Running 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 after many years. The work is strategy, hiring leaders, budgets and being accountable for outcomes you do not directly control. Mumbai is the most common location. Interestingly, the most common move afterwards is back into operations, often as a general manager.

• 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
• 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
• Project ManagementOn 323 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Leadership / Executive
• Business StrategyOn 264 profiles in the career graph; most in Leadership / Executive, Entrepreneurship
• Market ResearchOn 229 profiles in the career graph; most in Marketing & Sales, Leadership / Executive
• StrategyOn 211 profiles in the career graph; most in Leadership / Executive, Engineering Management

• 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…
• EntrepreneurshipStarting 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 commo…
• 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…
• Engineering ManagementLeading engineers: hiring, planning, reviews, unblocking, and being accountable for delivery. Almost nobody starts here; it follows years as a senior engineer and usually a period as a tech lead. The…
• 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 …
• 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 Computer Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 26%, Software Engineering 13%, Operations 11%
• B.A. in Finance: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 19%, Intern 17%, Marketing & Sales 14%
• B.A. in Information Technology: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 15%, Software Engineering 11%, Marketing & Sales 10%
• B.A.: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 17%, Intern 16%, Operations 14%
• B.Com in Finance: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 25%, Marketing & Sales 17%, Intern 16%
• 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%
• B.Sc in Mechanical: first jobsMost common first roles: Marketing & Sales 24%, Human Resources 19%, Leadership / Executive 13%
• BBA in Management: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 21%, Marketing & Sales 20%, Intern 15%
• CA: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 19%, Intern 18%, Entrepreneurship 11%
• M.A. in Mechanical: first jobsMost common first roles: Leadership / Executive 23%, Academia / Research 22%, Marketing & Sales 11%
• M.Sc in Finance: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 19%, Leadership / Executive 16%, Finance 16%
• M.Sc in Marketing: first jobsMost common first roles: Engineering Management 58%, Leadership / Executive 21%
• M.Sc in Mechanical: first jobsMost common first roles: Leadership / Executive 20%, Operations 17%
• M.Sc: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 16%, Operations 13%, Engineering Management 13%
• Other in Finance: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 28%, Operations 18%, Finance 13%

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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