• 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…
• 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…
• Data & AnalyticsTurning business data into reports, dashboards and answers: SQL, Excel, a BI tool, and a lot of explaining to people who do not read charts. Entry is a graduate analyst role in a bank, consultancy, e…
• 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…
• 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 …
• 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…
• InternThe first real work: a summer or semester in a company, paid or not, learning how a team ships something. It is the most common starting node in the graph, and the most frequent next step is software…
• Human ResourcesHiring, onboarding, payroll, policy, performance and the difficult conversations in between. Entry is an MBA or PG diploma in HR, a BBA with an HR internship, or a move from administration. Early yea…
• Product ManagementDeciding what gets built and why: user research, specs, prioritisation, working with engineering and design, and owning a metric. Almost nobody starts here; people come from engineering, design, anal…
• Other
• 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 …
• Design / UXDesigning products people use: research, flows, wireframes, visual design, prototypes. Entry is a design school programme, a bootcamp, or a self-taught portfolio and an internship at a startup or age…
• AdministrationOffice and back-office roles that keep an organisation running: records, scheduling, vendor coordination, compliance paperwork. The day is spreadsheets, email and follow-ups, and the people who do we…
• QA / TestingFinding what is broken before customers do: manual testing, automation, performance and release checks. It is a common entry into IT services for BTech, BCA and MCA graduates, and a route into softwa…

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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