CGPA AND BRANCH

Early in the career (internships and first job), CGPA matters a lot. It's not like it is the sole thing, but that's something which will help you stand apart when there's tough competition.

I was from ECE and I do understand what you shared.

Lol. I will tell you chemical engineering story. Maybe it's different for ECE or maybe not. People who were toppers in chemical engineering got into core jobs and barely make 20-30 lpa now after 7 years. Myself was a 6 point someone, but I loved coding and analytics. Now am a data scientist earning 60+ lpa after 7yoe. Probably better then most computer science students too.

So all am saying is maybe stop worrying too much about CGPA, especially stop comparing. But never do injustice to yourself. You owe a good future to yourself. Just don't waste your time, pick a field you like and be good at it.

CGPA if you ask me is the language of smelly, farty nerds or geeks, who must honestly get more practical in life. But one good thing about them is they don't do injustice to themselves and work hard continuously. Keep that in mind and life is lot more about getting practical than defeating someone else

CGPA doesn't matter, but the college, yes.

keep the hustle on, I believe most companies want hardworking freshers who can be mouldable. anyways most of the things you learn in college won’t be that helpful and you’ll have to learn new things. As long you can learn new things quickly you don’t need to worry competing with CSE. I’ve seen my friend with PCB doing really well in programming.

Your CGPA will matter a LOT if you want to pursue higher education like MS or MBA. Even many companies put a filter on CGPA to weed out tons of applications. So don't be fooled by the notion that CGPA is not important.

You have to be above average. It also shows that you studied in college, you worked hard. Don't take it for granted.

Besides college placement cells decide applications based on students CGPA. Usually good companies put a filter like > 8 >7.5 in most of the colleges.

I was topper in my batch from WBUT. 80% marks in 2007 ECE. Didn't help a zilt in career. Cracked BHEL PSU, was only helpful in initial cut off to just appear in written test. That's about those 48 months of hard work and scores helped in my career. The first job in BHEL control equipment division was to supervise quality control of welded doors. That's how the subject knowledge died silent death. Focus more on life skills in college then mere grade points unless you plan on MS in electronics from US

Yes yes yes. A 1000 times yes. GPA matters.

I am fresher with 9 CGPA. Never have interviewer asked me my CGPA. Anything about branch I did my engineering from or anything related to that. FYI, most of those interviews were from Off campus.

I would say cgpa doesn't matter as lig as its not terrible.

Nobody asked for my cgpa ever. But i fucked around and didn't study in college. Don't make the same mistake. Study and try to get a good number

Well it does matter to certain extent for sure try to maintain atleast like 8 or above 7 minimum but it Is surely not the only thing dont worry we have all have been there. Best is to focus on your internship and work only because that is the primary thing.