Job market is slow, pay is low, not many opportunities, interviewing standards don't justify the salary in the market, companies don't prefer people on visa. I am currently working as a data analyst (SQL, excel, and PowerPoint) at a TC needed to just keep my visa status. I think I just pursued the wrong choice of education and career. Should I go for another degree (another chunk of debt and time investment) or just move back to India? I should be able to get a 15-20lpa job there which I feel is better than the current 80k TC here while being closer to family and having home food. Thoughts?
You don't need a degree to get into tech. There's a ton of opportunity to learn and ramp.
How?
Why should companies "prefer" people on visa.
Not complaining, just stating a fact that a ton of companies don't sponsor visas
The way you phrased it makes it hard to infer
Learn PowerBI and call yourself a big data scientist
Why not Leetcode
1. Changing career domain puts my visa at risk 2. I never studied CS, so know nothing about it
Do an online masters or on-campus masters
Join us buddy
🍻 Does your org pay well as a data analyst?
Sounds like you’re not happy here. Work super hard to get more education why? To do something you didn’t choose to do in the first place, still be away from family all to get more expensive food that still isn’t home cooked and be lonely in a slightly bigger apartment? Don’t feel obligated to try to live out the American dream if that’s not your dream. I’m American and love India.
What you mentioned is exactly what makes me scared and skeptical. I definitely miss my family, the care, the connections, and home cooked meals everyday here. And that it's not being compensated by money for me, like it does for most tech folks. Thanks for providing this perspective, definitely hit a nerve there!
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Yes that’s true. 20 LPA in India is better than 80K in the US
I am expecting closer to 15lpa, maybe 20lpa if I get a good offer. In either case, I think it will be a better choice because analytics is a bigger market in India than US.
Why do you think you can get 15lpa in India for a data analyst role?