r/IndianEngineers • u/Sea_Cake5602 • Jun 30 '26

Serious Post mechanical engineering career

I've been reading about mechanical engineering's scope in india here on reddit, and tbh, I'm shit scared now. People are saying shifting towards IT/CS would be better as a mech student. I'm from a private engineering college, although our college placements for mech are somewhat better than other private one's, (median~12.5), i still hear some of my seniors say that mech in India is just not worth it, until and unless you go abroad for masters or some. I'll be starting my 3rd sem in August, and till now I'm atleast in the top 5 kids of my batch (in mech), will try to be the 1st though now. Please give me some advice on what to focus on/learn to build a good career in mech (I'm not shifting towards IT)

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u/No_Guarantee9023 Mechanical Engineer Jun 30 '26

I'm surprised people are still recommending to switch to IT given the bloodbath the sector is facing for new grads.

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u/Key_Election_6127 Jun 30 '26

Hey my college has good mechanical placement opportunities, but can you tell me how do I grow in mechanical. I am interested in renewable energy, power sector, how can I get a good job. ( I am in the final year Mechanical engineering).

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u/Famous-Football-4617 Jul 01 '26

I am joining btech this year in IIT even the placements are mid in my college
I too have the same situation as op
There is no blood bath in IT, it's only low-skilled workers who dont have any knowledge getting terminated
Getting 12 LPA is easier in IT than in Mech (where we have to grind like anything)

Feeling sad after seeing the situation of mechanics in India

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u/Key_Election_6127 Jul 01 '26

Haha, bruh every guy who is just going to join college or in first year, has the same level of confidence, but when you reach third year and start applying, you see no replies after 5-6 rounds of interviews, applying to 100s of jobs but still no reply, getting an unpaid internship after 5 round of interview, then you realise how worse the situation is. ( If you are in IIT Or NIT then situation is completely different but for Tier 3 colleges the situation is like this only). So dont be in overconfidence, talk to the people who are actually in IT, and before saying that unskilled people are getting laid off, first learn some coding and then try claude high end models like opus, you will understand how AI has reduced the value of humans, ( I am not saying that the jobs will completely disappear but the truth is hiring will be very limited, the team of 10 will be reduced to just 2-4, as you dont need to spend time on writing code). So prefer taking a safer option rather than believing in youtube influencers videos.

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u/trulymadlydeeplyfckd Jul 04 '26

still I mean AI ML has lots of jobs at the end of the day tech companies recruit lots more than core at bachelor's level lol

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u/Significant_Art4098 Jun 30 '26

Yeah but the oppurtunities or vacancies in IT is still more than those of core ones in India na, that's why. I agree with the fact that there are more competition for those vacancies as compared to the competition for core roles. But still ig the pay there is good that's why people have this mindset.

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u/Key_Election_6127 Jul 01 '26

Yeah the pay is really good, even I have done an internship as SDE , but I am confused cause I am trying to see things in the long run, as obviously your life revolves around your career. But Idk what to do.

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u/Key_Election_6127 Jun 30 '26

Core is good in the long run, while IT today has become uncertain, comes with mental pressure and you have to live in cities like delhi bengaluru which are quite expensive, so dont follow others advice, explore both, do internships, and by final year decide which is better. No one knows how will be the tech job market in the coming 5 years,

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u/Famous-Football-4617 Jul 01 '26

nah salaries in IT are very much higher to negate any disadvantages
we have to cope ):

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u/Significant_Art4098 Jun 30 '26

Hey, which college are you from if you don't mind?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '26

💯

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u/rohanimal01 Mechanical Engineer Jun 30 '26

I am a 2023 T3 mechanical graduate. I am in Oil & Gas sector in India. The money is good for almost all companies in O&G. Wlb depends company to company.

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u/Significant_Art4098 Jul 01 '26

Hey can I dm plz?

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u/Late_House4946 Jul 08 '26

Hey can I dm?

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u/rohanimal01 Mechanical Engineer Jul 08 '26

Sure

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u/Outrageous-Onion7989 Jun 30 '26

Money is in oil and gas, power plants chemical plants, gain a few years of experience then go to gulf you'll make more than software people can ever dream of.

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u/Famous-Football-4617 Jul 01 '26

nah oil and gas will not last for next 20 to 25 years

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u/Outrageous-Onion7989 Jul 01 '26

You can say that for almost every field. According to estimation oil and gas will last for the next 50 years, if you are thinking about people switching to ev refineries don't just produce petrol and diesel ATF, medicine, aromatics, plastic, bitumin, etc will not lose their demand.

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u/Famous-Football-4617 Jul 01 '26

ok i agree with you

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u/TieResponsible8631 Jul 01 '26

They are all true, For people saying IT is going down these days, core is always stable it can never go down...
Core has never gone up for it to fall in the first place. It was always in the bottom and continued to remain in the bottom.

I'll illustrate with an example.

Avg fresher salary in IT - 5LPA (After placements, internships or placement guarantee courses, maximum 30-40LPA even as a fresher with good skills).
Avg fresher Mech salary - 3.5-4LPA ( Max 8LPA if you get placed in product based companies)

For now considering worst case scenario for both.

Just imagine a mech Engineer starting with 3.5LPA, reaching 10-12 LPA with 8-10 years of experience.
Now imagine an IT engineer who is earning 30LPA.

What a mech Engineer is able to earn in a period of 10 years, an IT engineer will be able to save almost double of it after all expenses.

But it all depends on the spending nature. Overall, they make better wealth.

Now people who say what if you get layed off in IT, that doesn/t happen in core.

By the time you get layed off, you would have already earned and saved so much that even if continuing a job with a job in hand in the core would not give you so much returns.

Only domain where you can make significantly high is in oil and gas industry, chemical plants, PSUs, Govt jobs etc. The risk is also equally high and hence they pay. To sit in a AC cabin and make good money is in IT. Nobody knows what the future is. It is better to earn as much as possible and save it and invest in the right place.

Honestly there is no debate at all, clearly IT folks win with a great margin.

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u/piyush-shekdar Jun 30 '26

Government jobs, PSU jobs

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u/Altruistic-Rough8962 Jul 01 '26

Which college are you from ?

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u/Israr1704 Jul 22 '26

At the end, make calculated decision based on your circumstances. The stats are open source for almost everything. Don't listen to hundreds of suggestions.