What happens when you don’t get the IITs and NITs of the world? Should you just stop dreaming about joining the big tech giants like Amazon? For our speaker today - Nikhil Anand, it is an astounding NO! He is someone who messed up his JEE-Mains. He also failed miserably in MHT-CET, scoring just 8/100 in Maths. By now you are thinking he is up to no good! Well, here is where Nikhil is going to prove you wrong. He somehow cleared his Karnataka Board’s Engineering Exams and got into Christ University.
In the next four years, he worked on his profile and made himself industry-ready. He got a job in Epsilon as a software developer. There he realized he didn’t like coding. His interest started pivoting to computer networks. And once he saw an opportunity online, he applied for AWS - Amazon Web Services (one of the top networking solutions companies). And guess what? He got selected as Cloud Engineer at AWS. After working for 3 years at multiple positions within the organization, he is currently working as a Solution Architect for AWS.
If you are a software engineer who doesn’t like coding and wants to do something different then this video is a must-watch for you. If you're wondering how an engineer can get a job all by him/herself, without the aid of campus placements, this is a must-watch for you!
Highlights:
- It’s not necessary to be from the IITs and NITs to be hired by a big company like AWS. They don’t look at the college tag but your knowledge and talent.
- Marks are not the end of everything. Many people get into big companies even after not ranking top 100 in JEE, etc.
- Know the ins and outs of networking if you want to get into AWS or any such organization.
- Creating a profile from a very early age is very important. Mention even the smallest of projects that you have done in college in your LinkedIn profile. You never know what attracts the recruiters.
- Like it or not communication skills are important for cracking the Tech biggies. So, you will have to work on that.
- Don’t just take up online courses because your friend or someone you know is doing it. Find out if the course is going to help you in the future and then opt for it.
- If you want to be a cloud engineer, know that you have to work in real-time. You can’t work in sprints like other developers and computer engineers do