High Paying Jobs after IIT? | The Bitter Truth | Akash Banerjee

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For decades it has been the ultimate middle class aspiration - that kids crack IIT - because that means unlocking social / economic and even marital happiness. However of late - the entire dynamics of IIT and the opportunities that it unlocks - has been changing. In this deep dive we take a look at how much IIT graduates are being offered (besides the few crore plus offers) and why are pure science IIT graduates finding themselves without a job at the end of the placement season.

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Credits :
Writer : Akash
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Editor : Tushar & Khursheed
Associate Producer: Sahil Likhar
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[thedeshbhakt]

Making an episode about an Institute that you respect is not easy - tried to stick to hard data - that shows a worrying trend. Really touched with so many IIT alumni reaching out that sharing their story and the fact that too much is expected out of a IIT Graduate.
Hope this episode helps in a little way.

Though not many - did manage to draw a few smart comments that enquired about my educational qualifications ... not that it matters - but here

Schooling - La Martiniere College
Graduation - Hindu College
Masters - St.Stephens
MSc - Got admission into Boston University (but dad didn't have 40+ lakh to spare:)))

Had the privilege of studying in the best school / colleges of India - But had to work my butt off in the media sector - no godfather - no alumni support - just kept up-skilling and learning on the job.

[NihalPuram]

I am from one of these IITs and I can confirm all these are true. There are a few more factors even within the course and curriculum structure that effect the students. The reality in media and society is completely different from what's on ground

[mohammedimtiyaz]

I'm not from IIT, (ECE from Tier 3 College).
But right from the beginning, I was interested in Software Development.
I did lot of courses in the same, did projects, increased my rating in Competitive Programming.
Finally grabbed International Offer!!
With my experience, I can confidently say that, in the present world, you don't need an IIT degree to be successful.
"IIT degree" acts as a catalyst for your success but absence of it doesn't make you a failure.
Just focus on your skills, be a top player of the game.
Your college, your degree, your grades, your branch doesn't matter.
The journey is tough but sure is worth rewarding.

[tgautam]

I moved to USA to pursue PhD after graduating from IIT. The difference is day and night when it comes to work culture and treatment towards students. Students have freedom to pursue courses of their interest and are respected by their professors here in USA while in India we still live in the age where professors bully students for reasons I never understood.

[Mohankumardash]

As a fellow IIT graduate with a specialization in Mechanical Systems, I can totally relate to the dilemma of whether or not IITs are still worth it. After clearing GATE 2019, I had high hopes of doing excellent research and finding a job where my skills would be valued. However, after two years of hard work and a CGPA of 9.5/10, during the placement, I was offered a position of graduate trainee with a package of 10 lakh per annum. Although this was the highest pay for many of my batchmates who wanted to continue in the core sector, I ended up rejecting the job offer and pursuing my PhD in artificial intelligence and renewable energy in France. I must say, it has been a way more rewarding experience than I ever imagined. So, to answer the question "Are IITs still worth it?", it totally depends on your aspirations and the path you want to take.

[NirmalKumar-sctk]

An IITian here. The content of this video is absolutely true. No doubt that IITs do office some security in terms of job, salary, quality education and networking. However the amount of pressure that students go through during preparation is not worth all that. I appeared for IIT-JEE for the first time in 2015, but couldn't clear it. I was so much depressed. My world turned upside down. I used to cry at nights. However I gathered courage and started preparing again and luckily cracked JEE in 2016. God knows what I would have done if I didn't clear JEE in 2016 either. Now when I look back I feel that I was depressed for no reason. Most of my colleagues and seniors in my company are non-IITians. And they are also as intelligent as I am (or probably more 😅). They are earning at par with me. If you are a JEE aspirant, do remember that going to an IIT is great but not at the cost of your happiness and mental health.

[bhaigeniushoon]

Not only IIT courses need to be re evaluated. But the entire education system in India needs to be re evaluated. Our Education system should encourage minds with problem solving skills rather than focusing on minds with memory keeping skills. This is something we will be talking about in the coming times but I'm happy people have begun to address the issue starting from IIT.

[AaronBiswas]

The problem is even if you introduce new courses in colleges the teachers don't know how to teach these new courses properly.

[zakinuman]

Tomorrow is my jee advanced exam and I now I am watching this😂😂

[sudo]

The truth is that Indian society views IITs just as a ticket to a 1cr package and a job in Silicon valley, and not as institutes that further humanity. Until that mentality won't change, we will never progress

[mandarmadke]

Hello am a doctor, currently an aspirant for NEET PG. I would like you to emphasis on the current state of young doctors in our country. As per a RTI reply by National Medical Commission, in the last 5 years, 64 UG and 55 PG students have committed suicide. 150 UG students and 956 PG doctors have dropped out of the college due to various reasons. The cost of medical education in India, the quality of training and the enormous amount of workload coupled with imbalance in UG/PG seats. I would urge you to make a separate video on this topic so that common people can understand the irony of medical education in India.

[ruchitjain]

I was a State ranker..Failed to get seat at IIT...Had to go for Only Diploma Course due to family & financial problems, Done some basic jobs like sweeper, typing etc.. during education..some relatives (some are billionaire) doesn't even want to see my face.however I was tried to learn business methods too..after 10 years results on business comes ..Profits reached 10cr first time in history.
Moral : Never Give up !

[mrsarkar]

I can tell about situation in 31 NITs across India. NITs are thought of as 2nd grade institutions if IITs are thought of as 1st grade institutions. I was PhD fellow in mathematics in NIT Durgapur and i saw people after Mtech doing PhD in their disciplines. I asked couple of engineering students why are doing PhD after Mtech, why don't do job ? Their answers were "companies are offering 20k salary per month, it is better to join PhD where you get monthly 31k fellowship better than 20k job". The job situation of engineering students is very disappointing

[armaan]

I am in class 10th and seriously this video chills me... though I haven't thought much about going to an IIT but can guess that other sectors are going through the same fate. I always wanted to learn new skills and will surely boost that up after this.

[arinkulkarni]

Being an IITian, I can say that most of the people who don't get jobs are the once who don't sit for placements and opt for higher studies. Also many students don't score bare minimum cgpa for sitting for placements. So yes, competition is even more after going into an IIT too, because everyone has come after cracking one of the worlds toughest exams. It doesn't makes sense saying if you get IIT you will be successsfull. You need to grind even more, and that is a fact.

[SohamChatterjeeBAI]

IITans are successful not because of IIT, but because the students who go there are genuinely hardworking and consistent students. These qualities also help them in life ahead. People, companies know this fact hence they try to give these students the opportunities they deserve. Hence the hard working nature and consistency of the student gives them success not IIT entirely.

[subhambasuroychowdhury]

In 2020 I gave GATE Exam and secured a rank of 5000, and took admission in Jadavpur University. I thought that since it was such a prestigious university in Kolkata the course for Mtech in CSE would also be very good. But after joining I came to know that it was very outdated, and the main focus of the entire course was on the theoritcal subjects and the teaching method of most of the faculty were below par. After continuing for a semester I decided to drop off. Even the de-registration process was very challenging as most of the task was to be performed offline. Nothing happens online there.

[kamalkverma]

I spent 4 years of my life in IIT Bombay. I think there are lot of opportunities apart from doing graduation from IIT. Less than 5 percent students get satisfied after completing there graduation from IITs. So be careful before to make IIT as your dream.

[rajq]

i am also an ECE engineering Student ( VIT vellore ).
this is verry serious problem for any of our indian engineering colleges and manufacturing industries .
if you see or hear then there is only large number of IT jobs but very less core engineering Job .
this indicate that there is very less manufacturing industry in our country.

[song_addicted]

I'm not IITian but got a placement with 12 LPA in Accenture as Business Development Associate after completing BBA from a tier 2 college bcz of my soft and market demand skills which I learned from udemy.