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First steps towards a Successful Career
IIT Bombay, Sep 2012
Ashwin Rao
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Life after IIT
● IIT tag follows you. Is it a good thing ?
● "We were so naive during our IIT days !"
● Acquire versatility in skills and personality
● Associate with people different than you
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What are suitable jobs for me ?
● You can figure it out objectively
● Glamour, Money and the Mom Syndrome
● Understand your Skills and your Taste
● Think Career, not Jobs
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Prepare Well, but Chill Out
● Research the various jobs thoroughly
● Advice from your classmates and seniors ?
● Personal Life versus Professional Life
● Never compare yourself with others !
● Easy to correct bad jobs or wrong decisions
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Higher Studies
● Titles like MBA, PhD - what is their value ?
● What do the best employers care about ?
● PhD-> Only if you want to be an academic
● MBA -> Reset career
● Masters versus PhD
● MBA: Now or later ? From India or US ?
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Finance Jobs
● Banking
● Sales and Trading
● Quant
● IT
● Algo Trading
● Finance Jobs in India ?
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Current Wall Street Scenario
● Regulations hurting the industry
● Compensation levels down severely
● Still good for STEM backgrounds
● The tide will turn
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STEM Jobs
● Boom in STEM, particularly Silicon Valley
● Tech jobs don't pay well ?
● Example - Big Data
● Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon
● Exciting tech jobs in India ?
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Startups
● Not for everyone
● Market Size, Product, Team
● Funding
● Advisors
● Passion
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