I am currently pursuing my Btech in ECE from tier 2 nit bhopal(MANIT) in ECE. And I am at a point where I believe I should start preparing for job kr exams. I have a decent cpga. Now my father is suggesting to prepare for GATE in order to get into some PSU and I was thinking of doing more in coding and other technical skills. And it is not that my father is saying this due to the government job mentality he himself is well educated (Phd in ECE and principal of engineering college). So I understand his point as we are seeing that ece is increasing around the world and the government is funding many semiconductor projects so he believes getting in psu is a good option. Just to clarify about core ece jobs, it is hard to get core ece jobs from our college so I am not considering that point. Now my concern is that gate pe cracking psu is not at all an easy task. Nor are private jobs. My point is if I prepare for the gate along my college and if I don't crack the gate or psu the gap of learning tech skills for college placement will not be enough to complete with my college mates. If I start coding and other skills then I may end up getting at least one job, maybe not a high pay but some chances of a job and high. Now I want to be clear I won't be doing Mtech and my priority is my job. I don't chase high salary jobs I want a salary good enough to live and spend a little. Now I would like your guidance regarding what I should do ??
Note - the only point of thought is because government jobs are secure and private are just never secure. But is my position being in nit possible getting a good excess in placement to good companies as equal to giving my time to gate for psu.
Also I personally have tried to understand what I want but I don't get it Sometimes I feel govt jobs or psu are good but sometimes tech feels good . And I don't want to make the wrong choice as these are my important years (not saying after college life ends just avoiding to waste them) . As of my view of the job my aim is not a high salary I just want to have a decent good salary to live a decent life , save some and spend some and just want to feel happy, and engaged in work .(People are going to say about govt jobs + business so to clarify I am confident I don't have a business mindset I can help people in their ideas to build along with them but personally not interested in business)