My sis has joined the IT program in an engg college.. I guess many ppl r going to IT once again..Looks like a re-rising of IT/CS after that C.S boom (i guess 96-2000) when every1 was opting for a CS seat in engg or if not available, atleast shooting for a B.Sc in Copmp Sci..Then , after this dotcom bust happpened,every1 thot ECE was the best investment and then EEE..Now, its come a full circle and back to CompSci and IT, now that the industry is really booming there..On the flip side, even a Civil engr finally is placed in a software company as a computer science engr thru campus placement..This, they attribute to the fact that there r no Civil Engg companies coming to campus and hence they take to these s/w firms..But i seriously feel that even if they had a choice(of a civil engg vs s/w job) they would take to the s/w job because obviously it pays more..Finally, for most ppl ,its a question of money (pretty cold-blooded of me to make such an assumption ;)) ..Infact, i was the only guy i think working in a non-software position after college..Almost all of my EEE batchmates were in one s/w company or another..Mebbe, even i would've tried for a s/w comapny if i had not got this campus placement at SCM..Another thing tht i feel is that the number of ppl who come for MS wud now steadily reduce as most ppl land a job after college now in india..I would b really surprised if the number of students who come to my univ is nearly as much as last years or the year before's number..I think am going to blog more abt GRE, MS and the like soon..

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Ravi