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An engineer on Reddit took the Internet by storm after urging Tier 2 and 3 engineering graduates to leave India because of instances of discrimination.
The engineer claimed he was treated much better after moving to the US. (Representative Image)
An engineer has ignited a heated online debate after suggesting that graduates from Tier 2 and Tier 3 colleges should consider leaving India. On Reddit, he argued that these students often face discrimination from IIT alumni. After extensively discussing his personal experience working with IIT graduates, the engineer added students from the lower-ranked colleges must leave the country if they hoped to live a “respectful” life. Sharing his post on Reddit, he wrote, “Dier Tier 2/3 guys, if you want to live a respectful life, you have to move out of India.”
Speaking further, the anonymous engineer claimed that IIT graduates do not have any respect for individuals who completed their degree from a Tier 2 college. “You will never be respected here because you are from a Tier 2 college. Every single IITian will look down on you either subconsciously or overtly,” he wrote. The same engineer also claimed that he had worked in a company of such IITians for years and had to endure several instances of discrimination. “I was always snubbed out in meetings, made to work extra, never invited to social events (not for complaining about this), and my IITian colleagues always tried to sabotage me when I met with upper management for promotions or leaves or whatever,” he added.
After highlighting the key problems of working with IITians, the engineer also provided a solution to help counter this discrimination. Sharing his personal experience, the Reddit user urged moving to the United States helped him quite a bit. “Now I’m in the US for the past year for my masters (in a top 5 college for CS) and the way I get treated is so different. Don’t get me wrong, the IITians here will still look down on you but you have a choice to not interact with them,” he wrote.
The engineer then urged other graduates to do whatever was needed to get out of India as they would lead a ‘better life’ overseas. “Get those LORs, get those research publications, get those SOPs and start applying, you will live a much better life, trust me,” he said. The Reddit user concluded his post by adding that he had no hate towards IITians.
While many agreed with the engineer’s bold claims, some suggested that it could be a specific issue with his company’s culture rather than a generalised problem. What do you think about this situation and have you faced anything similar?
