I have seen a lot of Indians on Blind complain about the uncertainties regarding the H1B lottery system. I recently heard that to change a company (to a better one) is another big hassle. Seeing the current political situation in US is it still worth to do Masters in US? Compare it with doing MTech from IITs or IIIT H ( much less fees) TC - 10lacs + YoE - 1year PS: I did my bachelor's in ECE- Electrical from a mediocre university in India, so I won't get good admits if I apply for Masters in US
Just move to the US if you don't like it you can go back, you'll not regret your time here, I've been in the US for 6 years, best years of my life so far barring childhood.
That was true some years back. Some of my seniors have told me to stay in India instead. They feel that the US has become very unstable, people get RFEs for no reason, it is not easy to switch companies ...
Don't rely on seniors figure out what's best for you, if you are taking advice from people not doing well they are obviously gonna tell not to come, if you know you can live the American dream then just do it.
GTFO and pursure masters in US. I still regrey not doing it
What is your TC? Why do you regret not doing Masters in US? There are companies in India that gives 35lacs+ TC
I make 30 LPA with 8 yoe. Folks who started with me here in product companies, who went onto pursue Masters are making 500K± NYC/ bay area in elite startups, hedge funds etc.
Ignore TC conversion. If you can find a decent MS program that doesn't cost much then go for it. Aim to not be under huge debt post MS. Even without H-1B, you will have approx 2.5 years on OPT to recover some/all of your tuition depending on the gig you get. Be mentally prepared to go back. With that mindset overall experience will be positive. MS and US industry is a great learning experience.
If you're asking people in US, convert that TC in US dollars
Since cost of living in India is much less than US, the exact conversion doesn't make sense. I'd say it is around 70k-90k USD
We can do the PPP conversion ourselves, 10 lakhs is about 14k USD. The US itself has areas with wildly different cost of living so your adjusted TC is pretty meaningless as is without further specifying where in the US you’re specifically adjusting for.