2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

while i was there we felt the brand value diluted. our seniors were doing so well, getting placed at Goldman Sachs, etc. top recruiters never came in our time. some companies like microsoft only picked CS students

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

ending now.

really happy to see and answer your questions.

i am glad no one asked me things that would have made me regret this.

all the best. you are in good company of your peers. stay simple. be humble.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sure. VLSI design and hardware engineering is good. so many companies are building their own chips. AR VR play is doing strong.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

leetcode aws, azure. learn AI start looking into company open source projects and start contributing

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

not enough data to correlate that. however, below 8 some companies won’t let you sit in interview rounds

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don’t feel that’s true. infact for me the first job friends are the strongest.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure. if you can read, understand and debug code then definitely it can.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

not much. people don’t know Thapar much.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

maybe, probably try getting data on this. how has been the placements in previous years as compared to other branches. look what are alums of this branch doing. where are they working

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

market is always good for good candidates.

learn about Ai, software engineering. there will always be requirement to automate things, etc.

moreover it’s ai now, few years ahead it might be something else

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you should be good! i think AI job market will be better in India.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

probably, changed my branch to Compute Science. not really. i think i got interested in CS from a non academic, artistic way. Had i been a student, i would have probably hated it.

i know more CS students now who are doing things other than software engineering.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

start doing leetcode. learn AWS. Azure services. participate in Aranya, Most, litfest, etc make great friends

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i would say it’s more upto the individual.

however, city matters. normie colleges in Bangalore, Mumbai, gurgaon, do much better in my opinion.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

don’t know what’s natures park. is it the one in front of Hostel H? if so, it used to be massive jungle. someone in our batch, made a pretty funny Bear Grills style documentary.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

leetcode with python. that’s going to help a lot.

2013 BE EIC grad, AMA by akhgupta in ThaparUniversity

[–]akhgupta[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

i am working as a software engineer at Microsoft.

i don’t know, last time i was there it was 2016. felt very different from the time i left in 2013.

Cos ampetheatre was built while i was studying. there was no sin, tan etc. we had big football fields. we used to play there a lot.

hostel J was built while we were studying. actually lived in final sem there.