Software as a career

Hey- I’m a CS fresher from an NIT and ended up joining a company whose culture doesn’t sit with me. I’ve just joined the company and have no clue when to move- need experience and there’s a recession. Also, I’ll be doing an MBA (looking at ISB) in three years so is it fine if I switch or should I stay (not preferred but open)?

Not another AI fear mongering post. Since i don't know many people in the software industry in the 60s or even in the early 50s. 10 years down the line probably the first crop of software engineers will retire, but since demand for coolie is on the higher side and they are mostly freshers or 5-6 year old experienced people. A company may require 10 coolie but only 1 experienced dev is required which means we may see a lot more seniors. I know many people just switch to management or start doing something else but considering we are part of the software engineering boom we may see a lot more competition at the top. How are you planning to deal with it? Or is that even a threat in the first place.

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Hey guys a master's student here . So it's finally that time of year placements have started and the first companies to arrive are the hardware companies like micron , TA etc So here's the question is it ok to start your career in these companies considering they are not SDE profiles ? I am aware that the highly specialised roles that these companies offer will end up becoming dead end in longer run . They are offering position only for the masters students How difficult would it be to transition into different core cs companies? My coding skills are not that great , still grinding out leetcode ? Should I just end up joining these hardware companies or wait and try to crack sde positions ? (The competition is extremely high for those companies and undergrads are great coders)

- Indian tech market size reached $254 billion in FY24, growing 3.8% YoY - Mere 2.5% of Indian engineers possess AI skills, 5.5% qualified in basic programming - 86% of Indian businesses actively reskilling IT workers to meet skills gap - AI/ML engineer salaries range from Rs. 8.2 LPA to Rs. 43 LPA in GCCs - Data engineering, product management, and DevOps roles see 10-12% salary growth Source: [Business Today](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/only-55-of-the-indian-engineers-are-qualified-with-basic-programming-skills-report-443227-2024-08-27)

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Specifically a question to all the t1 tech clg grads (mainly software engineers) earning 1l+ pm out of clg with a lot of scope for growth. Post mba avg salary is 1.5l per month. I can understand ppl desperate for a career change and non tech ppl who are underpaid and don't really have ab option but it baffles me why well paid folks would shell out 30lakhs kr take the burden of loan just to learn how to appear smarter than you actually are instead of investing it for a meagre salary increase that can be achieved by job switches. I'd love to hear any insights about ppl who've already been in the space. Why u did, salary PRE post sector etc