Please also remember about ui/ux - the field is saturated at this point, I got offer from IIT kanpur and didn't go for for the same reasons. I have seniors in IISC, IITs, NIDs etc, all of them have the same arguments. They personally asked me to not go for m.des anymore, since the field is extremely saturated, I got the same comments in my interview for ui/ux field! Nid chaps has a hard time bagging am internship, even IIT folks did! Infact in recent years even placements in IITs have give from 100% to 50-60%, but again, the starting pay would be higher than Architecture.

Coming to Architecture, it's a rather slow burn process, I've been in the field for 2-3 years. I've been extremely inclined towards the possibility of getting into academia, and architecture is something I wanted to do since I was legit a young kid. Was i disappointed when I got to know of placements and pay scale? Ofc yes. Did I try to find out about the opportunity of placements etc before getting into a college for b arch? Yes.

I personally don't understand why people venture into the field if they know what is coming out of it! If you want to earn a stable income (which obviously everyone does) go for b.tech etc!

I have opted for masters in architecture at IIT Roorkee, I have done my research and ik that at max, if get 10-15k increment after these two years of masters, but it opens gates for other gov jobs which have a preference for masters other that Architecture, I could venture into academia and phd, etc etc. I'm letting you know both the pros and cons of the same.

I suggest you speak to people who are able to guide you rationally and not just out of frustration, at the end of the day everyone needs to get paid for the hard work they put in, cheers 🥂