Which engineering branch has better scope: software, IT, mechanical or computer sciences?

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Sunil Soni
9 years ago
As per the current job market surveys, job opportunities are as follows in order of precedence: CSE, software engineering, IT and mechanical engineering.

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What shall I do to do a software job?

You can consider: 1. Petroleum engineering. 2. Chemical engineering. 3. Agricultural engineering. 4. Mining engineering. 5. Plastic engineering.

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9 years ago
The demand in the market for CSE is more than the other two branches.

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Vinay kr Pandey
4 years ago
Both of these sectors are equally important! CSE branch gives exposure to the students regarding the current needs in the IT sector while Mech gives exposure towards the core sector, Either you wish to switch to research or Ph.D. or you want to build your own model of F1 and go for any Leading compa

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Anshul Chittora
6 years ago
Of course, it is computer science and information technology as IT sector has more jobs as well as they never gonna stop.

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9 years ago
Mechanical Engineering is called an evergreen branch considering its placement potentials. Streams in demand include Electronics and Communication, Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronics, Computer Science and Engineering and so on. Besides, there are new generation streams such as Information T

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Taslim Arif
9 years ago
Decreasing order is as: CSE, IT, SOFTWARE, MECHANICAL. But, nowadays, software is not as good as was before 3 years. So, I suggest you not to choose software or mechanical. Better to choose CSE or IT.

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9 years ago
Engineering itself is a highly pronounced technical field, which is divided into various other fields. Two such fields are computer science engineering and mechanical engineering. When it comes to the software world, computer science engineering rules and when it comes to the core world, you can re

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Rishi Broto Chakraborty
9 years ago
Hello, Mechanical engineering and IT are two completely different fields. While, IT and software cover only the software section. Computer science provides a balanced course between hardware and software. In mechanical engineering, you need to have a lot of physical strength, while in IT, you need

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kartik sharma
9 years ago
The sequence goes from top to bottom: Computer science Software IT Mechanical engineering.

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