Run the numbers before you commit
Pick a course, choose a realistic college tier, and see the year-by-year salary projection, total education cost, and how many years until the investment pays back. All numbers calibrated against tier-wise placement data on our course pages.
Strong state / good private / top 25%
Year-1 salary
₹6 L LPA
At 5 years
₹11 L LPA
Total cost
₹16.5 L
ROI breakeven
3 yrs
Salary trajectory — Year 0 to 15 — Tier 2 college
AI / Automation risk
High
AI coding tools reduce simple junior coding work. Freshers need better debugging, project thinking, and product understanding. Copy-paste coding roles are becoming weaker.
Job stability
High
Indian tech saw 50,000+ layoffs across 2023–2025 (layoffs.fyi, ETtech). Both service co bench-heavy roles and startup product teams were cut. Even CS grads from Tier-1 colleges have seen offers rescinded.
Remote work
Hybrid
Work-life balance: Good. Demand: Very High.
Tier comparison — B.Tech CS salary at 5 years
Tier 1
Tier 2
Your pick
Tier 3
Tier 1 vs Tier 3 spread shows why the college decision matters more than the degree choice itself. Off-campus differentiation (portfolio, internships, networking) can bridge some of this — but not all.
If this doesn't work out — alternate paths
Plan B matters. These are reasonable lateral exits if the B.Tech CStrack gets blocked (entrance-exam failure, market shift, fit mismatch). Most students don't end up in the field they started.
How these numbers are estimated. Year-1 salary uses the tier-wise placement average from our course trust layer when available, otherwise scales the published fresher salary by tier. Annual growth is compound, asymptoting to the published senior salary over 15 years. Take-home is assumed at 75% of CTC for ROI. Real outcomes vary by individual performance, sector cycles, layoffs, and AI-driven role compression — these projections are starting points for conversation, not promises.