By Aslam Rahman | 27 Years of IT Career Mentoring | cguru.co.in Stress-busting strategies for engineers are not something most engineering colleges teach. But I have seen, up close, what happens when engineers ignore stress. Over 27 years of mentoring students and placing freshers across India’s IT sector, I can tell you this — stress…
A 27-year IT career consultant shares how to ask for a salary hike after probation in India’s IT sector. Real timing, scripts, salary data, and what NOT to say to your manager. Salary hike after probation is a conversation most Indian IT freshers never have. Not because they do not want a raise. But because…
HCL vs Tech Mahindra vs Wipro fresher placement in 2026 — salary, selection process, bond, training and honest advice from a 27-year IT career consultant. Read before you apply. Every year, thousands of Indian engineering students face the same question. You have applied to HCL, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro. Maybe all three. Maybe you have…
IT offer letter revoked and you’re staring at your phone in shock? A 27-year IT career consultant breaks down your legal rights under the Indian Contract Act, why companies really do this, and a clear step-by-step plan to recover fast. You worked for months. You cleared aptitude tests, technical rounds, HR interviews. You sent the…
Software Engineering in the AI Era — And Why the Students Who Ignore This Will Struggle for Jobs by 2027 Software engineering in the AI era is no longer a future concept. It is the present reality in every IT interview room, every sprint standup, and every hiring decision happening right now in 2026. I…
TCS vs Infosys for freshers — I have been asked this question more times than I can count. A student from Bhubaneswar called me last year. Priya had offers from both. She had worked hard for months. Two offer letters were sitting in her inbox. She did not know which one to accept. “Sir, please…
Machine Learning Engineer vs DevOps Engineer — if you have typed this into Google at 2 AM before your placement season, you are not alone. I get this question almost every week. A student from Rourkela messages me. A BTech final year from Sambalpur calls. A fresher from a Bhubaneswar college sends a voice note….
Is a data science master’s degree worth it in 2026 — or are you about to spend two years and ₹50 lakhs chasing a certificate that a six-month bootcamp can replace? That is the question I get asked at least three times a week. Students from Bhubaneswar, Vizag, Nagpur, and dozens of other cities send…
Cognizant vs Infosys vs Wipro for freshers — this is the question I get asked more than almost any other question in my career counselling sessions. Every week, a student from Bhubaneswar or Sambalpur or Rourkela sends me a message that goes something like this: “Sir, I got offers from two of these companies. Which…
An AI career roadmap for BTech freshers is the most searched career topic among Indian engineering students right now — and most of what you find online is either outdated, generic, or written by someone who has never sat across from a hiring manager. For 27 years, I have counselled students from Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Rourkela,…
Switch to IT career from a non-CS branch — this is one of the most common questions I get every single year. And it comes from the same place every time. A third-year or final-year student from ECE, Mechanical, or Civil engineering who looks around, sees the placements happening in their college, and realises that…
Your first day at an IT company is not just an HR formality. It is the day that sets the tone for everything that follows — your reputation, your relationships, and how seriously your team takes you from week one. I have spent 27 years in IT hiring, training, and career counselling. I have placed…
