Answer:
Dear Aninda,
You are planning in the right direction. You can take up a course right away to get yourself more
focussed in the area of software development. I would suggest, if you have computer
science department, you may either opt for switching to Computer Sciences for your
engineering or talk to your HOD of computer science department telling your interest and
letting you take some courses or let you sit through the classes of some of the computer
science courses.
There are various institutes also which offer short term and
long term courses. The choice of the institute however is not so critical as the
amount of effort which you put in yourself by reading books and practicing program writing. C++ is a
good choice. You should see where your interest lies where you can use your C++ skills. Is it in
systems programming, application programming, database programming or GUI development and try
to take up some short term projects along with your engineering, in the identified area. If you
have campus interviews where software companies come, you can approach them to let you take
tests/interviews at campus or you can approach them directly highlighting your interests and
skills in software.
If you work hard and learn fast, getting a good software job, right from the campus, should be easy.
Wish you all the best.
Your counsel. |
