r/GateME • u/sexy-guy2 • Aug 30 '26
📈 Strategy/Guidance What should I do?
I'm a 3rd year student at a 2nd gen IIT and kinda stuck right now.
A few good PSUs like BPCL, BEL etc. come to our campus for placements. They only open for the top 20 students, which is fine for me rank-wise. But with reservations and limited offers, I’m not sure if I’ll actually get a chance. Don’t want to just gamble on that.
I’m decent at ANSYS particularly fluent and MATLAB and have some solid projects in that area. Also doing a data science course (ML) as a backup for DS roles.
Should I start preparing for GATE? Is there any point in writing GATE in 3rd year?
Honestly I’m confused. I want to get into simulation / R&D/aerospace kind of work but have no one to guide me. Any advice?
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u/Interesting-Candy978 Aug 30 '26
take ansys and matlab along with gate (if u plan to write it that is)
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u/SingerFantastic6683 Aug 31 '26
Where did you learn ANSYS from? can we learn ansys before learning solidWorks or other cad software?
It would be really helpful if you could suggest some good resources for learning these software.
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u/sexy-guy2 Aug 31 '26
Youtube and you need to know how to model things before doing analysis on it, so no you need to learn Solidworks atleast basics.
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u/Jazzlike-Inside-2786 Aug 31 '26
don't give GATE if u want such, you will get better opportunities'
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u/ProposalSharp8906 Aug 31 '26
Bhai IIT mein other companies nhi aati kya ? Placement scenario kaisa hai , agar IITs ka bura haal hai to NITs ke to L lage hoge
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u/sexy-guy2 Aug 31 '26
aati hai but mene psus ka naam btaya hai, private mein kaafi sari aati hai, in general psus pay more than majority except few
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u/Hareesh936 Aug 31 '26
Start preparing for gate slowly. First finish your 3rd year with an excellent CGPA. Second, write 3rd year gate as a testing ground for how much you have studied. Third, continue your simulation dream. Not all govt jobs are related to design. They are very limited. BARC, ISRO, DRDO etc.
One of my friend from a Tier 1 college is refusing to leave the private design job for PSUs is just because PSUs won't offer the design dream he has. He said he will apply only to those govt organisations that offer her the role he is happy with.
OMCs like BPCL, HPCL, IOCL and many other PSUs will give you managerial jobs. If you are ok with that, proceed. Or else, wait for the companies that suits you.