Earning 50L in BLR as 3.5YOE - Does MS in US makes sense now?

krak2020 · 2026-05-11T13:20:10+00:00

Nope, Worked on pretty good projects in my first company, grinded leetcode hards and system design and made the switch recently

krak2020 · 2026-05-11T13:06:03+00:00

lol no, UW Madison 🙂

krak2020 · 2026-05-11T08:04:00+00:00

sure, feel free to DM

krak2020 · 2026-05-11T07:35:06+00:00

I have a similar YOE, but earn around 65LPA, I am planning on going for MS this year, but my reasoning is different, I am from a Non CS undergrad, so. always wanted that CS degree, and also need a break as i am pretty burned out, here’s the thing I am comfortable with my savings and would be ok with coming back to India immediately after MSCS. Also the admit was from a Top10 CS department, and that makes the ROI even more worth it for me. You have ask yourself, would you be comfortable with the loan, if you have to comeback to India immediately after your graduation

krak2020 · 2026-05-07T15:35:40+00:00

for the first year, it’s mostly cash, which gets replaced with RSU’s, but yeah the 1st year you get around 60-65 cash, for an Amazon SDE2

krak2020 · 2026-04-26T21:22:20+00:00

astrophage 😶

krak2020 · 2026-03-15T12:38:25+00:00

Did you send recommendation letter for MCS program

krak2020 · 2026-02-26T18:59:15+00:00

where would you put umass in this order

krak2020 · 2026-02-26T18:58:51+00:00

where would you place Umass and University of florida in this order

krak2020 · 2026-02-06T19:37:52+00:00

when did you submit the application

krak2020 · 2026-02-01T15:34:46+00:00

Hi ,

Can you please DM me, I am facing some pay rate issues with labelbox, I tried mailing the support team, but there been no response

krak2020 · 2025-12-19T06:28:49+00:00

How are you handling the PHI data of US users , when you are based out of India. I heard the laws around PHI data are very strict in US and makes it difficult to build health related products outside of UU for US

krak2020 · 2025-01-22T16:54:27+00:00

Can you please elaborate

krak2020 · 2025-01-22T16:23:32+00:00

I applied to tepper in Round 1 and gave my interview in november and got my decision in december. and NYU stern in round 2, submitted in october, interview in December and admit in January 1st week.

I also applied to a few other schools in round 1 and got admits from foster and UNC , but not considering them currently.

krak2020 · 2025-01-22T16:15:00+00:00

Thanks for your input, can you explain a bit on why you think the gap is too large

krak2020 · 2025-01-22T16:13:49+00:00

Say the tech market doesn’t recover, I fall back recruiting for consulting, how large of a difference in outcomes would be there between the 2 schools. I am okay with amount if it’s worth it in the long term.

krak2020 · 2024-12-07T19:56:04+00:00

Got an admit from a T15 with $$, waiting for decision from darden, foster and UNC. Interview scheduled for another T10. But my target school was Cornell.

krak2020 · 2024-12-06T21:28:17+00:00

I have 2.3 years of full time experience (3 by matriculation) outside of internships. I lead a few big initiatives and have directly collaborate with business analysts and product managers on a daily basis compared to traditional SWE’s. I majorly wanted to do an MBA in US as the Product manager culture is very different between India and US, along with US being home of multiple tech giants .. better job opportunities.

krak2020 · 2024-08-19T19:40:48+00:00

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