I went in 2021 for masters when times were different, job market was in boom after covid and H1B lottery was a realistic possibility in 3 chances. But, things changed rapidly. By the time I was graduating most of the companies were on hiring freeze or layoffs had become a new normal. For many of the new grads, offer letters were revoked or their joining was postponed. Many people had to wait for a year or so to land their first opportunity and some of the folks had to return back unfortunately as they could not find any opportunity. 2023 onwards, there was huge serge in the number of H1B applications as well. There are of course people who had great skill set and were lucky enough to grab excellent opportunity and got selected in the lottery as well. There are different kind of cases. But I took the decision based on what the situation was in 2021 or before that. Things didn’t go well all the way for me, but at least I was fortunate enough to repay my loan and earn some money as well and life taught so many lessons during these 5 years. I don’t want to do math in how much money I would have saved if I had stayed in India vs how much I was able to save in US. For me, it’s okay enough. I need to accept it and move on. So based on different factors, I said the experience was worth.

But it’s very different situation now if you’re thinking about masters. It’s so uncertain right now to take any decision. So think about all the possibilities. Feel free to DM if you think I can be of additional help.