Deciding between MS in USA and a job in India

I am right now pursuing B.tech 4th year(EIE) in Gitam college and need to make a crucial decision.I got a job in satyam and a poor score in gre (1120) ,yet to give toefl exam.So there are 2 options for me either to go for the job or to go for MS.For me it is like i have to for MS

Here are the points driving me towards MS.I could have better exposure,obviously the quality of education is much better than that of india.I personally take the menial work like part time jobs as an advantage rather than a thing to worry about,in that it gives me an opportunity to work hard and makes me a tougher guy.There will be not so many Indians as i do in my home land.I would definitely miss my family and friends.Again that i would treat as a challenge coz i think it all depends on how i can adapt to the situation.

On the flip side there are not so many disadvantages.Only thing i can see is that i do not have a good gre score .So i will be denied a seat in a good college.It costs a lot for MS.Apart from these i do not see any disadvantages.So clearly the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Now consider the case wherein i prefer going for the job.As far as i can see these are advantages and disadvantages.The advantages are that there wouldnt be a lot of menial work that i have to do coz i have to work only in posh offices.So life would be much smoother without a lot of toil. Thats it and nothing more.


On the other hand the disadvantages are that i am paid a low salary which is about 18 grands per month(excluding taxes) which do not conform with my ambitions .Eventhough people say that it gets incremented but it is way lower than what we can earn in the states.And there is another option that is to apply for a H1b visa.But that depends on sheer dumb luck because it is through a lottery option that you are selected for the visa interview.And i dont think that the growth prospects would be higher because i would be working on the low end jobs that are outsourced. If you go for a software job ,you are trained as per the companies requirements reducing your scope whereas doing MS gives you a scope of choosing the field you are interested in.If you go for the job it is like,you are one among a huge crowd.

Eventhough it costs a lot for MS ,still we are going to earn it in a few years.With a modest starting salary we can save about 1 lakh per month.But if u take a defensive stance at this stage,you have to be pathetic about yourself later.

hottest companies

I suppose most of you ppl are interested in learning about the hottest companies,cars,buildings. Recently i have read a book "Google story"which is simply awesome which provides you detail view on how google was finally established. Then there is this another dude,Henry Fords inspiring story .You can check it out in this website.http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/

Don't go to USA

Today i have spoken to my uncle in US and i cant wait to jot down the points provided by him.In his opinion it is better to stay back in india .He has got his line of reasoning.
In summary his opinion is life is complex out there in america where there is no job security and that there are growth prospects even in india.He presented me with some case studies regarding the same.

TRUTH ABOUT DOING MS..

This is the thing happening with btech NON IT students.It is reasonable that you sacrifice four years of sweat to get into a software thing ,(i am talking about NON IT students).But it makes no sense to do the same thing after completing ms in non IT field.People from india are moving to do ms in non IT stream and are ending up doing IT jobs (because they get IT jobs easily).Dude you are wasting not just one or two lakhs but about 20 lakhs and your valuable time for doing MS.

I accept that you can still make a lot of money over there by shifting to IT job but still the MS course you have done is getting wasted.So unless you have that burning sensation in your stomach to learn some non IT subject in depth,do not opt for MS.If your goal is to earn a lot of money you have another option ,that is , do a decent job in some IT company in india for about 2 years and then apply for a foreign job which is quite difficult because of the stern visa procedure adopted.By doing so, you are not wasting your time and money on some MS course(non IT)rather earning tonnes of experience and money in the IT field.There is one more option for MS,you can shift to computer science dept .

Why blogging?

Recently i have been reading quite a lot no of blogs and actually came to know about blogging.U know why i have started blogging?The real reason i have started blogging is i was really pissed off that none of the articles i wrote have figured in the newspaper.hehe..So i have started blogging which is free ..But i came to know that this blogging thing is not about writing articles rather about writing their experiences so that people from different backgrounds have fun reading others blogs and know about others cultures well.

Well as i read the blogs people have different reasons for blogging.I dont want to repeat the same rather present my reasons.People present some invaluable experiences which are helpful to others .Not that my experince would be helpful but a hope that it would turn out to be helpful..hehe.. As i read a couple of blogs,i got really fascinated by their ease at using english(truth is i am not so good at it) and there is some cool quotient associated with bloggers.Huh someday i hope i would turn out as good as them..Someday i would be a good writer ...Right now i dont anticipate many visitors but definitely the number would increase as i go for my higher studies (MS)so that i could present invaluable experinces for the people who want to pursue the same..

And finally i would be writing about things that have fascinated me and some cool experiences if any(ofcourse not abt my girl friend whom i wish to have..hehe).

What is business?

I have observed a quite interesting phinomenon. Many might have already did. Business is all about looking for opportunities at the right time. During the economy boom, the rich have seen an opportunity in real estate. They became richer and the middle class guy realized he has missed an opportunity. During the economic boom, the middle class guy wasnt very sure of the economy and didnt dare to invest whereas the rich did. Similar is the case of migrating to America. The rich guy saw an opportunity in America. He didnt fear taking into account that there are not many Indians in America at that time(around 2000). He got rich and became a citizen. The middle class guy went to America only after he is convinced that there are a lot of Indians in America and hence dared to migrate to America. But by that time everything got over. There is no more opportunity in America. This is the typical mindset of a middle class person. He realizes the opportunity after the rich has already realized and the when trend is already over.

Learn to deal stress and make life easy....

Most of us get anxious when we face a competitive exam like gre,cat etc.,Also due to bad spending habits many people find themselves in a pathetic situation.Stress has become inevitable in todays fast paced world.But students got to learn coping up with it.Those who do it land up being successful and happy persons whereas those who dont end up as failures or unhappy persons.In severe cases it may also lead to drastic circumstances like suicides.


There are two kinds of people.Those who have fear of failure and those who have killer instinct.Either way a student can score well and become successful.But the former one leads to stress .They do not take risks and are subjected to stress because of fear of failure.It is actually a good thing,in that ,it indicates that you are concerned about your result.But too much stress has drastic effects.One very famous personality Rahul Dravid himself puts it this way"I feel tensed when i walk into the field.Sometimes i think it is too much and hence effects my game.Having no tension at all also effects my game in the same way as it effects when i have a lot of tension".Guys, this chap belongs to the first category and that is the reason why he is not able to handle a lot of pressure when he was made captain.On the other hand youth icon "Dhoni" never feels tensed about the game.That is understood from"it doesnt concern me whether India wins or looses .Only thing that matters is whether we are giving 100%". This is the point i am trying to make.

Now we are concerned about the former set of students .Students are very much tensed during the exams season because they do 'one day batting' as it is popularly called. Almost every engineering student does it. We spend the whole year wasting our time and during the final exams we are subjected to stress.I break my head during the exam season not knowing what to do about the lots of stuff i had to read.The student at this point develops all kinds of negative feelings like for eg.,what if i fail in the exam,then i will be disqualified for the campus interviews,my parents rebuke me etc.,Such situations arise when you want to accomplish something big but you are not up to it.
Lets consider a broader picture. Due to bad spending habits many people go bankrupt. At this point they face a similar problem which is much more severe. They dont save money for the future
Letting those negative thoughts into your mind only exacerbates the situation.Then the best thing you can do is to give your best shot.Always have confidence in you.If not get the highest marks you can atleast get a decent score if you are placid enough.Read everything you can read and leave the rest to God.


But the above said solution is when you are really out of options.If you really want to accomplish something big you have to prognosticate and plan accordingly from beginning.Even the international players do that .For eg.,unless the cricketers practice in the nets they dont have that confidence level to go and play in the field.Always remember "prevention is better than cure"whether it is helmet or something like that:-)To have high confidence levels you need to prepare for that accordingly from the beginning.