Following this, a friend is in the same predicament!

Lawyer

BE = MCA 
  
 But maybe MCA folks getting promoted to managerial roles faster than BE folks,  
  
 as far as money is raining idc about degrees 🥶 🥶🥶

Anyone regretting not doing an MCA after BCA?  Can a person join product based MNCs with a BCA degree?   Or should one do an MCA for better career prospects in tech?

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Anyone regretting not doing an MCA after BCA?

Can a person join product based MNCs with a BCA degree? 

Or should one do an MCA for better career prospects in tech?

Job after BCA or MCA?

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Job after BCA or MCA?- Grapevine

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Hello everyone. I want suggestion/advice for career after 12th. I only given MAH-CET , but unfortunately I scored only 30 marks . I like tech and programming. So I am confused what should I choose B.TECH or BCA or DROP  . Also I am not financially strong so what should I do ...
If any suggestions please tell it will help a lot because I don't know the demand in market...
Have a nice day viewer..

Suggestions/Advice

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.

Should I leave my MCA exam preparation and just double down on my skills and get a job.

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 :)

Is MCAs from NITs worth it after BCA or would relevant skills make up for it in the industry?

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.

JOB VS MCA

Can anyone help me out with choosing course, i just finished my 12th few months back and want to pursue a career in computer/tech field because i am interested in programming computing and all that, but the thing is i dont want to do Btech mtech etc

Bsc + Msc in comp sci / Data science
Or
BCA and then MCA in an NIT thru NIMCET

These are 2 options that are in my mind, or Bsc and then MCA is another option, idk what to do further on and i am confused a lot

Career Advice

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I'm about to graduate as a B.Tech (CS) grad this year. I have a full time offer at the moment and joining is in June. 

My question is this: I hear from people to go for M.Tech after 1-2 years of industry experience. Is it a good decision to leave a job to do an M.Tech after atleast 2 years of working in the industry?

And also will an M.Tech degree help my career in any way? Preferably in terms of better job opportunities in the future?

I really want to understand more about this.

When to do/not to do M.Tech?

Software Developer

SKILLS VS DEGREE

So, I have an admit from IIT Madras, currently working as a software engineer for a product based company 11Lpa.
The jobs not too great but not bad either 
Hybrid model, chill team, great wlb no pressure or anything. 
I am up for appraisal next month even if i get a minimum of 20% hike and prepare for next 6months and switch with a minimum hike of 50% my ctc would be around 20 which is the average numbers in madras . 
Not taking cat again, so its now or never for MBA.
Should I continue with job or do MBA.
Any suggestions.
TIA.

Software Engineering or IIT Madras MBA

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Hey everyone, excited to be doing this AMA!

A brief about me, I work currently as a Director of Product at an Indian unicorn startup 

About my career: 
- Did my undergrad from IIT and then masters from an Ivy league school
- Have been in product for almost 10 years now - across 2 Indian unicorn startups and a publicly listed company

Would love to take questions on what it means to be a PM, growing within the role, building your career, and other things :) 

Will be back here at 4 pm and start replying
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I am a BCA graduate who passed out in 2023 from a private university in Jaipur.Just like any other BCA guy I started preparing for MCA entrance exams such as NIMCET but I am not enjoying it. Truth to be told I always enjoyed solving questions on leetcode as well as making some web dev projects. Even I had developed some kickass advanced level web dev projects and won a hackathon also. But from last year I have been not coding and I literally forgotten everything. I am not even enjoying my MCA exam preparation. Even though I am getting decent marks in mock tests but still I am now frustrated. Please help me guys what should I do next? I love to code. What I am thinking is that to take some distance MCA course. Give myself 6 months to upskill and take a job. What do you guys think about it?

I am not enjoying MCA entrance exams preparation

Context:
Currently a fresher, with about a year of internship experience under my belt. Tech is my calling and I love doing this. 

But, people (family especially) have been hounding me to get an MBA degree, I've managed to convince them I need a couple of years of work experience, which is appreciated in B schools. 

But my UG is from a tier 3 private college, but it's there among the top private colleges. So my understanding/dilemma is that since my alma mater isn't there among the top, would it hinder my ascent up the ladder, since I don't have a tier 1 degree. 

Dilemma:
- It's not that I don't find an MBA degree interesting, but is it worth losing the job/interview momentum and the couple of years. 
- If you're good at your technical end, and keep going up the ladder, is it wrong to think one would acquire the people skills along the way.
- Let's say you get an MBA degree from a tier 1 B school, and want to get back in the tech industry, what are the roles one would expect and how much tech would they be involved in?

To be (MBA) or not to be

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Currently pursuing my Bcom, no idea what to do,

Taken up commerce after 10th

After I have one year of experience in one tech stack I joined an Indian MNC as a fresher role again, due to market conditions. After all they promised to give training in Full Stack Java, but after I joined they giving training in C and every day manager threat us after C I'll conduct one exam & according to result I'll throw you out, After all it's a MNC but not offering a single money in training. Please suggest me joined this is a good decision or not?

Joinied a MNC as fresher

Hi folks, I’m a Sr. PM at a good startup currently getting 40 LPA. My total experience is 6 years (2 years PM). One of the CXOs suggested to me (over a casual conversation) to consider doing an MBA from ISB or Ivy League colleges if I can afford a career break. 

I know that post-MBA might not see a huge jump in CTC but from a long-term perspective do you think it would be worth it? Will it open more avenues for growth?

Should I go for an MBA?

Hi All, I am a Java developer with >5 YOE, currently working in a low code tool.
I see a bunch of my colleagues and friends are pursuing M.B.A which made me feel lagging.
Could you please tell me 
1) if this degree is relevant to me in my current position / generally for a dev. I mean, if I stay as a dev for the next 5 years, will an additional degree in my resume do any good?
2) Seeing BAs in different companies / clients that I worked for, I liked what they do and I might be inclined to take that role in the far future. My understanding is that BAs are still in touch with tech tools or most of them I've seen are, and hence I like this. Are there other similar roles?
3) Will an M.B.A be a deciding factor in roles like engineering manager, engineering director, head of business systems etc?

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