Friday 30 December 2011

Project in industry and college - pros and cons - my views

It is a big dilemma whether to do project in college or industry.  Most of the people cannot get an opportunity to do a project in industry without a strong reference.  If one gets a project in industry, there is no scope of learning the subject more. You will be allotted to a team leader as guide and you have to follow his instructions. There will be less chance for you learn something. At the end of the day, you will be given a project to put as thesis.  There are many few industries which will allow you to work on yourselves by utilizing the facilities.  Hence in an industry there is a less scope of developing as a research scientist.  But the advantages of going for project in industry is you can get some contacts and references which will help in job search. You will also be knowing the functioning of industry and it wont look  new when you go for a job.  Coming to the advantages of doing project in college is there is large scope of learning by yourselves regarding how to design a project and how to execute it, different problems that you may encounter and how to overcome them.  But proper guidance and facilities are needed for doing the same. You will also be knowing how to document the research work (thesis) and how to publish article.  Dedication and willingness to learn and do the work is needed. 

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