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You can keep yourself untrackable and can organize. Even if the government tries to wiretap.
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Is this the standard for campus placements now (Biggest threat to campus placements isn't the job market )?
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"‘Sorry, Papa’: 23-Year-Old BTech Gold Medalist Dies by Suicide After Repeatedly Failing to Land a Government Job"
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As a btech fresher i regret choosing brand value college over a college near my hometown(delhi)
It's my 3rd day here in vit vellore and I am regretting it now...it's good the campus is very big but I can't live like this for four years....i can take a college with same median placement in Delhi...at least I will be living with my parents....
Sorry...very emotional right now...as a girl leaving so far...I don't feel this is worth the 10- lakhs I am giving more...
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It's my 3rd day here in vit vellore and I am regretting it now...it's good the campus is very big but I can't live like this for four years....i can take a college with same median placement in Delhi...at least I will be living with my parents....
Sorry...very emotional right now...as a girl leaving so far...I don't feel this is worth the 10- lakhs I am giving more...
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Post #2095
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academic event, not your identity.
Your college tier may influence your starting point, but it does not determine every destination available to you.
You may need to take a longer and less glamorous route than your classmates. That does not make your destination less meaningful.
Do not compare the middle of your struggle with someone else’s highlight reel.
Build one skill at a time. Clear one subject at a time. Complete one project at a time. Ask for help when you need it. Take mental health seriously. Keep creating opportunities for your future self.
I went from 92% to 54%.
I failed a year of engineering.
I graduated later than my original batch.
I lived with severe mental illness.
And I still managed to earn two US master’s degrees, build an international data-science career, and reach a senior AI/ML position.
Your present situation may be painful, but it is not necessarily permanent.
Please do not declare your entire life a failure because one chapter did not go according to plan.
And last but not least, believe in yourself! And never give up! You got this! Feel free to DM for questions/advice.
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Your college tier may influence your starting point, but it does not determine every destination available to you.
You may need to take a longer and less glamorous route than your classmates. That does not make your destination less meaningful.
Do not compare the middle of your struggle with someone else’s highlight reel.
Build one skill at a time. Clear one subject at a time. Complete one project at a time. Ask for help when you need it. Take mental health seriously. Keep creating opportunities for your future self.
I went from 92% to 54%.
I failed a year of engineering.
I graduated later than my original batch.
I lived with severe mental illness.
And I still managed to earn two US master’s degrees, build an international data-science career, and reach a senior AI/ML position.
Your present situation may be painful, but it is not necessarily permanent.
Please do not declare your entire life a failure because one chapter did not go according to plan.
And last but not least, believe in yourself! And never give up! You got this! Feel free to DM for questions/advice.
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Post #2094
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I scored 54% in Class 12 and failed a year of engineering. Today, I work in AI/ML at 52+ LPA. Your worst academic phase does not define your life.
I am writing this for anyone here who believes that poor marks, backlogs, a bad college experience, or mental illness have permanently destroyed their future.
In Class 10, I scored 92% in ICSE. I was considered a “bright student,” and like many students, I was pushed towards IIT-JEE.
That is where things began to fall apart.
My family paid a large amount of money to an IIT-JEE coaching institute that made huge promises but provided very little genuine support. I struggled to cope with eight-hour coaching schedules, started skipping classes, lost confidence, and became completely disconnected from academics.
I scored only 54% in Class 12.
Going from 92% to 54% felt humiliating. People who had once praised me suddenly treated me as if I had wasted my potential. I retook my exams and improved my score, but the psychological damage had already been done.
I joined a Core Engineering branch (non CS/IT) at a Tier-2 university. During my second year, I realized that I didn't have an aptitude for this branch. I failed multiple subjects and effectively lost a year. I watched my original batch move ahead while I remained behind clearing backlogs.
At that point, my academic record looked terrible:
* 54% in Class 12
* No IIT or NIT
* Multiple engineering backlogs
* An additional year required to graduate
* Very little confidence about my future
But slowly, I began rebuilding.
I cleared my backlogs and completed my engineering degree. I then prepared seriously for graduate studies abroad. I scored 323 on the GRE and 111 on the TOEFL.
Those scores helped me secure admission to a top-50 university in the United States for a master’s degree in an engineering and applied mathematics discipline.
I graduated with a CGPA of approximately 3.63/4, equivalent to a India CGPA of 9.08/10.
After graduation, I built a career in data science, analytics and machine learning. I spent nearly eight years working in the United States, including roles with major Fortune 500 organisations.
While working full-time in the US, I began a second master’s degree: the Online Master of Science in Data Science from Georgia Tech.
Completing it was not easy. I was balancing a demanding job, assignments, examinations and serious health challenges. I had to move back home to India after a layoff in 2024.
But in 2025, I graduated with my second US master’s degree from Georgia Tech.
Today, I work in India in a senior AI/ML engineering role. My CTC is above ₹52 lakh per year, and I have invested more than ₹55 lakh for my future.
I am sharing these numbers not to flex. Money and job titles do not make someone more valuable. I am sharing them because the student who scored 54% and failed a year of engineering could never have imagined reaching this position.
There is another part of my story that is harder to discuss.
I have battled severe mental-health conditions, including schizoaffective disorder and borderline personality disorder. At different points, these illnesses affected my thoughts, emotions, relationships, concentration, career and ability to function independently.
Schizoaffective disorder is currently in remission, but recovery has not been a straight line. It has involved psychiatric treatment, medication, therapy, family support, setbacks and repeatedly learning how to rebuild my life.
I do not want to romanticise mental illness or claim that determination alone can cure it. Professional treatment and support matter enormously.
But a diagnosis does not erase your intelligence, dignity or potential.
My journey was never a smooth transformation from “failure” to “success.” It was messy:
Progress, relapse, rejection, recovery, unemployment, immigration problems, career changes, medication side effects, self-doubt - and then progress again.
Here is what I wish somebody had told me when I was 18:
Your Class 12 percentage is not a final judgement on your intelligence.
A backlog is an
I am writing this for anyone here who believes that poor marks, backlogs, a bad college experience, or mental illness have permanently destroyed their future.
In Class 10, I scored 92% in ICSE. I was considered a “bright student,” and like many students, I was pushed towards IIT-JEE.
That is where things began to fall apart.
My family paid a large amount of money to an IIT-JEE coaching institute that made huge promises but provided very little genuine support. I struggled to cope with eight-hour coaching schedules, started skipping classes, lost confidence, and became completely disconnected from academics.
I scored only 54% in Class 12.
Going from 92% to 54% felt humiliating. People who had once praised me suddenly treated me as if I had wasted my potential. I retook my exams and improved my score, but the psychological damage had already been done.
I joined a Core Engineering branch (non CS/IT) at a Tier-2 university. During my second year, I realized that I didn't have an aptitude for this branch. I failed multiple subjects and effectively lost a year. I watched my original batch move ahead while I remained behind clearing backlogs.
At that point, my academic record looked terrible:
* 54% in Class 12
* No IIT or NIT
* Multiple engineering backlogs
* An additional year required to graduate
* Very little confidence about my future
But slowly, I began rebuilding.
I cleared my backlogs and completed my engineering degree. I then prepared seriously for graduate studies abroad. I scored 323 on the GRE and 111 on the TOEFL.
Those scores helped me secure admission to a top-50 university in the United States for a master’s degree in an engineering and applied mathematics discipline.
I graduated with a CGPA of approximately 3.63/4, equivalent to a India CGPA of 9.08/10.
After graduation, I built a career in data science, analytics and machine learning. I spent nearly eight years working in the United States, including roles with major Fortune 500 organisations.
While working full-time in the US, I began a second master’s degree: the Online Master of Science in Data Science from Georgia Tech.
Completing it was not easy. I was balancing a demanding job, assignments, examinations and serious health challenges. I had to move back home to India after a layoff in 2024.
But in 2025, I graduated with my second US master’s degree from Georgia Tech.
Today, I work in India in a senior AI/ML engineering role. My CTC is above ₹52 lakh per year, and I have invested more than ₹55 lakh for my future.
I am sharing these numbers not to flex. Money and job titles do not make someone more valuable. I am sharing them because the student who scored 54% and failed a year of engineering could never have imagined reaching this position.
There is another part of my story that is harder to discuss.
I have battled severe mental-health conditions, including schizoaffective disorder and borderline personality disorder. At different points, these illnesses affected my thoughts, emotions, relationships, concentration, career and ability to function independently.
Schizoaffective disorder is currently in remission, but recovery has not been a straight line. It has involved psychiatric treatment, medication, therapy, family support, setbacks and repeatedly learning how to rebuild my life.
I do not want to romanticise mental illness or claim that determination alone can cure it. Professional treatment and support matter enormously.
But a diagnosis does not erase your intelligence, dignity or potential.
My journey was never a smooth transformation from “failure” to “success.” It was messy:
Progress, relapse, rejection, recovery, unemployment, immigration problems, career changes, medication side effects, self-doubt - and then progress again.
Here is what I wish somebody had told me when I was 18:
Your Class 12 percentage is not a final judgement on your intelligence.
A backlog is an
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Post #2092
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IIT produces the world’s best employees. And some of the worst founders. Here’s why.
Every year the smartest youngsters in India crack JEE Advanced and make it to IIT. Four years later they’re at Google, Goldman, McKinsey.
But India still hasn’t produced a Google, an Apple, an OpenAI. Decades of IITs and nothing. I feel there’s a reason. Apart from the brain drain…
Yeah IIT gave us unicorns. But Flipkart is Amazon for India. Ola is Uber for India. Razorpay is Stripe for India. None of them original, just Indian copies of things that already worked in the US.
And even those - who actually built them are mostly the ones who struggled/ were frustrated inside the system. Bad grades, boring curriculum, no dream placement. The system pushed them to the edge and they had no choice but to figure something out.
The ones who nailed the system went and built great careers for someone else.
Inside IIT it’s simple. Mug up a week before exams, vomit it out, get the grades, get placed, done. No learning. No curiosity. Just doing what’s required and moving to the next checkpoint laid down by the seniors/ curriculum.
One thing I’ve seen that I still think about is, E-Cell, IIT Bombay’s famous entrepreneurship cell. Ask anyone there why they actually joined. Honest answer? POR. Position of responsibility. Resume point. Consulting shortlist. The cell literally built to create founders became just another checkbox on the way to McKinsey. Nobody’s building anything. Everyone’s just trying to look like they are.
The root of all this is JEE.
JEE doesn’t test intelligence. It tests pattern recognition. Two years of the same spoon fed questions from coaching institutes on repeat until your brain just memorises the pattern. IIT runs the exact same game for four more years.
Life is multidimensional. IIT makes you linear. In the real world nobody hands you a perfectly scoped problem with a clean answer. You have to find the problem yourself, sit with the uncertainty, and figure something out from scratch. Finding the real problem is harder than solving it.
The system optimised so hard for one type of intelligence that it forgot to develop another. And now we wonder why the best minds in India are building the world’s best products - for American companies.
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Every year the smartest youngsters in India crack JEE Advanced and make it to IIT. Four years later they’re at Google, Goldman, McKinsey.
But India still hasn’t produced a Google, an Apple, an OpenAI. Decades of IITs and nothing. I feel there’s a reason. Apart from the brain drain…
Yeah IIT gave us unicorns. But Flipkart is Amazon for India. Ola is Uber for India. Razorpay is Stripe for India. None of them original, just Indian copies of things that already worked in the US.
And even those - who actually built them are mostly the ones who struggled/ were frustrated inside the system. Bad grades, boring curriculum, no dream placement. The system pushed them to the edge and they had no choice but to figure something out.
The ones who nailed the system went and built great careers for someone else.
Inside IIT it’s simple. Mug up a week before exams, vomit it out, get the grades, get placed, done. No learning. No curiosity. Just doing what’s required and moving to the next checkpoint laid down by the seniors/ curriculum.
One thing I’ve seen that I still think about is, E-Cell, IIT Bombay’s famous entrepreneurship cell. Ask anyone there why they actually joined. Honest answer? POR. Position of responsibility. Resume point. Consulting shortlist. The cell literally built to create founders became just another checkbox on the way to McKinsey. Nobody’s building anything. Everyone’s just trying to look like they are.
The root of all this is JEE.
JEE doesn’t test intelligence. It tests pattern recognition. Two years of the same spoon fed questions from coaching institutes on repeat until your brain just memorises the pattern. IIT runs the exact same game for four more years.
Life is multidimensional. IIT makes you linear. In the real world nobody hands you a perfectly scoped problem with a clean answer. You have to find the problem yourself, sit with the uncertainty, and figure something out from scratch. Finding the real problem is harder than solving it.
The system optimised so hard for one type of intelligence that it forgot to develop another. And now we wonder why the best minds in India are building the world’s best products - for American companies.
Your views on this?
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Post #2091
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Nahi horha bhai dsa
Totally fucked
What the hell is this how does someone get mastery over this salute to that individual
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Totally fucked
What the hell is this how does someone get mastery over this salute to that individual
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