Just my perspective... Being an RA involves working under professors on different projects (improves your technical skills), helping him in lab work (you gain hands-on work) , doing brief literature study (going through tons of research papers - which in term improves your knowledge in your domain), drafting research papers. All this not only helps you gain knowledge, but this experience can help you in getting internships between semesters gaps. Also, working under professor, he can recommend you to his network (LORs) for an internship position or a full-time job. Also, working as RA in same domain will help you strengthen your acads too. One more advantage as an RA, sometimes you get subject waiver along with stipend, so assuming you get 60-100% tution fees waived off, you can use stipend for your accommodation, food and other stuff. Thus, you drastically reduce your MS expenses. On the other hand, working in a cafe or library, you would be involve more in physical work. You may get physically exhausted at the end of the day. Also, since this job may not help you tuition fee waiver, you have to balance between tuition fee, accommodation, food and your other expenses. For students looking forward to work in research or core-job, RA/TA >> other jobs. It's not just about investing your time, but also if that helps you gain something which will help you in future (not just money).
@ankanmazumdar5000 Жыл бұрын
Hi Pranjal...what insight I got from your experience is we should be going for an RA only if it resonates with our area of interest and upcoming thesis to be done in masters
@ayushsrivastava32432 жыл бұрын
I totally agreed with you, I never tried to explore TA/RA jobs, I focused on getting a good Internship, I covered almost all my tuition fee through my internship, apart from that, I easily got calls for full-time because of an internship in a good company.
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
thats great to hear brother :) would love to have you as guest on my channel :) someday !!
@ayushsrivastava32432 жыл бұрын
@@nitinkumargove sure, will love to be your guest
@perry1162 Жыл бұрын
What course are you doing ? How to search for internships from first year ? I am planning to do MS in Mechanical from USA . nd also to do internships do i need to learn special skills from india ?
@kshitijmayank47392 жыл бұрын
It’s a perspective… and very strong on your part to discourage people who follow you. Being an RA and TA is chill as you already have taken up the courses … it helps you handle questions from students you get prepared about questions on your subject and it helps you a lot in your job search a search and develop dialogue delivery and presenting your ideas to people clearly. It is a perspective which you should allow people to chose not impose as a real experience..desk job are physically draining you end up coming back and sleeping
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharinfg your opinion brother ! I respect it !
@kshitijmayank47392 жыл бұрын
@@nitinkumargove You are doing a lot of good work trust me you are doing a good job in educating people to come to pursue there dreams but if we feed there minds with something as a hard no they will never try some people might benefit from desk jobs and some from the TA and RA. For eg I benefited a lot from my TA as I was teaching algorithm to students and faced 100 questions per week on it and it really helped in interviews. What’s unique about studying in us is that there is the freedom to choose and try things and learn from failure but if people take words from seniors as the ground truth then there doors to ever exploring let say TA and RA world is closed in there minds before they even try. All the best.
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
@@kshitijmayank4739 yes I do agree with this and have experienced this personally. May be let me make another video to share my thoughts on this. Thank you for taking out time brother !!
@kshitijmayank47392 жыл бұрын
@@nitinkumargove surely looking forward to it ..
@anikagarg10752 жыл бұрын
@@nitinkumargove Hey. Is the other video on this topic out yet? If yes, could you share the link?
@gauravpatel82752 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for putting this Nitinbhai. This actually has a different perspective and the practical one. All the incoming and approaching MS students should consider these points. Thanks for the video
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Gaurav bhai !! I am glad you found it helpful !!
@kaushikg19962 жыл бұрын
A really unique perspective!! Loved the content, keep up the good work.🤩
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
thank you brother
@anikagarg10752 жыл бұрын
You have no idea how much your channel has helped me over the past week and cleared my doubts regarding higher education in the States. 🙌🏻
@ankanmazumdar5000 Жыл бұрын
Share some of them how did it guided you
@kanaktenguria2 жыл бұрын
I think this video is misleading and revolves around single person's perspective. As he said in the video, they expect a lot from Master's student. If you are taking a TA/RA job, you should already have most of the required skills but it's not necessary, obviously you'll pick new skills eventually. How will you get a job if you don't have minimum skillset for it? Also, from my personal experience, I learned a lot of new things and I know a lot of other people who did as well. It's totally worth it. It's the education system in our country which promotes these kind of reviews. Rather than promoting other "simple" jobs, I would suggest developing a better time management strategy. If you want to learn and grow, take the challenge!
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Hello Kanak, thank you for sharing your views. I do want to reinstate that the views shared in this video are my own & stem from my own experiences. I dont think they are misleading on any front. One key factor to consider is what skills you are building through RA/TA jobs and how are those skills required / used in corporate setting ? If the skill that you will get through RA TA can be built with much lesser effort, would it still makes sense to go for RA TA jobs ? Personally the way I think about this is that I have two key resources Time and Energy. I want to make sure how can I make the most on the these investments. The fundamental point in this video which I have tried to highlight is that the ROI from RA/TA jobs is way lesser compared to other jobs. But thank you for sharing your opinion. I really appreciate it, brother !
@kanaktenguria2 жыл бұрын
@@nitinkumargove I totally respect your view here. What you are saying is also not wrong. I should definitely take my words back. But I do believe that we can definitely learn new things with these jobs. For instance, I was TA for a react native class. I had prior experience so I got the job but I literally learned quite a few new things. I think it depends a lot on what kind of TA/RA are you getting. How it aligns with your interest. Indeed there's no straight line to divide it. I had TA/RA in all 4 semesters and even the RA experience sometimes help me in corporate life. Anyway, I really appreciate your efforts here. Hope you'll include this point in future videos to help out students.
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Definitely brother , let me include these things in description 😊 thank you for taking out time to share your thought 🙏🙏🙏
@snehakhandare2 жыл бұрын
Getting a TA, Ra job has become very easy these days, since professors outsource this work to their current TAs, RAs, to choose the incoming ones. Some professors have favorites, some really tax the TA with the most menial work. So it all depends on the professor. I agree this video is somewhat misleading, however, some realities are that TA RA jobs do not really add to your skillset, since they are already studying 3 subjects at that time, and this extra responsibility totally counts as a new subject. Unfortunately, there are TA jobs where you have to learn about the subject all over again. I had a pathetic experience, a professor's TA has zero knowledge about the subject, she never came to the class, and never graded the assignments. To this day, I wonder why was she even there? Favoritism maybe?
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
@sneha khandare thank you for sharing your opinion Sneha ! I really appreciate it. I do gracefully disagree that this video is misleading in any sense, especially after explicitely calling out exceptions.
@kalpavrukshg88532 жыл бұрын
I don't think so even though you spend more time in RA/TA but that helps in Jobs and interviews a lot. It gives you an edge over others.
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing brother !
@anikagarg10752 жыл бұрын
Could totally resonate with this perspective. As I was also thinking of other options than the TA/RA something not very theoretical academics. Would love to hear more of your views on this. 🙏
@saraswatijoshi28202 жыл бұрын
Your view matches with that of mine..... One more reason what i feel is , RA/TA not only consumes more time but more mental energy also, so mentally they get exhausted. On the other hand if they work in cafe or similar such things, they get physically exhausted but mentally rejuvenated. Thank you ..🙏
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ma'am !!
@chinmaymandke5282 жыл бұрын
Sir can you just upload a detailed video on SJSU admission process for ms in CS. It requires wes evaluation and with nowadays after covid-19 the wes process evaluation has changed.It would be helpful
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
As shared brother there is detailed step by step post on SJSU website on this. let me know if you dont find it.
@HauntedTales9992 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insight. I really like your to the point approach really appreciated.
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Anadi !! I am glad I could help. Are you planning to come for masters ?
@HauntedTales9992 жыл бұрын
Hi nitin, yes am planning for masters in fall 2022. Will you please make a video regarding ms in MIS from CSU. As of now I only can see MS in CS in almost every KZbin channel and I also checked on LinkedIn most of the people have done MS in CS from CSU. So am very confused should I go for CSU or not. That will be great help. Thank you🙏
@anikagarg10752 жыл бұрын
5:15 Hey Nitin. 1. So what are things that will prepare me for job, while in the program - which on-campus jobs would be more relevant for me to get a better industry role? 2. Which kind of on-campus jobs will instil the skills which are needed for the industry? (For someone who is primarily coming for working in the industry and get that experience🙋🏻♀️)
@kartikeyagoswami16652 жыл бұрын
Is it compulsory to upload a bank statement and declaration of finance to get the application processed for Masters in Software Engineering in SJSU? Because I will have to take a loan for my education and we get a loan from the bank only after we are offered admission. So this is like a deadlock situation. Please help how to proceed in this case.
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Hello Kartikeya, yes thats required to get I20. I know we dont get loan without I20. See if you can crowdfund money from your closed ones for a month or so in your account.
@nakarvindh629 Жыл бұрын
Interesting perspective, thanks.
@souravdutta57032 жыл бұрын
Can you please make a video on how can one get an on campus job and how difficult and competitive it is to get one.
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
hellp Saurav, I recently made a video on that , checkout my collab video with Hem 3-4 videos back ...
@seoulwins2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bhai. This was a great perspective indeed.😍
@shaunakgalvankar45022 жыл бұрын
Also how feasible is the equipment loaning service at SJSU ? Reliable to not have a personal laptop and use one from their service for the entire 2 years of masters?What do you suggest?
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
actually you can only keep laptop for a week or two . you have to return it after that
@fayazahmedmohammed2 жыл бұрын
Great video bhai👌 Howz SFSU for MS in CS?
@MohdKhan022 жыл бұрын
Contact aluminis over linkedin
@shashankrajsara2 жыл бұрын
Same question
@amirbernadshah55732 жыл бұрын
It's not pretty popular bro, I'm not sure although. Have you started applying to universities?
@fayazahmedmohammed2 жыл бұрын
@@amirbernadshah5573 yeh bro, applied to East bay, sfsu and Houston main campus. Since I am from ECE background, I am confused which one to apply next. Most of them are outrightly rejecting non CS for MS in CS
@santoshkumardas16506 ай бұрын
Alternate way is not payed off enough too! not even covering the tuition fee!
@ithisrinu95932 жыл бұрын
Hello nitin pllz make a video node js vs spring boot which is better
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
sure Ithi, will make sometime in future !
@MohdKhan022 жыл бұрын
Amazing video Bro ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
thank you bhai 😀
@subhashmadineni97782 жыл бұрын
If you see that as a learning opportunity, then why not?
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
yeah then you shouldnt 😊
@abhishekarora40072 жыл бұрын
Great perspective...but does RA/TA work help for those guys who aspire to do PHD ?
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Yes for them RA will be helpful as they will be able to closely learn the research methodologies
@abhishekarora40072 жыл бұрын
@@nitinkumargove thanks !
@revenant80612 ай бұрын
@nitinkumargove Bro what if GRA position waives off entire tuition fees?
@itsrainingcatsanddogs2 жыл бұрын
Hey nitin, i have got 15 on my reading section of toefl . Do you think i should retake the test?
@anaghajadhav69352 жыл бұрын
Yes you should retake it, it's very less, you should score at least above 18 or 20.
@itsrainingcatsanddogs2 жыл бұрын
@@anaghajadhav6935 my total score is 90. Do you think universities will look at each section?
@anaghajadhav69352 жыл бұрын
@@itsrainingcatsanddogs I think so, mostly they look at all sections.
@babubudengm63822 жыл бұрын
Informative video 👍
@babubudengm63822 жыл бұрын
can i have your Linkedin profile?
@cheemakurthihazarathaiah8610 ай бұрын
Good analysis bro
@ananthprabhakar1542 жыл бұрын
Hi, i have got admit at an Private IVY with TA. My cost is almost zero with TA. Please suggest if I have to take TA or join another Public IVY with lesser fee but no TA
@revenant80612 ай бұрын
What did you do?
@MohdKhan022 жыл бұрын
Bhai San Jose State University ke MS Software Engineering ke liye IELTS ka score kitna thik hai?
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
bhai not sure if they accept IELTS score , I didnt see it mentioned anywhere
@shaunakgalvankar45022 жыл бұрын
hey,how much does the TA/RA position pay the student at SJSU?Also can you apply in the first sem that you arrive ?
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
about 12$-14$
@aceallen25052 жыл бұрын
so student assistance/ desk jobs
@abdulkareembaba43042 жыл бұрын
Is there time to get fall admission in usa i am from India
@sunnytoms94162 жыл бұрын
Good idea
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
thank you bhai 😀👍
@NirmalSilwal2 жыл бұрын
finally at US :)
@ChiragPatel-fl4kd2 жыл бұрын
Completely disagree
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
why ? would love to hear your analysis
@ChiragPatel-fl4kd2 жыл бұрын
@@nitinkumargove I worked as RA and TA both in my masters, it helped me get an internship and a full time job, I still have a good relation with the professor, that is important for future as well if I decide to go for PhD or in the industry, his name holds enough value. I agree that it would require more time but some professors pay you for that if they know it needs more time but if we lack skill and need more time we should put in hours, I would definitely put in hours where it can help me in the future as it is from your own field rather than understanding how a pizza joint work, hours you put in RA, will definitely help you any time in the future, I agree some desk jobs are lucrative but not all jobs gives you free time, food joint hours drains you for 4 hours and you will have to take rest after that plus pay is also better in RA jobs usually
@nitinkumargove2 жыл бұрын
Was your RA TA related to skills you need in industry ?