Do I really need to do M.Tech? or just start early and find a job? Spend some time after the degree, learn some professional course and start looking for a job. What shall I do? Everything is dark and I don’t know how the future will be. I want to do something good and help others but I don’t know how.
These are few common questions that almost every final year engineering student has in mind. I had similar questions when I was in B.Tech’s final year, and I had friends who made different decisions at that time. Few prepared GRE and TOFEL and went to US and few took computer courses and joined software industry, few went to government jobs and few like me moved for M.Tech.
First let me share my reasons of doing M.Tech. I always thought of doing a highly respected, high paid job and a job where I have more control to do things that I like. Unfortunately, I found myself not competent enough to compete with top students for finding a job in Microsoft or Google. On the other hand, trying to reach there with experience in smaller companies usually takes a lot of time and after that gaining a authoritative position would have taken few more years.
Here, I got a chance to think of the best way to get higher positions in a short time. I felt that the entry to this is only possible through IITs. For that either I had to wait for a year and give GATE and score high or try for PhD. Again I made a good move and decided to not to waste another year for going to IITs and moved for M.Tech.
The first thing I did in M.Tech was that I avoided mistakes I did in B.Tech. I read the tough subjects in vacation and stood ahead of any other student in class. I worked on increasing my percentage to make it high enough for any company. I did an internship at Wipro and IIT Madras and finally dissertation at Defense Labs Hyderabad.
The first and foremost advantage of doing M.Tech is that you get time to think where things are going and how you can control them. Where do you want to go and what is your ultimate destination. You know the mistakes you made in B.Tech thus u can avoid them and improve to recover from them.
The second advantage of doing M.Tech is that you add a value to education and will definitely have benefit in the long run. As we are moving ahead in life our educational qualifications are becoming more and more important. At some point where all other competitors have same technical skills you will be given preference over others because of qualification.
The third advantage is that you will get more insight into the subjects as this time you are mature enough to understand the subjects. Usually teachers or professors are better than the ones who taught you in B.Tech and you are more exposed to applications.
The fourth advantage is you will have good friends who are similar to you and trying hard to move ahead in life. If your institute is good you will see all of them in high positions in future, their contacts may be good enough for you to start new projects and help many.
There are lots of other advantages of doing a higher degree. But there may be many social constraints and difficulties that may prevent you from doing master degree. Everyone knows their situation better than others and can make best decisions based on that. You can push your plans of having a master degree little later and gain few years of experience before. With M.Tech I also mean any master degree just not M.Tech. Wish you all a great luck in your future endeavors.
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sir wat are the job opportunities v get after m tech…? please reply to my e mail id………..
sir,
i had done b.tech in automobile engg. in 2009.i hv been working for 2 yrs. now i want to do m.tech in automobile engg.
pls. suggest me good colleges in india or abroad for doing m.tech in auto. engg.
dhirendra.
hi, i am also preparing for gate 2012. I have joined ace academy hyderabad. They told me that our notes are sufficient so u dont have to reffer books just solve no of problems, because reading a book will take too much time. Only refer those point of which u r not able to solve the problem. So what do u thing of this? I m very slow in reading books.
plz tell me something about internship. How do we get it. What is the procedure? Can anyone get the internship? My branch is ece
sir is it the case that packages offered btech iitians is more than mtech iitians
Sir,i got 901 rank in pgecet,i want to do mtech in university or top private colleges,will i get seat in those colleges in vlsi branch.give me list of placements after mtech.please guide me in proper way sir.
Sir,tell me the best course in mtech whether vlsi , embedded systems,power electronics or digital design.give me the best one in placement point of view and govt jobs point view.
Sir,tell me advantages and disadvantages of doing mtech in local colleges rather than in iits and nits.
sir….heard that a limitation has been put in number of times we can write gate…is it true?which is the best college for doing mtech biotechnology?wat must be the rank to get into the best colleges?
sir, i interested in vlsi, but i have min. knowledge on this subject, may i take vlsi in M.Tech sir
nice one to do M.Tech sir this is really good advice to those who are planning for higher degree.
Love you for your beautiful advice and story….especially beautiful narration of the advantages.
Thanks for that.
I want to know what i do after completed B.Sc.IT
zahed thanx 4 ur work …….all beneficiaries will be greatful to u………i got 655 in pgecet 2011…..counselling is not yet started..can u tell me the colleges i can get in counselling and what are the best courses leading now in mtech to join………kindly reply…i will be thankful for u
sir, i am final year,b-tech,eee my aim is to become an IES officer , but it requires many hours of preparation nearly 1year, so is it good to join m-tech and parallel study start IES preparation “ or “ sit 1 full year for IES ??? plzz suggest me
sir,the rumors said tat pre fnal year students are not eligible to write gate exam.and there are many rumours whick leads to ambiquity,so i request you to send da set of rules which got changed from this year.pls send to my ID.thank you
sir,
the article here is an eye opener to many who r at the crossroads after BE/B TECH,…… i myself have benefited from this guidelines for making a good choice.. thanks a lot for the wise advice.
what are the institutes in india providing ms?
I did my B.E. in ECE . I am interested in Nanotechnology at the masters level.Could you let me know about which institutes ,including iit’s and iisc, offer m.tech courses in nanotechnology on the basis of gate score/performance.
I’d be ever obliged.
Thank You.
I have completed B.Tech in 2009 and M.Tech in 2011 (GATE 2009 qualified). Now I am working as a research associate in a company with good salary.. So I suggest go for M.Tech after B.Tech if you are really interested to stick with your technical studies. Otherwise go for MBA.
sir,
how much increase in package after doing m.tech in comp. sci from good collage…?