What should I Do to Make Career in database field

Pankaj Kumar Choudhary

Hello Friends! I want a very vital advise from You. In current time i am in 4th Year of B.Tech and My B.tech will be complete in May 2016. Many companies come in our college. Till now i have been selected in two companies and also received the Job Letters from these companies. But i didn't send any confirmation for Job. Because all companies that come into our college , select me for software or web development. I have knowledge of both field .

I have knowledge of many technology like Asp.net , Mvc , Python , Windows Development, Android .

But i don't want to make my career in these technologies . My field of interest is Database.

I have knowledge of Sql Server, Oracle , MongoDB databases.

But any company doesn't come into our college to hire student for Database.

I want to make my career in “Big Data” field and for this I want to learn “Hadoop”. But I live in Alwar city, it is not a big city. There is not any coaching or company that provide any course for “Hadoop”.

If I want to learn Hadoop then I have two choice either I go to Jaipur or Delhi. And this is not possible in current year. This is only possible after completion of B.Tech that I go to Delhi/Jaipur and learn Hadoop.

If I want to learn Hadoop after B.tech then I have two choice

1. First Do a job and learn Hadoop simultaneously with Job. But I don’t know that it is possible or not. I mean it may be possible that after job schedule no time left to learn the Hadoop.

2. Second choice is I give a gap of One Year and learn Haddop. But this gap of one Year may be become a negative point in my resume.

I also searched job for Big Data, MongoDB, Hadoop all company want a person that have experience of at least 2 or 3 year. What can I do for this????

So Please consider all above point and suggest me what should I do. Please take it serious because this is related to me career.

Thanks in Advance…..

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Mahesh Chand11y ago
Accepted answer
Do not (I repeat DO NOT) take a break just to learn Hadoop. Join a company which doesn't want you to work more than 8 hrs and in rest of the time learn Hadoop. OR join a company that is open you to learn and try new things.

These days, having multiple options is not a bad idea either. You can learn any (Android, ASP.NET, Python) and side by side learn database and big data. You may need both of them. Once you learn big data, find a job there and focus on that.

Good luck!
Sujeet Suman11y ago
Yeah Sam actually that is truth.
Sam Hobbs11y ago
Sujeet, that is kind of what I said too, right?
Pankaj Kumar Choudhary11y ago
Thanks Mahesh Sir, Sam Hobbs sir and Sujeet sir.

Thanks for your guidance . Now i know what should i do. all confusion has been removed. Now i can focus on my Goal....
Really Thanks To all Of you.
Sujeet Suman11y ago
Yeah also I am agree with Mahesh sir. If you got offers from good companies in college campus, then you should try to join any one of them. Even after joining any company you can learn any database what you want & switch company with that. If you will start working on any technology with any company means not that will be you final way. Even in a company only people switching from one technology to other technology as per company & project requirement.
Sam Hobbs11y ago
Most people do not get their ideal job at first. If you can get a job for a company that uses the type of technology you want to do then it could be good to go for that. It is likely they will give you the work you want after you have been there a while. If they do not give you the work you want after a while then at least you have experience that will help you get what you want elsewhere.

It is true in many industries that people often must start at the bottom. Actors rarely get the role they really want in the beginning, they must be in a few movies before they might begin to get the type of roles they really want.

It certainly is best to get started going in the direction you want to go as soon as possible but do not be disappointed if it takes time to get started.