Engineering: A Force or Farce?

Having secured my degree in Computer Engineering from the well renowned and reputed University of Mumbai, I am left scouring the country for a job in the IT industry. So far I have been offered jobs in the BPO industry, as a journalist, a mystery shopper and sales manager. Does my B.E. in Computer Engineering have any value at all?

Now this might sound like a lot of whining but it has been a pet peeve of many friends of mine. Some of them no doubt have got jobs in an IT related field but I believe that along with me, undeservedly suffered in our Undergraduate years. Some of them top programmers with profound knowledge of core Computer Science concepts, others enthusiasts in extracurricular work which demonstrated their interest such as Open Source, MultiMedia, Processor Overclocking, PC Case Modding, Robotics and so on. The crux of this argument is that, was all that suffering worth it?

There were some of the most interesting subjects such as CP 1 & 2, TCS, Data Structures, AOA etc. The nature on how these examinations were conducted meant that students went for classes and were spoon fed the knowledge. Now I don't have anything against classes and don't want to take anything away from people's hard work, but it was quite shocking that people still couldn't understand OOP concepts or even C programming for that matter by the final year. Worse still there were many of us who got KTs in these subjects. Don't want to boast here, but c'mon, it's impossible to get a KT after understanding concepts from books written by authors from the cream of the US Universities.

That's the whole problem with this country. You mugg like hell and you'll get a distinction. No practical application of theoretical paradigms. If the foreign universities would grant admission for a truthful Statement of Purpose, I'd say that I just want to get away from this terrible education system. Interest counts for nothing here.

A bigger annoyance was the attitude of many profs in DBIT. They have gone through the whole system themselves and still they decide to inflict punishment upon us harmless beings. Nadir Kunt was one example. Idiot didn't have a minuscule modicum of knowledge and still would play around with people's marks and mess up careers. Other losers were Goonda, The Snake (although he started off well), That Faggot who taught OS and IP and Head Peon to name a few. Scratchy himself personifies incompetent engineering standards in this country. Being a Phd he should've encouraged research, but idiot compares his daughter to students and is a proponent of the spoon feeding industry. May he rot in the depths of Sheol with Cerberus masticating on his ball sac and spitting them into a cauldron of fire and sulfur.

I write this in a state far from sobriety (2 Kingfishers, 1 Cobra, 1 Haywards Black and 1 Baron's), but more than a vent for my frustration, I think it will rile up those who were in a similar situation.

Once again feel free to comment on this. Let me know whether you found Engineering a waste of money and time, even if you have got a job. (you get the same jobs with B.Sc in Physics, Maths, Comp Sci or IT )


Anfeuerungen!