I am not enjoying MCA entrance exams preparation

Title. I did my BCA from a local private University in Jaipur. My plan was to get a job but my parents forced me to get into MCA. I have not been enjoying my MCA preparation and my highest marks in mock test is 434. The thing is that even if I get into NITs for MCA then those who took job after BCA will have much higher experience than me. Also I would be dependent on my parents and I want to achieve financial independence.Recently on grapevine I saw a post of a guy who got into Google after bsc but he had to struggle a lot. In MCA entrance exams such as NIMCET maths section is mostly covered and it's not like that I don't enjoy maths. But studying it just to crack an Indian entrance exam is something that I don't enjoy. Please guys guide me.

I am originally from a small town and did my BSc in Computer Science. My relatives and neighbours used to say that I am a good for nothing freeloader who is a "nikamma" - unemployed. It was very hard to find a job back then and I used to have deep anxiety about it. My only dream was to get my fathers appreciation. He is my biggest hero. So I started preparing very hard and practiced my skills. The only one who supported me was my mother who used to give me tea even at 3 in the morning while I used to study. Even my own father gave up on me and from time to time he used to say that if you are living under my roof then you have to follow my rules. He also used to say that look at the neighbour's ladka who got a government job and he asked me to prepare for Bank PO. So I moved out from my town and shifted to Gurgaon where I got a small PG with some money that my mother had given me. I also started freelancing on Fiverr and which led me to improve my communication skills. Finally, when I got my Google offer letter I felt like I made it. It was the best response to all the taunts by people around me. I suddenly became a superstar in my town with people congratulating my parents. I bought my mother gold bangles and dad a new watch with my first salary. I was looking at my offer letter today and it reminded me of all the hardwork I did to achieve this moment. This is the story of my life. In case anyone needs help. I am ready to provide support to aspirants here as a way to give back.

Currently i am in my final year of BCA and I have one year with me to either get a job or internship or prepare for NIMCET (entrance for mca in NIT). My doubt is whether i should spare 3 years just for the brand value of NIT tag or gain experience in a job. In a ideal situation if a get a good package of 20 lpa after 3 years of MCA ,will i be able to match the same package in 3 years without masters. My skills are average,still working on it.

Currently i am in my final year of BCA and I have one year with me to either get a job or internship or prepare for NIMCET (entrance for mca in NIT). My doubt is whether i should spare 3 years just for the brand value of NIT tag or gain experience in a job. In a ideal situation if a get a good package of 20 lpa after 3 years of MCA ,will i be able to match the same package in 3 years without masters. My skills are average,still working on it.

Are MCAs in general worth it after BCA? Specifically are MCAs from NITs worth it? Do they get same packages as that of CSE students? What is the average MCA package at NITs? I currently have a job (>1 yr industry exp) I am learning a lot on the job (tech and non-tech). My TL and managers are happy w me in general. I'm also learning other stuff (MERN stack) at the moment. I've been contemplating about this for a while. I. Factors that personally discourage me from pursuing an MCA: a. MCA is usually 2 years (3 years at NITs) b. Syllabus is more or less the same when compared to BCA. A few extra courses/electives maybe added. c. Opportunity cost - I will be missing out on 2 or 3 years of salaried income. d. How would the ROI (return on investment) look like? f. I'll have to prepare for entrance exams (NITs) along with my job. e. I may be able to match college placement packages by being in the industry for 2-3 years. Afaik average package is 4-8 LPA after MCA at non-NIT colleges. II. Factors that make me want to pursue an MCA: a. My extended family and relatives will shut up. (No pressure as such from my parents) b. Might look good on resume to future employers. c. I may not be able to match the college placement packages despite being in the industry for 2-3 years (depends on my personal commitment to skilling up and the market ofc) Any inputs would highly be appreciated and would help me analyse better! Thanks :)

Long post ahead!!! Its been around a year since I've started working in a service based company as a Frontend dev, WLB, compensation and all is good based on I've just started. During this year of working I do not feel like I've done anything, our team is working on a product for past 2-3 year and its nearing the completion. My role was mostly to cordinate with testing team and solve frontend bugs and minor addition to the project (which was mostly copy pasting), even doing these minor task took me some time initially and I still have to take help from seniors time to time. I got kinda bored with all the repetitive task and I requested my manager to assign me to other development happening within team, he agreed and assigned me some different task but I cant seem to understand anything here, I get stuck in the most basic things, I feel stupid when I am not able to come up with easy solutions. I am seeing other engineers learning new tech stacks in a small amount of time and getting hold of it while i am not able to understand things in my own tech stack. I've recently gotten a appraisal as well(my company is quite good and gives it to everyone) and I feel like I don't deserve a bit of it. I am a 2023 graduate , I did MCA because that was the only good option I could see for myself(mostly cz of money) at that time earlier to that I did a bachelor's (Non CS) without gaining any knowledge of anything. My basics are not that good, In college my only focus was to get a job so I did DSA and some front-end development using ReactJS(projects mostly code along with ytube) to be able to grab a good placement. Is software engineering not for me? If no, then how do I overcome this, i don't wanna be a mediocre.