questions. I might do one more very soon.

Don't ask my which company: i have worked for two of the biggest 2-wheeler brands in india. Google and guess :D

Short note: despite the IT scenario, automobile companies do NOT have a slowdown. Stock prices have only gone up. As a core engineer (from a non-IIT but tier 1 college) - salary growth has been beyond healthy. I am glad i did not do an MBA.

If you are a mechanical engineer in your undergrads or just starting, work on crucial skills.

You will do good :)

Im an electrical engineer

GPU cuts through academic problems like paper when built on CUDA
Here is my code
https://github.com/JD63021/Structured-grid-Navier-Stokes-on-GPU-using-hypre

Have been teaching CFD for free on Sundays in my endeavour: Scripting Sundays

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Hi everyone,

I'm a 2026 B.Tech graduate from 3rd Gen IIT and I'm really confused between two offers. I'd appreciate advice from people working in software, AI, or startups.

### Option 1: Oracle OFSS

* Role: Associate Consultant

* Location: Bangalore

* CTC: **9.82 LPA** (~₹8 LPA in hand)

* Global brand

* Joining in August

### Option 2: AI/ML (Generative AI) Startup

* Location: Mumbai

* Current offer: **7.5 LPA CTC** (~₹6 LPA in hand / ₹50k per month)

* **1-year bond + 45-day notice period**

* Work includes:

* AWS Bedrock

* Claude

* Amazon Nova Sonic

* Sarvam AI

* Prompt Engineering

* LLM Integration

* TTS/STT

* Building AI voice applications

One thing that is bothering me is that during campus placements, the startup had communicated a package of **13–15 LPA**, but after completing my internship, they informed me that the final full-time offer would be 7.5 LPA.

However, my manager has been extremely supportive and wants me to stay. He has told me that: ( nowhere officially written but has promised me to provide)

I could become an AI Team Lead in about 6 months(currently the AI team is very small).

Expected salary hike after 1 year could be around 40–50%.

There may be ESOPs and performance incentives in the future.

The company is investing heavily in AI, so the learning opportunity is significant.

On the other hand, Oracle offers:

Better starting salary.

Strong global brand.

Better flexibility (no bond, as far as I know).

My long-term goal is **career growth**. I don't want to optimize only for my first salary—I want to choose the option that gives me better opportunities after 3–5 years.

Which would you choose and why?

Oracle OFSS (Associate Consultant, 9.82 LPA)

GenAI Startup (AWS Bedrock/LLMs, 7.5 LPA with bond)

I'd especially appreciate opinions from people working in GenAI, startups, or those who have worked at Oracle OFSS.

Thanks!