'IITians will always look down on you': Angry techie advises non-IIT graduates to leave India for a respectful career
Reddit, claiming Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) graduates look down on others. «Dear tier 2/3 guys, if you want to live a respectful life, you have to move out of India,» the engineer wrote, highlighting alleged workplace discrimination faced by non-IIT graduates.
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Allegations of Discrimination
He described facing workplace discrimination and social exclusion due to his non-IIT background during two years working with IIT graduates. The engineer, sharing his personal experiences, stated that graduates from Tier 2 colleges “will never be respected” in India. He alleged that IIT graduates look down on their peers from other institutions, either overtly or subconsciously.
“Believe me, I have worked among them for two long years,” he wrote, detailing how he was excluded from social events, assigned extra work, and faced sabotage during interactions with upper management. According to him, these behaviors were rooted in the elitism associated with prestigious institutions like IITs.
A New Perspective in the United States
He claims his experience changed after starting a US master's program. The engineer described a stark contrast in his treatment after moving to the United States to pursue a master’s degree at a top-ranked university. “I’m in the US for the past year for my master’s (in a top 5
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