Career road
The road to Software engineer
Build the apps and systems millions of people use
JEE Main → B.Tech CSE
Shifting Medium riskAI exposure: highThe most common road: a rank, a seat, four years, then placements. Drawn for a sample Class 12 student; your own map picks colleges for you.
- Starts at
- ₹6–18 L/yr
- Later
- ₹25–60 L/yr after 6–8 years
- Takes
- 4 years of B.Tech, or 3 + 2 via BCA–MCA
- Costs
- ₹1–6 L/yr depending on college
Crack JEE Mainnow
Get a seatJun–Jul 2027
Get job-ready2027–31
Land the job2031
If your rank is 18,421 or better
Class 11 PCMDone
Y
Mock 180+out of 300 · by 15 Dec
BITSATAnother option
JEE Main22–30 Jan 2027 · expectedHard one
Boards 75%+Feb 2027 · needed for NITs
Plan A
JoSAAJune–July 2027
Plan B
JEE Main admissionLPU
NIT HamirpurECE · closing 18,421 · JoSAA 2024
LPUCSE · closing 4,00,000
ScholarshipsAnother option
B.Tech CSE2027–31
DSA + 2 projectsYear 1–2 · an hour a day
Summer internshipYear 3 · apply Dec–Feb
Software engineerPlacements, Aug–Dec 2030
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