Comments on: Have we wasted our IIT degree (Mech, Aero, Chem, Civil, Elec, Materials, Msc) by becoming software engineers? http://www.bharathowto.com/2009/11/have-we-wasted-our-iit-degree-mech-aero-chem-civil-elec-materials-msc-by-becoming-software-engineers/ Get Best Deals and Save Money Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bharathowto http://www.bharathowto.com/2009/11/have-we-wasted-our-iit-degree-mech-aero-chem-civil-elec-materials-msc-by-becoming-software-engineers/comment-page-1/#comment-791 bharathowto Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:54:07 +0000 http://www.bharathowto.com/?p=660#comment-791 @soniya: good point, but the problem is that not everybody even at IIT can come up with 'fundoo' things on a daily basis, hence they choose the safer option of going into IT @soniya: good point, but the problem is that not everybody even at IIT can come up with 'fundoo' things on a daily basis, hence they choose the safer option of going into IT

]]> By: Soniya http://www.bharathowto.com/2009/11/have-we-wasted-our-iit-degree-mech-aero-chem-civil-elec-materials-msc-by-becoming-software-engineers/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Soniya Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:01:54 +0000 http://www.bharathowto.com/?p=660#comment-790 yes u really wasted what u learn in IIT...<br>since u got into IIT, it obviously means tht u have real super brain...<br>had u utlized same into some mech RnD firm, u would have created something really fundoo n tht would have earnd u much more money n fame than IT compaines can ever give..<br><br>just think it once, what ever u learnt in IIT, u r not using it now in IT sector.. so u r more or less like any other engg collg guy now...<br>u lost ur crediability... yes u really wasted what u learn in IIT…
since u got into IIT, it obviously means tht u have real super brain…
had u utlized same into some mech RnD firm, u would have created something really fundoo n tht would have earnd u much more money n fame than IT compaines can ever give..

just think it once, what ever u learnt in IIT, u r not using it now in IT sector.. so u r more or less like any other engg collg guy now…
u lost ur crediability…

]]> By: Krishnareva http://www.bharathowto.com/2009/11/have-we-wasted-our-iit-degree-mech-aero-chem-civil-elec-materials-msc-by-becoming-software-engineers/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Krishnareva Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:27:45 +0000 http://www.bharathowto.com/?p=660#comment-780 WE NEED TO 'VE CLARITY ON OUR STUDIES AND ON OUR JOB WE NEED TO 'VE CLARITY ON OUR STUDIES AND ON OUR JOB

]]> By: Zelda Inscoe http://www.bharathowto.com/2009/11/have-we-wasted-our-iit-degree-mech-aero-chem-civil-elec-materials-msc-by-becoming-software-engineers/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Zelda Inscoe Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:37:23 +0000 http://www.bharathowto.com/?p=660#comment-746 Interesting! I love it. Interesting! I love it.

]]> By: Amrendra Kumar http://www.bharathowto.com/2009/11/have-we-wasted-our-iit-degree-mech-aero-chem-civil-elec-materials-msc-by-becoming-software-engineers/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Amrendra Kumar Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.bharathowto.com/?p=660#comment-351 I think it is a great waste of the limited resources India has, but at the same time I feel one cannot blame individual IITians. To start with admissions most of the students don't know why they want to go to IIT except that they are the best institutes in India and they will have a good job at the end of it. Even the people who know what they are interested in usually end up not getting the branch they like because they didn't get the required rank , or if they got the rank than parents and peers advised them to take the "best possible stream" that the rank would fetch. Once they are inside, few people get genuinely interested in the branch they have taken, because they come to know that all the good jobs are in IT and other sectors not related to engineering. So most of them are not enthusiastic about learning the subjects taught. It becomes yet another degree where you need to score good grades for your resume and nothing beyond that. I have seen some of the brightest minds being dissipated due to the lack of interest in their field. Come recruitment season most of the high paying jobs are in IT , Retail, Banking, Consulting etc. The jobs taken by the graduates have hardly anything to do with the knowledge and training acquired by them. The recruiters favor taking these graduates because IIT degree "signals" quality, and not for the knowledge of their individual branch of engineering. Some people don't have any problem with the state of affairs, they point to the amount of jobs and foreign exchange earned. I agree that jobs and foreign exchange earnings but i think that it is a very inefficient way to produce software engineers. India has very few highly qualified faculty in Engineering sciences, most of them are in IIT's. It is a great waste of time effort and money for all involved. The greatest waste is of faculty effort. The situation can be characterized as a great Internal Brain Drain. So what is the solution?? I feel that any academic institution does not exist in vaccum, it exists in a socio-economic context. Merely giving the best possible training is not enough for technical advance of the nation. The ability of the economy to absorb the highly trained manpower in jobs that require the training is necessary. Beyond IT services there are few sectors that create jobs that require the level of training and pay comparable salary. It is not that there are no jobs globally in the various fields of engineering. Infact Indian industry and consumers import all kinds of technology from pharma to polymers to electronics to various kinds of machinery etc which were created by using advanced skills. India at present does not have diverse knowledge intensive firms, therefore it is necessary to encourage growth of these industries. I think it is a great waste of the limited resources India has, but at the same time I feel one cannot blame individual IITians. To start with admissions most of the students don’t know why they want to go to IIT except that they are the best institutes in India and they will have a good job at the end of it. Even the people who know what they are interested in usually end up not getting the branch they like because they didn’t get the required rank , or if they got the rank than parents and peers advised them to take the “best possible stream” that the rank would fetch.

Once they are inside, few people get genuinely interested in the branch they have taken, because they come to know that all the good jobs are in IT and other sectors not related to engineering. So most of them are not enthusiastic about learning the subjects taught. It becomes yet another degree where you need to score good grades for your resume and nothing beyond that. I have seen some of the brightest minds being dissipated due to the lack of interest in their field.

Come recruitment season most of the high paying jobs are in IT , Retail, Banking, Consulting etc. The jobs taken by the graduates have hardly anything to do with the knowledge and training acquired by them. The recruiters favor taking these graduates because IIT degree “signals” quality, and not for the knowledge of their individual branch of engineering.

Some people don’t have any problem with the state of affairs, they point to the amount of jobs and foreign exchange earned. I agree that jobs and foreign exchange earnings but i think that it is a very inefficient way to produce software engineers.

India has very few highly qualified faculty in Engineering sciences, most of them are in IIT’s. It is a great waste of time effort and money for all involved. The greatest waste is of faculty effort. The situation can be characterized as a great Internal Brain Drain.

So what is the solution??
I feel that any academic institution does not exist in vaccum, it exists in a socio-economic context. Merely giving the best possible training is not enough for technical advance of the nation. The ability of the economy to absorb the highly trained manpower in jobs that require the training is necessary. Beyond IT services there are few sectors that create jobs that require the level of training and pay comparable salary. It is not that there are no jobs globally in the various fields of engineering. Infact Indian industry and consumers import all kinds of technology from pharma to polymers to electronics to various kinds of machinery etc which were created by using advanced skills.

India at present does not have diverse knowledge intensive firms, therefore it is necessary to encourage growth of these industries.

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