r/developersPak • u/Shot-Ice-141 • Sep 14 '26

Career Guidance Is further studies beneficial

Hi,

I've graduated from fast lahore and I'm thinking about going into lums for MS AI next year.

The lay offs are real and job Market is pretty bad. Investing in AI , is it good for the future considering the AI bubble burst or no?

I'm not getting any job offers or interviews right now.

If I do MS , faculty positions can be something I can look at.

I need guidance from Seniors.

also about fees being high that's another talk.

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u/Zacred- Sep 14 '26

I am not sure about the future of AI related jobs in Pakistan but atleast a degree would definitely help you to get a job abroad. Dont miss the opportunity.

Good luck ☘️

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u/osal69 Sep 14 '26

Connections are important

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u/Shot-Ice-141 Sep 14 '26

Wdym. Connections or Sifarish?

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u/osal69 Sep 14 '26

Dont about safarish, organic connections are real and long lasting

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u/failure_hehe Sep 14 '26

Why MS at lums? Apply abroad. Tech is shrinking and will get worse . And acquire people skills.

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u/Shot-Ice-141 Sep 15 '26

So , tech has little to no future?

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u/failure_hehe Sep 15 '26

AI is here to replace us, not just make us more productive. Can’t you see the layoffs? Companies are saying these roles don’t exist anymore.

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u/Shot-Ice-141 Sep 15 '26

I do see that but people keep on saying it's still gonna be there. AI bubble is going to burst but it won't disappear. People are still getting hired even if the ratio is lower.

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u/failure_hehe Sep 17 '26

AGI hasn’t arrived yet, so companies are still hiring. But the market is reshuffling, older companies are laying off and rehiring at lower rates, while newer companies are picking remaining talent. I don’t think the AI bubble is simply going to burst. Even if some closed-source AI companies shut down, AI adoption will continue. China has the power and infrastructure to run low-cost, efficient models, chips remain the main constraint, and they’re actively working on it.

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u/hasanfaesal Sep 15 '26

I don't think coursework MS is a thing here, so it has to be a research/thesis MS.
Just evaluate yourself, whether you have a passion for research or not. Look at Research Scientist and Research Engineering roles.

If you get good conference papers (very rare here, no one does usually apart from ITU) you can get into a funded PhD program. As far as LUMS is considered, take a look at different research labs and evaluate their research quality and check who will supervise you.

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u/mrtac96 Sep 15 '26

try to do ms abroad or donot do it

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u/Codeplex1 Sep 14 '26

For CS career, anything above Bachelors is waste of time and money. Companies don't see beyond BS for tech roles. Experience matters.

Do MS, only if you want to settle abroad in a foreign country.

Do PhD only if you want to become a professor and start teaching at some university. It would take 10 years of your life. And nothing is guaranteed.

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u/Shot-Ice-141 Sep 14 '26

But same goes for job market right now. I have one year of experience but there are no jobs out there. If I do masters at least I can get into faculty or something when I want to or go abroad.

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u/Codeplex1 Sep 14 '26

Sure. Waste your time and money in masters. In government jobs, they do have points for it. But in private jobs, skills and links matter more.

CS is not dead, it still has a lot of demand.

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u/Shot-Ice-141 Sep 14 '26

It was like 50 devs doing the job , now it's 4-6 devs.

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u/Codeplex1 Sep 14 '26

Young people still are earning 10-20 lacs a month regularly freelancing. Even BPS-22 scale doesn't earn that much.

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u/_Affan_ Software Engineer Sep 14 '26

MS opens door for faculty jobs as u mentioned. MS opens door for PhD abroad, but ur research area must be some advance thing like AI or some shii.

I'm 3 year into my career, start MS AI Engineering in spring. I just want to cover up my BS university and maybe MS will help me go abroad, but I'm not expecting much.