I have been interviewed with lots of companies. I have lots of Engineering Manager in my LinkedIn connections. I don't see a single manager from IITs? Where the fuck did they all go? Tens of thousands of them in past 20 years and I don't see a single one. I know they started with big techs but what happened to them. I know there are IITians running big schools like MIT, Berkley, Harvard, CMU. But these are academics. What happened to the techies and core devs? Do you know anyone?
Most CS graduates from IITs get placed in US or move to US in the initial years of their careers. So, yeah you won’t find them in Indian companies.
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Maybe they enjoy being a ic who knows , from what I have seen many vps of big tech are iitians
Also, not everyone is running a startup. They certainly went to the Himalayas where Steve Jobs went probably.
They dont have good social/managerial skills. Good in tech but more introverte
They either migrated to the US or did management consulting in India. Tech boom in India is a recent trend like post 2014-ish.
I have been looking at career trajectory of several people from IITs and non-IITs down the line after 14-15yrs. What I found is that most managers, PMs, director are from non-IIT backgrounds? (Or possibly IIT backgrounds but non-CS backg...
"We don't hunt for #IIT, instead we hire #software #tech #Engineering grads from Tier-2& 3 cities, modest backgrounds"
Any employees here by any chance?
https://www.wionews.com/business-economy/india-tech-firm-valued-at-100mn-gives-awa...
A friend of me, did his btech from one of the top and oldest iit, in core branch, average with tech skillset and profile. Howver, despite he not looking for a job right now, is still getting approached by recruiters. Whereas, my other f...
I have heard/ read so many companies blindly hiring and promoting IITians to roles they are not suited for. Many young grads are given manager roles, and they know sh*t about people management. just push all work to juniors.
How are Fou...
Really sad to hear news coming for Kota .. and there are many more such cases in India .. I am not directly affected nor my extended family for now .. But I think the problem they are trying to fix is - Parents should not put to much pre...