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Very well written . The education system in India is absolutely a joke.
Here is how it works . After 10th exams you take up science for 10+2. Simultaneously, you enroll for Maths,Physics and Chemistry tutions ( for IIT entrence exams). If you are dedicated ,hardworking ,sharp and have no social life ( ie do not do the things every teenager should do viz chase girls, get laid, loaf around) you might get into IITs or a good NIT ( say 3000 seats) . All others are doomed to join B/C grade colleges. Here comes the catch. Such colleges do not teach anything , they just print degrees . Students mug up OS, DB , Networking, Software Engg and pass out with distiction but are not able to install Windows or change IP address . Setting classpath/path or coding( BFS/DFS/Data Str / Searching & Sorting) is a far cry.
When i graduated ( with a CS degree from a B grade college ) I could not write "Hello world" in any language , did not know how to query records. However, I was placed in the first company that came to campus. These are USD 10 billion companies that build and maintain "MISSION CRITICAL" applications for all the "Movers & Shakers" of US of A.
Four years down the line , thanks to internets ( Esp Hacker News) I can code. From a zero to a decent programmer. My teammates(4-5 yrs of experience) can not write code that will print a directory structure. They can not complie code without eclipse. All they want is "ONSITE"
This is the story of India that I know.
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CS ain't everything.