Starting or running your own business, from a services firm to a funded startup. In the graph it is rarely a first step; people arrive after operations, sales or engineering roles, and the most common move afterwards is back into operations. The early years are sales, hiring and cash flow, whatever the product. Mumbai is the graph's most common location. Treat it as a stage with an exit path, not a one-way door.

• Microsoft OfficeOn 774 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
• ManagementOn 740 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
• LeadershipOn 638 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Leadership / Executive
• Microsoft ExcelOn 617 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
• Team ManagementOn 430 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
• Business DevelopmentOn 346 profiles in the career graph; most in Marketing & Sales, Leadership / Executive
• MarketingOn 335 profiles in the career graph; most in Marketing & Sales, Leadership / Executive
• GeneralOn 301 profiles in the career graph; most in Entrepreneurship, Engineering Management
• Business StrategyOn 264 profiles in the career graph; most in Leadership / Executive, Entrepreneurship
• EntrepreneurshipOn 72 profiles in the career graph; most in Entrepreneurship

• OperationsMaking the business run: processes, people, vendors, targets, escalations. It is the largest role in the graph by volume and the destination most other roles move into, because it is where 'I know ho…
• Leadership / ExecutiveRunning a function or a company: director, VP, C-suite, founder-operator. The graph places it at the top level and shows it reached from engineering management, consulting, operations and marketing a…
• Marketing & SalesGetting customers: field sales, inside sales, brand, digital and performance marketing, business development. It is one of the largest roles in the graph and a common first job after a BBA, BCom or M…
• ConsultingClient projects in short, intense stretches: a problem, a deck, a recommendation, next client. Entry is usually a campus round at a strategy, Big Four or boutique firm, or a lateral move after a few …
• Software EngineeringWriting and maintaining software in a product company, a services firm or a startup: features, bugs, tests, reviews, on-call. It is the most common destination for interns in the graph and one of the…
• Academia / ResearchTeaching, lab work and papers, usually inside a university, an IIT/IISc-style institute or a research council lab. Early years are a Master's or PhD with a stipend, where the real skills are reading …

• B.A. in Design: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 45%, Design / UX 17%, Software Engineering 9%
• B.A. in Management: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 22%, Marketing & Sales 14%, Intern 13%
• B.Sc in Finance: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 18%, Intern 11%, Finance 10%
• B.Sc in Management: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 22%, Entrepreneurship 12%, Academia / Research 10%
• BBA in Finance: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 16%, Finance 12%, Intern 10%
• BBA in Management: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 21%, Marketing & Sales 20%, Intern 15%
• BBA: first jobsMost common first roles: Entrepreneurship 19%
• CA: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 19%, Intern 18%, Entrepreneurship 11%
• Diploma: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 21%, Operations 12%, Intern 10%

1. Campus Binge career graph: aggregates of public career profiles (cells with n ≥ 5); no person is namedCommunity view
   As of 2026-10-15

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