All Answers: Re: [pakgrid] Career Advice

Friday, 24 August 2012

Re: [pakgrid] Career Advice - help please

AssalamOAlaiakaum,

I agree with you that

"No disrespect but i have seen that a very few PhDs end up successful in industry and mostly end up in teaching/research (which i dont like)."

Brother, correct me if I am wrong. I think, the primary aims of a PhD essentially include to produce:

i) Engineers/scientists who prove to be successful in industry or

ii) Researchers equipped with independent research capability

Needless to comment on the desired qualities which our PhDs need to have, in order to fulfill these two goals for national interests.

From: usman masood <usman.masoodpk@gmail.com>
To: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com
Cc: shan_hello2003@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [pakgrid] Career Advice - help please

Hi All,

I had exactly same question in my mind when i was about to finish my undergrad. I did not want to waste so many years of my life earning a PhD and even then have no guarantee of earning VERY good money. On the flip side, getting industry experience and specially industry CERTIFICATIONS can boost your pay tremendously. No disrespect but i have seen that a very few PhDs end up successful in industry and mostly end up in teaching/research (which i dont like).

I live in Canada and have worked at Cisco Systems and Alcatel-Lucent (which pay more than average market rate) and i have two CCIE (R&S, SP). I just want to clarify that making $15000 a month with a little experience is the biggest lie i have ever heard.

--
Usman

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Murtaza Bilgrami <smurtaza81pk@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,

It all depends upon your future planning. You are already overseas and if you return to Pakistan even with your honorable job (top level positions) in a well renowned company/university in Pakistan will pay you $2000 per month salary (including all the perks driver and car etc.).You need to complete some management degrees if you want to join reputed company in Pakistan.Pakistan have its own problems like high inflation and Pak Rs exchange rate daily sliding downwards.

If you stay overseas then in western countries (with just average experience) you can earn upto $15000 per month.

Try to get job in KSA (Saudia), UAE, UK,Canada,USA or Australia then you will be lot better off and financially secure.UK,Australia and Canada gives free education upto Phd for their citizens and their children with free lifetime medical facilities.No University or job in comapny in the world can give free lifetime medical facilities which UK,Canada and Australia give to their citizens.

Thanks,

Murtaza

--- On Tue, 8/21/12, Murtaza Bilgrami <smurtaza81pk@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Murtaza Bilgrami <smurtaza81pk@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pakgrid] Career Advice - help please
To: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com, shan_hello2003@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 7:59 PM

Hi,

It all depends upon your future planning. You are already overseas and if you return to Pakistan even with your honorable job (top level positions) in a well renowned company/university in Pakistan will pay you $2000 per month salary (including all the perks driver and car etc.).You need to complete some management degrees if you want to join reputed company in Pakistan.Pakistan have its own problems like high inflation and Pak Rs exchange rate daily sliding downwards.

If you stay overseas then in western countries (with just average experience) you can earn upto $15000 per month.

Thanks,

Murtaza

--- On Mon, 8/20/12, Akbar <shan_hello2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: Akbar <shan_hello2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [pakgrid] Career Advice - help please
To: "pakgrid@yahoogroups.com" <pakgrid@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, August 20, 2012, 1:32 PM

Dear fellows,

Assalam o Alykum, First of all EID Mubarak to all of you.

I really need an advice regarding career planning. I completed my Undergraduate form Pakistan in Electrical engineering. After that I got an opportunity to work in an engineering degree awarding institute as a lecturer (instructor). I served there for 2 years then I got scholarship opportunity and perused my Master's degree in Electrical engineering from a very well renowned Korean university.

Now, currently I am working in medium-scale Korean company. But I want to pursue a PhD so that I can have a honorable job (top level positions) in a well renowned company/university and can earn more (in future).

But I am confused to go for a PhD or wait and have an industrial experience in related field. I request to the senior members of this group to please advise and help me to plan a good career.

I know I may sound stupid by asking these kinds of questions, but, I really want to have different opinions.

Best regards,

AKBAR, MS (EE)

South Korea.