I (27F) apologize that this is a bit of a long post, but I’d really appreciate any opinions or positive feedback you can share.
I graduated in 2020 from a tier-3 college. I was an above-average student and got offers from multiple service-based companies (Wipro, Hexaware, TCS, L&T) through campus placements. I did my undergrad in ECE, so I wasn’t allowed to sit for product-based companies like Amazon or Commvault during placements. Apart from those, since my college was tier-3, very few product-based companies visited our campus.
I joined Wipro in December 2020, right in the middle of the COVID peak. Back then, I didn’t really understand the difference between product-based and service-based companies. I joined Wipro thinking I’d eventually grow in my career. I got trained in Salesforce and was deployed as a Salesforce developer for one of Wipro’s clients.
To be honest, Salesforce doesn’t involve much coding, and it largely depends on whether the client expects customization. In my case, since the project didn’t involve much customization, I mostly worked on minor administrative or routine tasks. I’ve done five Salesforce certifications over the past five years, but I still feel like I haven’t learned anything significant that would help me switch or do something meaningful.
Right now, my salary at Wipro is 8 LPA. When I see my friends who pursued their master’s in the US — some of them are earning in crores and genuinely enjoying their lives — it honestly makes me feel low and question where I went wrong. I’m happy for them, but it’s hard not to compare when I feel so stagnant.
I’m seriously considering pursuing a master’s in the US so that I can eventually get a job in a good product-based or Fortune 500 company. I’m honestly done with companies like Wipro. However, since I’m already 27, my parents are pressuring me to get married. I’m planning to wait until I’m 30 so I can establish a stable career before that.
But I’m not sure if it’s too late to pivot my career or pursue a master’s now. The thought of learning DSA and system design from scratch at 27 feels daunting and a bit weird — I just feel stuck.
P.S. Please don’t suggest pivoting to a product-based company in India because that feels next to impossible given my service-based experience. Doing a master’s feels like the only way to get a fresh start.
Please advise me — what should I do to get my career and life back on track?
Believe me 6 months are enough to learn both DSA and system design and that too from scratch considering you have little idea of dsa and no idea of system design
Harder part is getting interview calls and cracking those. Be consistent and you will be able to achieve what you want
Thanks for your reply. Firstly do u think this 6 month prep is enough for an average teir 3 graduate like me and secondly lets assume i succeed in my prep , what are the chances of getting interview considering my academic , professional history. Do u think I should do an ms in the US.
First of all don't think of age as a barrier or a factor in anything , one thinks age as a factor because of society ... U r mature enough now so don't let society influence your career ...
Also comparing urself with others will kill u more internally
Secondly u can do MS if u get a good college no issues with that ...
Else you can definitely try in the software domain 1 year max u will definitely get a job ...
I know guys having 1 year employment gap and then cracking google as they ask DSA only
u can dm me i can get u referred in most of the companies
If you want to stick with Salesforce, you should try switching to Big 4.
Yes , but the thing is that i haven't had much hands on experience in salesforce development. I have done routine admin tasks . Thats it. Interviews are unfortunately focused on hands development done in the previous projects. Can u please share some tips for overcoming this issue
Not to make you feel offended my friend, I feel like you are just giving yourself reasons to reject possible routes saying "that's impossible" and "this is impossible".
Please do remind yourself that the only way you can break out of a dire situation through consistent, focused and planned effort. There's no shortcuts here...
From your replies to other commenters, I feel like you've already made up your mind to go to the US... and that's okay! Just keep reminding yourself that the only way out is by breaking out of the cycle of "normalcy".
You WILL eventually have to take risk either there, or here.
You WILL fail a bunch of times and succeed eventually.
It's just a matter of when you take that gamble. The only result out of over engineering your future is disappointment.
Usa is finished. It's a to be 3rd world country like it always was before dollar became reserve currency. DO NOT GO THERE.
What makes u feel that its a 3rd world country. I mean still there's a lot of difference between dollar and rupee and also one can work and there for 10 for 10 years and come back to India with lifetime savings
My background: worked 4 years in Infosys. worked at an avg 6 LPA. Did my masters from IIT Bombay. joined oracle at 32Lpa. current CTC: 60LPA.
My opinion for you:
It is the right thinking to get stable financially before marriage otherwise money will give you more stress after marriage because expenses will almost get 2-3 times. but if you cross age 30, don't postpone after that.
Now coming to career aspect. Getting a IIT/IIIT tag or master from ivy Colleges will definitely help. There are orgs within companies which don't even consider taking tier2/3 students. eg OCI, DB units in oracle. Butttt, once you are placed fresh from college you prior experience may take a backseat or may not be even considered initially be mindful of that.
preparing for DSA, LLD, HLD, your prior project experience, leqdership will take atleast 1 year of grinding if you are not already a red coder.
This is current reality in my opinion. Take suggestions from everyone finally do whatever you feel is right. Have a good luck!!!!
Also a point which I missed, you can switch from SBC to PBC. my friends switched from Infosys to airtel and then to FAANG++. prepare some good tech stack also along with dsa and design. like MERN stack, python/go with some full stack frameworks or Java spring boot. either one of them.
Hi bro currently iam in a service based company could you suggest resources for lld in python ?
29M here. Started DSA and system design just a month ago. 9L CTC. 2 YoE.
Hope that's enough motivation for you 🙂. If not let me know.
I am a bba graduate so if i learn dsa or system design will it help me to have good knowledge and crack job in IT domain?
Hey, can you share some roadmap or resources for system design.
Move to Germany for 10 X salary and safety
How to move to Germany? For studying purpose a block account of 10Lakhs is required. Jobs are mostly german speaking, hard to get english speaking ones.
Any insight you can provide which might help?
How true is this? And how sure is this?
Don't do masters in US, it costs a lot and might not turn out to be as helpful as u think considering the job market right now. My friends r struggling to find a job in US and have returned to India but they aren't able to get a job here either. Upskill in India as much as u can and keep ur standards high while applying for companies. Confidence in ur capabilities play a huge role, trust me.
If u don't mind asking , what kind of universities did they go to?
I took a break of 4 years after my BE. Then wrote CEED and joined MDes in a premier Indian institute at 26. My first real job was at 28. When i graduated from Engineering college, the max package i could get was 3-4LPA. But a masters from good college and boom! Suddenly I am worth 10+L salary. I interned at this startup for 1year with 22.5kpm.
What I want to say is ☺️ do what you feel is right and make your decision right.
Thanks for the motivation
U could have skilledup in Salesforce itself 7-9 yrs of exp in Salesforce are earning 25-35 lpa minimum and if u eventually become an architect it can be 40 LPA. Tools like ServiceNow and Salesforce are more business-focused and involve human decision-making, making it challenging for AI to fully replace. I have a friend who, a 2020 passout, started with TCS for 2 ½ years. He was into L1 support but tried to move to ServiceNow developer and worked for 9 months in that project and now he shifted from 4.7lpa to 12 Lpa now.as far i know Salesforce is even better than ServiceNow
I worked at a service based company for IT infra services and support for 5 years. I switched to another service based (current company) hoping for a particular technology, but actually was put into Incident management. Then I made I enrolled into a PG Diploma course for AI ML. Finishing that course got me a foot in the door, for AI projects in my current company through IJP. Later I also finished my masters in AI ML (online). I got a good offer from another company, but my company retained by matching the offer and then also promoted me next year. BTW I am also from electronics background. Sorry if it seems like long winded or like blowing my own trumpet. My point is dont worry about what has happened, dont compare with others. Just focus on what you want to do, and put the effort in. You will definitely achieve your dreams.
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