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the roles actually growing in india right now: AI and ML engineering, data engineering, model validation, AI governance, cybersecurity, cloud architecture, and supervising automated workflows. that last one is new and nobody teaches it. if you are picking a specialisation this year, that list is what the postings say

standalone prompt engineering is now 5-8% of AI hiring. it collapsed into a baseline skill inside 12 months. if you built a 2024 portfolio on 'prompt engineering', you built a portfolio on something that is now listed as a basic competency. that is not your fault. the shelf moved

the honest version of 'AI will take your job' is more specific and more useful: the tasks your job was 80% of are being absorbed, and the 20% is where you need to be. most people can name the 80% in a sentence and have never once written down the 20%

80% of developers are under some AI usage limit. token quotas, caps, budget restrictions. a colleague asked me to review a file and apologised for the token cost. we have created a profession where using your own job's tool has a running meter on it. that is not sustainable and it is not a complaint, it is an observation

the premium is going to people who combine tech with business judgment. a CTO who can read a requirement, price it, and know which part of it should not be built with an agent. that skill is not taught anywhere. you either get it from a job that gives you real consequences or you do not get it

if you are a 2026 graduate in tech: the first rung is going to be harder than it was for the batch above you and easier for the batch below. plan for 12 months of low pay and learn something that compounds while you wait. the wait is the market's, not yours

for anyone in a GCC support or operations role right now: the risk is not a layoff notice, it is not being replaced when a colleague leaves. that's how it goes. nobody decides to remove your team. people just slowly stop being replenished. watch the intake number, not the attrition number

cybersecurity has been the only consistently strong line in indian tech hiring through the entire AI shift. if you are starting now and want a field that will exist in ten years with fewer people in it than the postings suggest, it is that one. boring answer, durable answer

to anyone reading placement data in 2026: separate the median from the mode and separate the mode from the maximum. the maximum is a person. the mode is what most people got. the median is what half got. companies are recruiting on the maximum and students are anxious about the median. the gap between those two things is where the disappointment lives

if you are in first year: go to the mess in week one, go to the fest in week one, talk to the person next to you in class in week one. you will not do any of this. i did none of it. i met the people i actually still talk to in the third week, by accident, in a canteen queue. that queue is the only reason this post is not about loneliness.