Being from ECE background myself, I can share my experience. Back in 2019, even in good market, 99% ECE students were interviewing for companies in other branches. I remember, only one semi conductor company came to the campus and hired only 1 guy. All of us were trying to get placed in other sectors. 
  
 I started coding and data analysis to land a job and I haven’t regretted it once.

Thank you for the info brother, if it's time to learn coding.

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Everyone cries this yet jobs are increasingly being moved and AMD literally opened a new office which is its largest.

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Hey guys! I'm currently in my 3rd year of ECE and I heard a lot about semiconductor industries going down in India and the placement in semiconductor is harder than spotting a horse with a horn. Is...

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Hey guys! I'm currently in my 3rd year of ECE and I heard a lot about semiconductor industries going down in India and the placement in semiconductor is harder than spotting a horse with a horn. Is it true? Also if someone knows how to get into those companies please comment on how to train myself to place into those companies.

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Hi guys,

I have done my Masters in Solid Sate Electronic materials from IIT Roorkee and am currently working as an embedded developer. With the semiconductor boom on the way, how can I change my line of work to designing and fabrication of ICs. Any pointers on what companies I can apply to or courses I can take to be eligible for taking up these roles.


Thanks in advance.

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-Where are we headed, seeing this situation tier 1 students being unplaced I can't imagine the job scenario for tier 2/3 folks.
-What if the market does recover from such a long recession would it be able to accommodate so many fresher students as well as experienced folks?

Data obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by Dheeraj Singh, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, suggests a potentially bleak outlook for job

IIT Madras faces placement crisis: 45% graduates are unplaced

Completed 3 years at Cisco this month as a Hardware Engineer, joined straight out of a tier-2 college in 2021.

Over my 3 years, what I've learnt is that Cisco is just riding on the monopoly it has in the networking space. There's basically no innovation when it comes to Router hardware, and we basically reuse existing designs, packaging them as "newer and better" products. No risk, no Ishq 🙁

There's absolutely zero investment in R&D, and any new feature that gets added to the products only comes in after one of the competitors launches them, keeping Cisco behind in the game.

If Cisco keeps going like this, I'm sure the likes of Arista and Juniper will over us in the next couple of years, even with the new "Silicon One" that Cisco's promoting. 

PS: I can only speak from a Hardware PoV, and I'm not quite updated with what's going on with Cisco's SW offerings.

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Good work like R&D is rarely in Indian centres

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How much it takes for a poor guy like me to start semi conductor manufacturing? Any guru’s in this sector? Money, knowledge, machinery.. etc

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Anyone knows semiconductor companies in Pune who is hiring for Electrical

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Any market analyst can scribe about successful semiconductor product startups which going to breakthrough and chance of gaining the market near future?
We have witnessed service oriented company acquired by software giants to fill the market needs. Is it possible for any products which more attractive to build business?

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Heyyyy folks so I'm a student from vit vellore and got an intership offer from a company paying decent amount aswell last year conversion was 100% but constantly i get fear of what will happen after intership it's of 10months completed almost 3 months in it if there is any opening I would like to apply for it experience in devops(kubernetes,docker, Terra form, datadog ) and csharp

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I am aged 30 ,UM ,Male , have been working in IT for close to 9 years now . But I never had an option to quit this job  due to my family financial situations. Now I saved enough money for my parents. I want to switch my career to Semiconductors technology (Chip designing, Physical design etc ). I don’t have any prior experience or not even workshops experience in that field but I always wanted to be. It might sound like foolish thought, but I feel like hell here doing this job without any interest (but I always received outstanding feedback from my leadership as well as clients). If I continue here , my next designation would be Manager.

Long story but here are my questions …

1. Should I continue in IT or switch my career ? 
2. I won’t get same package as that I m getting ryt now But Does organisations accept my reason and provide an opportunity aa fresher ? 
3. As I m unmarried and don’t have anyone other than my parents as my dependents and habituated to a peaceful for quite some time, Is it a good decision to pursue my career now , knowing the fact that I might struggle with financial needs.? 

Your genuine answer could help people like me who are trapped in this kind of dilemma.. TIA

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Hi folks, I am a final year student from a Tire 3 college and I am really confused about which path should I choose

I have solid experience as a backend developer using Django and made several projects using it but I am not very interested in doing SDE unless the project I am working on is really good

I know the fundamentals of cloud computing and I am also interested in learning more.

I am pursuing ETC Engineering so I also have a fundamental knowledge of microprocessors and microcontrollers which I can utilize as an IoT engineer but there are not a lot of jobs in IoT as of now.

I am confused about which one should I focus on more, will be better for me and help me find a job.

Or should I leave everything and start learning embedded? Please help I am fucked.

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Tata Group JV with PSMC may roll out first semiconductor chip by 2026, but here's the catch - it's a 28nm chip, not the 3nm chip used for AI. 

In comparison, Apple had announced in 2023 that it will buy every 3nm chip that TSMC can make for the next-gen iPhones. 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/saurabh-singh3994_tata-group-jv-with-psmc-may-roll-out-first-activity-7176029281427365889-Y2Xl

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So, I finally landed an offer with a product company as an SDE after months of struggle as a fresher. 

I hail from a circuital branch of the old IITs. Campus placements were difficult this year, so while I did interview at some good product companies (Microsoft, Amex, etc.), luck didn't favour me and I had tsettle up with a trading role with a low pay. (Other story why I decided to apply here in the first place)

Most of the news articles floating around fucked up placements at IITs are in fact true and I decided to try my hands at off-campus placements only to realise how difficult it is to get even your profile noticed (yes, even with a tier-1 college). 

So this is what I did which I believe can help freshers land a job in this difficult market:

1) Simply applying on LinkedIn esp. via easy apply won't work. There's literally thousands of applicants within a day for a job posting. So try to stand out among the crowd. 

2) Draft an excellent resume. Add things that you believe you can explain to the interviewer (doesn't matter if you've worked a lot on it, the interview is just an hour of you trying to make the interviewer believe the guy knows his stuff).

3) Know your strengths- are you good at DSA or are you good at dev. Startups would demand dev skills majorly, product companies would require DSA knowledge.

4) Start reaching out to people - very senior level people, HRs, Hiring Managers, people directly in touch with Hiring Managers, etc. Dm them on LinkedIn, cold email, and keep following up. In the case of early stage startups, directly reach out to the CTO/CEO. Sometimes, the jobs just don't get posted publicly. 

5) Don't lose hope. I've had days when I used to get a headache thinking of the future and days when I had multiple interviews on the same day. The market is just tough, you're good enough and things might take time, but you'll definitely make it through. 

I got interviews at a couple of HFTs, and a few good product companies and got an offer.

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I have 8+ years of experience as a Java backend developer and looking for opportunities. Getting hardly any interview call. 
Are you guys getting interview calls ? Which all portal apart from Linkedin and Naukri we can use to search for jobs ?

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