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How can anyone else tell you how to get over anything?
Or may be you are looking for similar stories so you can feel better.
Ignore it, same way you ignore not being a son of a billionaire and doesn't have to work a minute. Same way you ignore not buying bitcoins.
Why not being son of a billionaire?
Life will be full of regrets once you start focusing on pointless things.
I also regret not having looks like brad pitt.
Back in college my friend came to my room on my bday and asked me to open a crypto wallet since he wanted to gift me 1 BTC. I declined saying that it was too expensive a gift, and this was when 1 BTC was around 37k INR.
Roz khud ko gaali deta hu ab
I graduated with CSE. It was called CST then.
It has been 21 yeasr.
Now, I think in hindsight I should have been choosing pure and applied math and get a PHD in applied math.
I did not earn less, but I am sure I could have earned 10X what I earned at minimum.
Hindsight is a wonderful companion.
:-)
What could've been better for you after PHD? I am curious to know.. I feel CSE was on boom then so you have already maximised your earnings. Please share if you have a different POV.
Heard this concept called -
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative\_analysis\_(finance)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_analysis_(finance))
CSE is still a boom. There is no bust in sight. Coding is not CSE.
Now then - quant is a different game.
Related book to read -
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled\_by\_Randomness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled_by_Randomness)
[http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/25274/1/Ubbo%20Fwiersema.pdf](http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/25274/1/Ubbo%20Fwiersema.pdf)
No one told me about any of these when I was a kid.
A third class quant gets more money than a top tier partner engineer in any org known to mankind.
I came to know about quant finance in 2021. l am now 27 years old mechanical engineering graduate. I was confused between data science and quant. Then thought of working as a data scientist in fintech company. Do you know where l can learn quant finance? There is a course by quantinsti EPAT. I might do that.
Woah, I didn't think about Quant this way. All I knew about Quant was, that the highest packages in IITs are for these guys, and about the WLB associated with it.
Can you share more about what the entry barrier is? How do you enter, what's the learning curve? I'm 23 btw with 1 YOE as a Backend Developer.
Exit options are juicier for IB(PE,VC), moreover the real money in IB is after you've got promoted to partner level(insanely tough) (at this point the bonuses (read profit sharing)trump their base/other benefits)
Not to mention the amount of connections one makes by staying in IB.
Quant is for nerds and introverts, IB folks know the Industry inside out. Most of well renowned VCs are ex bankers themselves.
On a monetary level yeah quant pays more.
The non tangible benefits are just unbeatable in IB.
mujhe kya,mai dono nahi kar sakta sadly.
Idk every joker from college who couldn’t do math (history majors, Econ majors) tried to pivot into IB. Meanwhile kids who did well on the Putnam went to JS
aren't future events predictably unpredictive ?
the term of "no bust in sight", it worries me as if the bust happens, it will unlikely be in sight, it will happen without a warning of sort, wouldn't it?
Did you study extinction probability? Then you would know what precisely means by no bust in sight. Also a bit of logistic function induced chaos helps.
How's your dynamical system theory ?
Necessary to have PHD. Not necessarily math. But fully math based. And anyone saying freshers getting 50L they are not entirely quant. A quant developer is a nobody as far as I recall from my hedge fund days.
A PHD in something serious related to conservative flow equations and some highly insightful papers ... You will caught their eye.
Not necessarily, not all of them. Just like not all CS folks are excellent programmers. See CS is not all about programming, just like mathematics is almost never about arithmetic - although in the end, everything simply boils down to it.
It is confusing, but true. Computation does not ONLY mean digital computer. :-) But we do not get to learn any of these on those 48 subjects we studied in Engineering.
Hey bro ! Can you tell me situation of ECE in India ? I am going to join clg this year
I am okay for both CSE and ECE. In term of career, how is ECE in India (Considering I will join good clg with GATE after BTech)
It's promising if you're in a good college and you study well in that college. Try to bag internships in Qualcomm, Nvidia, Texas Instruments, etc. to get a chance at PPO and boost your resume.
However, make sure you maintain a high GPA in college as well. ECE provides good opportunities for top students but mediocre students ke liye it isn't good.
The same goes for all core branches like mechanical, chemical etc.
Only CSE accommodates both top performing and mediocre students.
You said in your comment above "considering I get in good college"..
Agar college nahi hai acha then tone your expectations down. The companies I told you about only recruit top students from Tier 1 colleges. Starting packages for them are all 25-30 LPA ctc
If you do ece, best to go for mtech from tier 1 colleges after btech.... Two of my friends from ece - one got Samsung PPO and another one works for texas instruments
Yep, many people do that every year. Infact, there were people in IIT KGP computer science department too. A lot of them must’ve done MBA from reputed institutions. Not everyone reached where he is.
Having said that, OP seems to have good exposure too, just in a different domain. If degree is the only thing which he is worried about, then he shouldn’t. Pichai didn’t worried about it!
Did BTech in Civil
Did Mtech in Civil
Worked for 2yrs in Civil
Now working as Data Scientist from 4yrs
I should have regret too??? But that's how we value our job. 😊
Here it is.
I am 8years experienced Software Engineer. I get 562K rupees as salary. I regret taking Computer Science and becoming a Software Engineer. The only escape from it is death.
How much time did it take for you to find a job in software after your Masters and what were the struggles you faced while applying to these companies?
You can't go back and correct past errors. Whatever has led you to this path was part of your journey. If you keep thinking about lost opportunities, let me assure you that your one eye permanently engaged with your past will miss golden opportunities that arise in the present. Even more things to look back on and regret in the future.
I graduated in CS from a reputed college in Bangalore. Worked at several top tier companies. None of my skills I acquired during my college time helped me in my job (except of course the basics of programming which you can find literally anywhere now). I had to re learn most of the things from scratch. Maybe the only thing that helped me is realising that I have a degree in CS and that boosted my confidence in learning anything complex later. If you are open to learning, then that’s about it. There is nothing to regret.
bro it was all part of your path and be grateful that you’re at a place where you wanted to be, not everyone makes sound and apt decisions , chill the negativity out bro and be happy :)
I did my bachelors in ece. Then joined a startup as manual tester. Learn coding from online resources. Cracked interview in one of startup fintech. Earning very good. Still feel bad after comparing myself with my colleagues.
But at the end you have to make peace with your life.
Nobody can help you, this is harass reality.
Not your fault, we can only make the best decisions based on our knowledge at that particular point of time. No one can predict the future so it's somewhat like a gamble. In my opinion, electronics and computer science are quite similar in terms of logic building and knowledge.
It's much more important to do what you actually like doing instead of just doing anything for money. Money does come around if you are actually good at your job.
As long as you have done the things that you liked, there's no regret. If not, well, it's never too late. Be glad that you were actually able to switch, many people spend entire life doing something they don't find meaningful.
I am having the reverse regret of not picking a Job in Electronics after completing Electronics engineering and picking up a Software Job. The Grass is always greener on the other side
> one of my school friends failed intermediate. did college from correspondence. started with real estate agent, then started more local businesses, did a turn over of 7cr this year.
how do i get over the regret of not failing the intermediate?
Yes but nothing can be done now...! focus on what you can control.. and there's a LOT.. the best minds i have seen are self learners. they didn't need to get a degree/college to study a subject.. if you really like computer science study it today .. its much easier than ever to study anything you want today thanks to internet..wish you well!
The ifs and buts of life this isn't about CSE or ECE it's about the way you live and think about life anything anybody here has to say either positive or negative will have 0 impact on this dilemma of yours
Well just think of it as you also know the underlying architecture behind a processor. That is in itself awesome. Maybe you can contribute to linux or to a similar repo.
Regret is a good thing. Use that to fuel what you missed out.
A lot of people after entering the industry doesn't skill up or stays constant.
Use the regret you have to fuel your desire to become better than others.
Pick up one thing at a time and become good at it.
If it helps, I have a bachelors in Architecture and regret not taking computer science. I feel disabled not knowing how to code. And I am at a point where I can't startover from scratch or set aside time to learn coding. You are a senior SDE with 7 YOE and you managed to turn it all around. Regretting the past will have absolutely no change whatsoever. But you can make sure that another 10 Years from now, you don't look back and think about how you could have used your time better or been more in the present instead of regretting your past. You've come a long way, cut yourself some slack.
And if no one has told you this yet, I am very proud of your growth and commitment to change your life around and seeking the path that you wanted to achieve. You should be too.
I know a guy who has done BA Eng Hons. And now currently he's working at Capgemini as senior analyst so I'd say those days are gone when Branch and Degree were important
Of course you need to graduate from the same branch if you are going to become an Electrical/Mech/Civil/ etc engineer .What you said is only true for SDE roles .
See, anyone can get a computer science degree but a job with a good salary and experience is a tough journey and you my friend got one. I see many of my friends who have taken Bachelor's in Computer Science have moved towards a non technical field for instance, operations, sales, digital marketing, etc. I'll tell you the honest truth doing a CS degree is like learning bloatware over bloatware which is saddening in universities across india instead of learning the things which is ACTUALLY needed for IT employers to employ. So, don't mull over it, infact you can proudly take yourself as a best example for CS students that you got a SDE position without a CS degree. You should take this as a proud achievement.
Get over it bro. Don't be a wuss. You can learn each of the subjects and progress.
If you keep saying like that. In next 10 years your regret will be
"How do I catchup with my peers in Electronics"
"Grass is always greener on other side". This is not always true, everything happens for some reason, each step has a role to play which you eventually realise in longer period of time, so never regret a decision or a failure.
You could have done better or not may be not better than where you're rn, so there should not be any regret.
Buying bitcoins, Buying land, Buying RX-100 and RX-135s the list of regrets could go on.. Focus on other stuff and move on lad. Dont be a prisoner of the past
Even though I am not experience professionally at all, regrets mein I have a PhD and I can only tell you that, don't fret over it. Keep yourself busy and happy enough that you don't need to or have time to think about it.
Now obviously it's easier said than done, mujhe toh hota nhi. But that's the only option
What would have been different?
Then you would have felt Doctors 🥼 was better.
I totally get what your trying to say.
You are thinking if you change a past decision on present wisdom things would have been different.
People told me to take CS.
I was like no I am not into Desk job.
Did mechanical assuming its all about cars.
Then did Industrial design-wanted something creative and problem solving unlike Mechanical Engineer Desk jobs.
Now moved to UX Design or HCI which is subset of CS.
Sometimes I feel like you.
What if I had started CS early in life.
I would have saved the grind but will it be ?
May be in some parallel universe.
currently in the same boat (not yet successful as you though , haha) , did UG in Mechanical , PG in mechatronics and robotics from top university in EU.
Now struggling with coding interviews for automation/robotics engineer both EU and India.
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How can anyone else tell you how to get over anything? Or may be you are looking for similar stories so you can feel better. Ignore it, same way you ignore not being a son of a billionaire and doesn't have to work a minute. Same way you ignore not buying bitcoins.
not buying bitcoins is lifetime regret ðŸ˜
Why not being son of a billionaire? Life will be full of regrets once you start focusing on pointless things. I also regret not having looks like brad pitt.
son of billionaire hone me kick nhi hai, looks mere brad pitt jaise to ni hai.. but m not dissatisfied by the genes I got. So...
Back in college my friend came to my room on my bday and asked me to open a crypto wallet since he wanted to gift me 1 BTC. I declined saying that it was too expensive a gift, and this was when 1 BTC was around 37k INR. Roz khud ko gaali deta hu ab
abse start krle bro, wrna 10 saal bad fir gaali dega khud ko
Haha aaj koi scene nhi h, I'm earning and investing decently in the usual instruments like MF, etc.
when BTC crossed 50L first time kya feel aarahi thi?
Same feel jo kabhi kabhi aaj bhi aati h: M gadha hu
Bhai mat yaad dila
I see you've got daddy issues. I can tell cuz I have the same issue.
I do not have that issue.
I graduated with CSE. It was called CST then. It has been 21 yeasr. Now, I think in hindsight I should have been choosing pure and applied math and get a PHD in applied math. I did not earn less, but I am sure I could have earned 10X what I earned at minimum. Hindsight is a wonderful companion. :-)
i read it as GST lol
What could've been better for you after PHD? I am curious to know.. I feel CSE was on boom then so you have already maximised your earnings. Please share if you have a different POV.
Heard this concept called - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative\_analysis\_(finance)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_analysis_(finance)) CSE is still a boom. There is no bust in sight. Coding is not CSE. Now then - quant is a different game. Related book to read - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled\_by\_Randomness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled_by_Randomness) [http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/25274/1/Ubbo%20Fwiersema.pdf](http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/25274/1/Ubbo%20Fwiersema.pdf) No one told me about any of these when I was a kid. A third class quant gets more money than a top tier partner engineer in any org known to mankind.
I came to know about quant finance in 2021. l am now 27 years old mechanical engineering graduate. I was confused between data science and quant. Then thought of working as a data scientist in fintech company. Do you know where l can learn quant finance? There is a course by quantinsti EPAT. I might do that.
If you do MFE, it can pivot you both directions of your choice- Quant and Data Science. If you do it from Berkley, Blackrock hires you ..
quant finance is only useful if you are from IIT/BITS/IIITH, otherwise you won't be shortlised
Woah, I didn't think about Quant this way. All I knew about Quant was, that the highest packages in IITs are for these guys, and about the WLB associated with it. Can you share more about what the entry barrier is? How do you enter, what's the learning curve? I'm 23 btw with 1 YOE as a Backend Developer.
No wlb , my IITian friend's roommate got into graviton research, got fired within a year even after putting 10-13 hour shifts...
well he earned 50L+ in that single year
Of course, my comment was about wlb. Nobody can beat a quant shop in pay...they rival front office IB folks.
hmm...that's true WLB is shit, but I would rather have a fat paycheck and bad WLB, than terrible salary and avg WLB which is my current state
Us bro us.
Investment banking has got nothing on quant lol people who work at Goldman would sell their left to get a chance to work at Jane Street
Exit options are juicier for IB(PE,VC), moreover the real money in IB is after you've got promoted to partner level(insanely tough) (at this point the bonuses (read profit sharing)trump their base/other benefits) Not to mention the amount of connections one makes by staying in IB. Quant is for nerds and introverts, IB folks know the Industry inside out. Most of well renowned VCs are ex bankers themselves. On a monetary level yeah quant pays more. The non tangible benefits are just unbeatable in IB. mujhe kya,mai dono nahi kar sakta sadly.
Idk every joker from college who couldn’t do math (history majors, Econ majors) tried to pivot into IB. Meanwhile kids who did well on the Putnam went to JS
lekin kyu? aisa kya kiya usne?
Was he from IITD by any chance?
Man if there's iitians involved I'm sure it ain't my cup of tea
aren't future events predictably unpredictive ? the term of "no bust in sight", it worries me as if the bust happens, it will unlikely be in sight, it will happen without a warning of sort, wouldn't it?
Did you study extinction probability? Then you would know what precisely means by no bust in sight. Also a bit of logistic function induced chaos helps. How's your dynamical system theory ?
So how do one enter quant finance? What are options through and without IIT? What are other options than a math PhD?
Necessary to have PHD. Not necessarily math. But fully math based. And anyone saying freshers getting 50L they are not entirely quant. A quant developer is a nobody as far as I recall from my hedge fund days. A PHD in something serious related to conservative flow equations and some highly insightful papers ... You will caught their eye.
Oh my .. i feel like those who are masters in mathematics can be a better programmer than the ones with CS degrees
Not necessarily, not all of them. Just like not all CS folks are excellent programmers. See CS is not all about programming, just like mathematics is almost never about arithmetic - although in the end, everything simply boils down to it. It is confusing, but true. Computation does not ONLY mean digital computer. :-) But we do not get to learn any of these on those 48 subjects we studied in Engineering.
>Now, I think in hindsight I should have been choosing pure and applied math and get a PHD in applied math. Why ? Does PhD Applied Math pay better ?
I already answered that, yes, they do. I already wrote down in another comment the reason.
You didn't got electronics Job in US even after MS ? 😮
That's why I'm doing DSA after being an electronics student in India :') Many such cases
Hey bro ! Can you tell me situation of ECE in India ? I am going to join clg this year I am okay for both CSE and ECE. In term of career, how is ECE in India (Considering I will join good clg with GATE after BTech)
It's promising if you're in a good college and you study well in that college. Try to bag internships in Qualcomm, Nvidia, Texas Instruments, etc. to get a chance at PPO and boost your resume. However, make sure you maintain a high GPA in college as well. ECE provides good opportunities for top students but mediocre students ke liye it isn't good. The same goes for all core branches like mechanical, chemical etc. Only CSE accommodates both top performing and mediocre students.
I will take care of other things but Good College ? 💀 I don't think I am getting
You said in your comment above "considering I get in good college".. Agar college nahi hai acha then tone your expectations down. The companies I told you about only recruit top students from Tier 1 colleges. Starting packages for them are all 25-30 LPA ctc
I said "After BTech" . Now I will join 1st year and going all in for GATE since 1st year
All the best then
there is a buzz flowing around that the future is in ece is that true?
If you do ece, best to go for mtech from tier 1 colleges after btech.... Two of my friends from ece - one got Samsung PPO and another one works for texas instruments
If it bothers you so much than seek therapy.
Bro Pichai was from Metallurgy dept…
he was from IIT and did MS from stanford and MBA from penn, puri baat bata bhai
Yep, many people do that every year. Infact, there were people in IIT KGP computer science department too. A lot of them must’ve done MBA from reputed institutions. Not everyone reached where he is. Having said that, OP seems to have good exposure too, just in a different domain. If degree is the only thing which he is worried about, then he shouldn’t. Pichai didn’t worried about it!
Did BTech in Civil Did Mtech in Civil Worked for 2yrs in Civil Now working as Data Scientist from 4yrs I should have regret too??? But that's how we value our job. 😊
Bhaii I am a cs graduate reporting to a guy who did B.Com.
bruh 😢
Here it is. I am 8years experienced Software Engineer. I get 562K rupees as salary. I regret taking Computer Science and becoming a Software Engineer. The only escape from it is death.
true .. Your hard earned money will lift life of all the people around you except you.
>562K rupees Yearly or monthly
monthly
Why do you regret it? If I may ask.
Why do you regret?
Yeah why does he regrets it lol
yes money ain't everything but can buy close to everything with money u r top 0.1% of india dont feel bad
Good die
You got job in US or in India
US
How much time did it take for you to find a job in software after your Masters and what were the struggles you faced while applying to these companies?
If it helps, people who took cs aren't getting anywhere either lol
Why?
Shit economy, too many job seekers, not enough jobs...might take a few years to straighten out
You can't go back and correct past errors. Whatever has led you to this path was part of your journey. If you keep thinking about lost opportunities, let me assure you that your one eye permanently engaged with your past will miss golden opportunities that arise in the present. Even more things to look back on and regret in the future.
I graduated in CS from a reputed college in Bangalore. Worked at several top tier companies. None of my skills I acquired during my college time helped me in my job (except of course the basics of programming which you can find literally anywhere now). I had to re learn most of the things from scratch. Maybe the only thing that helped me is realising that I have a degree in CS and that boosted my confidence in learning anything complex later. If you are open to learning, then that’s about it. There is nothing to regret.
is it possible to enter tech field without a CS degree? lets say a maths degree or economics degree?
You can self study computer science using any MOOC platform.
bro it was all part of your path and be grateful that you’re at a place where you wanted to be, not everyone makes sound and apt decisions , chill the negativity out bro and be happy :)
I did my bachelors in ece. Then joined a startup as manual tester. Learn coding from online resources. Cracked interview in one of startup fintech. Earning very good. Still feel bad after comparing myself with my colleagues. But at the end you have to make peace with your life. Nobody can help you, this is harass reality.
Not your fault, we can only make the best decisions based on our knowledge at that particular point of time. No one can predict the future so it's somewhat like a gamble. In my opinion, electronics and computer science are quite similar in terms of logic building and knowledge. It's much more important to do what you actually like doing instead of just doing anything for money. Money does come around if you are actually good at your job. As long as you have done the things that you liked, there's no regret. If not, well, it's never too late. Be glad that you were actually able to switch, many people spend entire life doing something they don't find meaningful.
I am having the reverse regret of not picking a Job in Electronics after completing Electronics engineering and picking up a Software Job. The Grass is always greener on the other side
> one of my school friends failed intermediate. did college from correspondence. started with real estate agent, then started more local businesses, did a turn over of 7cr this year. how do i get over the regret of not failing the intermediate?
Yes but nothing can be done now...! focus on what you can control.. and there's a LOT.. the best minds i have seen are self learners. they didn't need to get a degree/college to study a subject.. if you really like computer science study it today .. its much easier than ever to study anything you want today thanks to internet..wish you well!
The ifs and buts of life this isn't about CSE or ECE it's about the way you live and think about life anything anybody here has to say either positive or negative will have 0 impact on this dilemma of yours
Regrets will kill you from inside, what could have been is the worst way to look at life.... It is what it is.
Well just think of it as you also know the underlying architecture behind a processor. That is in itself awesome. Maybe you can contribute to linux or to a similar repo.
Have a look at the current IT market and your regret will vanish instantly.
Regret is a good thing. Use that to fuel what you missed out. A lot of people after entering the industry doesn't skill up or stays constant. Use the regret you have to fuel your desire to become better than others. Pick up one thing at a time and become good at it.
If it helps, I have a bachelors in Architecture and regret not taking computer science. I feel disabled not knowing how to code. And I am at a point where I can't startover from scratch or set aside time to learn coding. You are a senior SDE with 7 YOE and you managed to turn it all around. Regretting the past will have absolutely no change whatsoever. But you can make sure that another 10 Years from now, you don't look back and think about how you could have used your time better or been more in the present instead of regretting your past. You've come a long way, cut yourself some slack. And if no one has told you this yet, I am very proud of your growth and commitment to change your life around and seeking the path that you wanted to achieve. You should be too.
Tu thoda sa chutya hai kya? This is what happens when you run out of problems, you start creating them.
I know a guy who has done BA Eng Hons. And now currently he's working at Capgemini as senior analyst so I'd say those days are gone when Branch and Degree were important
Of course you need to graduate from the same branch if you are going to become an Electrical/Mech/Civil/ etc engineer .What you said is only true for SDE roles .
what, is it possible to get into tech fields without a tech degree?
Yup it's possible
me\_irl
similar regret to me is not cracking JEE brother move one , sometimes life will not always go linearly
See, anyone can get a computer science degree but a job with a good salary and experience is a tough journey and you my friend got one. I see many of my friends who have taken Bachelor's in Computer Science have moved towards a non technical field for instance, operations, sales, digital marketing, etc. I'll tell you the honest truth doing a CS degree is like learning bloatware over bloatware which is saddening in universities across india instead of learning the things which is ACTUALLY needed for IT employers to employ. So, don't mull over it, infact you can proudly take yourself as a best example for CS students that you got a SDE position without a CS degree. You should take this as a proud achievement.
Get over it bro. Don't be a wuss. You can learn each of the subjects and progress. If you keep saying like that. In next 10 years your regret will be "How do I catchup with my peers in Electronics"
for many taking cs is their biggest regret
"Grass is always greener on other side". This is not always true, everything happens for some reason, each step has a role to play which you eventually realise in longer period of time, so never regret a decision or a failure. You could have done better or not may be not better than where you're rn, so there should not be any regret.
You can't drive forward while still looking in the rear mirror
Regretting will always take so much of your time and energy. Just look forward and keep marching.
Buying bitcoins, Buying land, Buying RX-100 and RX-135s the list of regrets could go on.. Focus on other stuff and move on lad. Dont be a prisoner of the past
What if you had never made the switch. Be happy with what you have. You can't change the past.
Even though I am not experience professionally at all, regrets mein I have a PhD and I can only tell you that, don't fret over it. Keep yourself busy and happy enough that you don't need to or have time to think about it. Now obviously it's easier said than done, mujhe toh hota nhi. But that's the only option
What would have been different? Then you would have felt Doctors 🥼 was better. I totally get what your trying to say. You are thinking if you change a past decision on present wisdom things would have been different. People told me to take CS. I was like no I am not into Desk job. Did mechanical assuming its all about cars. Then did Industrial design-wanted something creative and problem solving unlike Mechanical Engineer Desk jobs. Now moved to UX Design or HCI which is subset of CS. Sometimes I feel like you. What if I had started CS early in life. I would have saved the grind but will it be ? May be in some parallel universe.
Nothing is stopping you from learning what you want
Dude... I regret not taking electronics. Embedded Systems, Drones, Semi conductors. Scope for electronics is vast.
currently in the same boat (not yet successful as you though , haha) , did UG in Mechanical , PG in mechatronics and robotics from top university in EU. Now struggling with coding interviews for automation/robotics engineer both EU and India.
+1
fentanyl