Only 5.5% of Indian Engineers Qualified in Basic Programming: Report
- 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)
Noctus
Stealth
22 days ago
This is what happens when college forces students to write even html code on paper .
30% of students in my class don't even have laptop but have iphone
You would be surprised online exams do not provide and editors too. They just want simple text input. And marks are only awarded if the examiner is able to compile and get correct answer. No partial marking.
The reason why I'm thriving as an engineer even after dropping out of college.
admiN
Stealth
22 days ago
many good programmers are unemployed because they are blindly assumed to be a part of the remaining 94.5% by employers.
That's just the difference between good coders and good engineers. You have to be able to come up with solutions, communicate well, work in teams and be able to showcase your skills.
Engineering colleges are increased over the period but the standards are poor, any student with poor knowledge of engineering can get an engineering degree from a below standard colleges and counted in that 94.5%. So numbers will be meaningful only with proper context.
The last point DE, PM and DevOps what about SDE (Software Development Engineer) no prediction about growth over there?
Well,
1. not all have carriculam related to programming...
2. u may not discuss about logic /Data structure etc. to a non IT /CS engineer..
LokiPen
Stealth
22 days ago
The percentage of engineers qualified in basic programming since I graduated
These companies keep 65% to 70% cutoff means they will get mostly people who memorize and pass exams. If they take this criteria out people will spend less time in college and focus on learning skills outside
When it comes to copy and paste, nearly everyone are exploiting LLMs at this point in several orgs
5% Engineers qualified basic programming. So that's still like what 30 lakh people?
That ain't a small number.
We still have engineering graduates whom if asked -which languages you know , will answer - Tamil , Telugu , Hindi , English . lol
Yonro
Stealth
22 days ago
Wait, whaaaat??? 😳😳😳 What do they mean by basic programming? 💀
How's everyone grinding Leetcode if they don't know basic programming? 😶
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