What Should You Do after Graduating? — Academia vs. Industry
How to decide between doing higher studies and joining the industry?
Are you a fresh Computer Science graduate who is debating between pursuing higher studies and going for a job? Then you have stumbled across the right article. In this article, I would like to share some of the experiences I had to face, the things I learned, what to consider when weighing your choices and some online tools that will come in handy to make your final choice.
I was reaching the last semester of my bachelor's degree in Computer Science in Engineering in the year 2017. As the careers day was nearing, I was debating with myself about what I truly wanted to do; whether to sit in front of a computer and code while I get paid a decent salary and develop a good career or join academia where I can do higher studies and specialize in a field of my interest. As you would have expected, I did some reading and talked with people in the field. Here are a few points I learned when it comes to deciding what to do after graduating.
Who you are and what you want
Choosing between doing higher studies and doing a job is purely a personal choice. It primarily depends on where your actual interests lie, what you truly like to do and what you plan on doing in the future.
First of all, you should identify what type of person you are. You may be a person who loves to mess with code and enjoys developing software, or on the other hand, you may be a person who is not that much into coding but loves doing research and specializing in trending fields. So first of all, you should figure out what kind of a person you are; whether you are more of a code lover or more of a research lover; whether you want to join the industry and build a career or you want to do higher studies and engage in more research.
It is better to plan ahead rather than merely wait for things to happen in your life. You may have an innovative idea you want to market and you plan to have your own startup. You may want to develop a career, climb up the career ladder and be a top executive in the industry. On the other hand, you may want to devote your knowledge and expertise towards the development of the…
