It's possible to do get admit into CMU . 
 Two of my friends made it without research experience, but there masters isn't research(thesis) oriented.   
  
 For example,  if you are into Computer Science  
 To improve your chances  
 1.  Decide the field , you want to specialize  
 Ex:- ML, Big Data, Distributed Systems etc.. 
 And build profile around that area, next focus on specific sector (ex ML application in Health tech, AI with focus on Computer Vision etc..) 
 Then make your SOP, LOR based on these interests.  
 2.  Get recommendations as much as possible to support point 1. 
  
 Application process itself tries to summarize 
 Why you want to do pursue MS. Good stories win   
  
 Start doing it from right now, and you will have a good chance.

Thanks for the advice @namespace  
  
 LoR’s have to come from professors right? I don’t have any professors who will write me a recommendation.

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@CleanPapa47 Most of the times, any professor that has taught you will give you an LOR if you just ask them. Have you tried asking any?

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I’m graduating this year from an IIT. I didn’t participate in any research activities and was busy doing internships to support my family financially. I will be joining a company and plan to stay i...

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I’m graduating this year from an IIT. I didn’t participate in any research activities and was busy doing internships to support my family financially.
I will be joining a company and plan to stay in the industry for atleast 2 years to pay off my student loan.
I wanted to know is it possible for me to join a reputed institute like CMU for my masters without any previous research experience, and how i prepare my profile during these 2 years.

Masters with no previous research experience

Masters with no previous research experience- Grapevine

I started working around 2017 never upskilled enough to switch and realised my mistakes very late

Would my past experience be an issue if I get into good colleges like IITs/IISc

By the time I graduate I would be around 33-34 maybe ?
Is it too late to get into GATE.
I also can't afford to go to foreign masters degree. 
I am single so only parents are dependent on me. 

myquals: BE in CS from tier 3 college in Maharashtra. 

Any experienced advice is appreciated.

I am 30 yo with all my working experience in support. Never did any development or coding. Will getting an Mtech from top colleges (iit/iisc) help me get on good career trajectory?

Hi!

I'm currently doing my Masters from tier 1 University in India and have 4 years of experience working as a Data Scientist in an MNC.
When I go for a job search for a Data scientist role soon, will my job experience before Masters be considered and given a role according to the seniority?

Experience before Masters

Data scientist

A little background: I'm 2024 cs grad from a tier 3 university placed at Zomato as an SDE-1. Getting a good pay of ~25 LPA. 

Should I be considering a masters in AI/ML field, considering I've no prior knowledge of the field and I'm only attracted to it because of the recent rise of LLMs. 

I would be open for a masters from India or abroad. 

What are the pros and cons? Should I go for it? If yes then what's the path that you'd suggest if you've done it or someone you know who has done it? What would be some good universities to target? 

Or is it a bad idea?

Masters in AI/ML

Software Developer

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Hey fellas, I'm looking to start preparing for admissions for Fall'25 but quite confused where / how to start. A little bit about myself 
I did my undergrad from a foreign University (in Aus) on a scholarship and majored in computer science. Graduated back in 2021 with a gpa of 3.39/4.0 and had been working as a backend/ML engineer since then. Although I mostly work with backend, I've some contributions around ML mostly in Fintech and agritech side.

I'm looking to pursue my master's around ML or AI to develop a niche and get back into industry afterwards (most of the orgs require you to have a master's with extensive work experience, one of the major reason I wish to pursue a postgrad). I have 2.5 yrs of work experience as of now and would be over 3 yrs and 8 months of work experience if I go for fall 25. Apart from this, I have a research paper yet to be published (submitted) around Neuromorphic Computing. 

I am honestly not very sure where to start, although I have a few unis shortlisted and they don't really require GRE scores and I might have an exempt from TOEFL as well so I might just be looking for SOPs and LORs apart from strengthing my profile more(or learning lang if applicable). I would be grateful if you all can help in letting me know how and where to start given the timeline.

How should I start my journey to move to EUR (Ger/Swiss preferably) for MS around ML/AI?

Ok, 
Does being from IIT mtech give you an advantage in company selection?

Does it open new roles like research in companies which might not be available to a btech graduate ?

What's the particular edge you have seen that Mtech provides?

I personally like the idea of academia where i can research and contribute in some new technologies but if anyone has real world experience and tell me the truth It would be great 

Thank you

Is Mtech From IIT worth

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Thinking of getting into product and starting fresh, but the reduction in product roles going forward makes me think will I do another career step mistake . Please suggest

System Engineer

Will the recession conditions will be alright around then? If any of your friends or relatives are working there or if you have any idea so please help me out I am a fresher, don't have a full time job right now doing internship will apply for only the top universities in US, I will get in most likely as per my profile. But is it recommendable to go in 2025 because people are not getting and jobs or internships there at all. Even from good colleges. Or should I stay here and prepare for GATE.

Should I go for MS in USA for fall 2025 intake?

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I’m a 2022 grad, hit by onboarding delay for 8 months after graduation (during those time I grinded leetcode approx ~400 questions, learnt spring boot ) Recently I joined one of the WITCH companies which I was offered in 2021. I was trained in Java but now they put me into Mainframe project dealing with COBOL programming and DB2 and I’ve never felt this underconfident and worthless in life. I’m planning for MS in CS in 2024. Does this work experience help in anyway? Is a switch needed before I apply to masters? 
I would really appreciate if anyone could suggest me what to do.

Advice needed

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?

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Hi, I'm a fresher who just completed his undergrad from a tier 2 college, I have proper prior internship experience as a quant analyst and have in-depth knowledge about the financial markets but everytime I try and apply for Analyst positions at any major bank or a firm I end up getting rejected just bcoz my degree doesn't have an IIT or NIT tag on it, I don't even make it to the first round, I just get filtered out as soon as I apply, is there any way I can get around this, any particular skill I can work on that will impress the recruiters or will help me enhance my chances?

Any kind of help would be appreciated.

Little Help Needed

I'm 24 year old unemployed. I graduated in 2021 with BTech IT from tier 3 college. 
Initially I was preparing for UPSC exam but I gave up after few months and now for a year I have been learning Front End Development and have learnt HTML, CSS, JS & ReactJS but unable to find a job.
I made a lot of mistakes in past and didn't learned from them. I'm not good at anything. I apply daily at different platforms ex: wellfound (formerly angellist), hirist, hirect, instahyre, cutshort, individual mass hiring companies off campus but from nowhere I'm getting interview call even if I get call I'm not able to clear interview. 

Now the thing is my parents gave me ultimatun to get out of the house by April 1st they don't care what type of job I do. 
I don't understand what can I do now. I'm willing to do hardwork and learn from my mistakes I just need little guidance to get on a track. If anyone can guide me on how to get a job or any advice. I would really appreciate it. Thanks for reading.

I need help regarding my career as a fresher. How can I turn my life around?

Frontend Engineer

My background : 
Work
------
2.6 years of Work experience as Software Engineer in WITCH Company handling the middleware and some devops operations in my project.

Education 
-----------
B.tech in CSE from a Tier 2 college 
I started my career a bit late compared to my peers because of some bad decisions in past but I was able to get back on track and gain industry experience . Since past year I realized I haven't grown much career wise . I had plans to pursue Masters earlier but postponed it because of COVID and I realised it's better to gain some experience before going abroad. 
I didn't want to pursue a traditional CS Masters degree since I wanted to explore and learn something new . That's when I came across HCI and over the months my interest in it has deepened . I did take some courses related to HCI and UX to get better understanding. 

Skills
------
I have fairly decent front end skillset with good basics in HTML, CSS , JavaScript and ReactJS . Started learning Figma recently

I want to land jobs as UX Engineer where I do a bit of design and coding . I have got admits from good universities which have specialization in HCI . I wanted to know if it's a good decision to go for masters now and pursue this field .

Is Masters in HCI worth it ?

Hi folks,
I got laid off in Sept. since then looking for a Job. 
market is so scary. 
Few questions:
1. a lot of companies are hiring through crewscale, etc. they are offering low salary as per the role. are companies paying low salary to them or they are taking a big cut? do people treat them differently once they join a company via crewscale?

2. I am not able to get my resume shortlist for mncs. 

what to do now? recently my friend got a call from razorpay gehy were offering for sde role 15 lakh for 2 years experienced. they were paying 22 lakh for sde 1 last year. the role is not product engg or solution ennggg that they recently introduced for low salary. it was sde role.

fat rhi h ab. kya kru??????
my exp: 2.5 backend

I am scared now.

Graduated in 2022. Working in the telecom software domain.

I want to have the college experience again (COVID destroyed mine) and hoping get a salary jump as well.

How are the courses and peers in the CSE department in these institutes? 
Is it worth preparing for GATE and leaving my job to join these institutes?
Or is it better to skill up and switch?

Current base:10LPA

Thanks,

MTech in IIT/IISc CSE?

Network analyst

Hi, I am currently 22, graduated recently from a tier 2 institute and currently working at a US based startup earning 18lpa ( almost all base ) + rsu's, lately my family have been nagging me to do a postgrad, I am confused weather I should do an MBA, MS or not do a postgrad at all considering the years I will miss in workex. 

What should be my best course of action considering ROI in the next 10-15 years ?? 

P.S. Currently I am not sure what my interest lies in, but just try to excel at whatever comes my way.

What should be my next steps ?

I am an engineering student from tier 1 clg, with very low cgpa. My chances of getting those high paying jobs is very low as I don't code and the only options left for me is analyst and pm. 
Please suggest me how should I prepare for off campus placements/ internship as I have no idea that how are they different from on campus placements

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