Dear Accomplished and Aspirants
A race run, a dream job landed, a little victory…It’s one of
life’s great joys to you and to us to see you accomplish what you have been
hoping for and working toward.
You started this run 5 to 7 years ago (Foundation+Intermediate),
dreaming for IIT-JEE/Engineering in Reputed Institutions! The single point
agenda was to crack the rank! Many of you could accomplish that objective and
reset your goal to get a Placement or GATE or CAT or Starting on Your Own.
First in the line comes, Placement! This gives morale boast and
kick start to aim better and bigger!
Thanks to the Institution’s Placement Department Coherent
efforts, your sincere sweat & god gifted intelligence and upbeat favourable
market conditions, today your way looks bright and blossoming.
Congratulations to all who landed into job! We are equally confident
for the rest as they could land easily as the Land looks highly fertile for next
3 quarters across the globe.
No doubt, you need to enjoy this moment and celebrate the time!
Having said that I would like to give piece of advice. Please
heed this if it makes sense else ignore this intelligence!
2021 Job Market is witnessing different situation. The Great
Resignation, also known as the Big Quit, is the ongoing trend of employees
voluntarily leaving their jobs, from spring 2021 to the present, in response to
the COVID-19 pandemic. Top IT companies witness an “all-time” high and record attrition
rate. Analysts predict that The ‘Great Resignation’ is likely to continue, as
55% of Americans anticipate looking for a new job!
Reasons are many but predominantly The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed workers to
rethink their careers, work conditions, and long-term goals.
High attrition in the industry is opening the door for the fresher!
From Amazon to TCS to Infosys to Wipro, India’s IT sector is in hiring spree!
This is good news for you and for us.
Having said that down the line after 1 year or 1.5 years, it
might lead to correction. You might ask what happens during the correction
process!
Have you heard about, Winnowing? It is the
process used to separate the rice from hulls. It is to put the whole rice into
a pan and throw it into the air while the wind blows. The light hulls are blown
away while the heavy rice fall back into the pan!!
Winnowing in IT hiring means, people with decent coding skills, good
communication skills, and team building culture remain back in the pan, rest
becomes hulls! You cannot ignore it.
On top it, IT industry is going through transformative process.
As of today, we have following roles:
- Visionary IT Architects,
- coders who help in the
achieving this vision,
- repetitive coders who use
these products and build pipeline,
- People Managers who
manage emotions
- Sales
However, Industry is slowing moving towards Low Code and No Code
Platforms. The job of repetitive coders is diminishing. Given an opportunity,
they are the first to get eliminated. Now you have a choice to make what type
of programmer you want to be!
Next 2 year is highly critical for your batch as Winnowing might
take place right after Great Resignation process! Don’t overprice yourself, it
is the end of your career. I am not saying join low paying job. If you get a
job now, try to stick to the same organization for some time, as companies are
waiting for an opportunity for the correction. Great Resignation is causing a
lot of stress to companies and they are serious about it. Don’t get trapped
into the package mania.
It will not help us to learn. Let’s take an example. You joined
a company X in Jan 2022 as Intern and later as converted to FTE in June. Here
is the process
- You need to understand
company culture,
- You need to go through
training process,
- You need to adjust with
your manager & team,
- You need to be
comfortable with your customer team
- You need to be familiar to
master with the technology
- You need to adhere to the
quality process adopted
- At the same time, you
need to start making your family happy and make a new life!
If you join Company Y in a Year or 2, you need to repeat all above
steps at a cost of Package. How hard it is for you and for your family. Think
about it and make a wise step if it is absolutely necessary. For e.g. there is
a famous Harvard University Quote –"People
don't quit a job, the saying goes — they quit a boss"(https://hbr.org/2018/01/why-people-really-quit-their-jobs)
The immediate 3 tasks for all you for the next 2 months (Nov-2021
and Dec 2021)
- Develop 1 end to end application
using Full Stack skills- HTML/Java Script, Python or Java using some framework
(Django or Flask / Ionic/ Flutter if it is mobile), MySql or NoSql or any DB of
your choice (You never know where do you fall in your internship)
- Start talking to your
friends in English (I paid a huge price as I did not do this during my college
days. Please don’t repeat this mistake)
- Start using Word, Excel
and Ppt heavily. Best thing is develop a Business Pitch Presentation using ppt
and start writing in Word (esp. mail communication is critical) and grammarly
check
People who are aiming for GATE/CAT/GRE/UPSC/IES, continue to
keep your efforts without any deviation, using these spirits!
Best wishes to all of you. Keep in touch using any of the
following handles
Am Happy to help/mentor during your internship/job process for a
healthier career planning. Reach me over LinkedIn. Happy Learning.
Your Well-wisher
Ravi Saripalle
Join Inspire to Innovate Storytelling Movement (i2itm.blogspot.com)
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