IBM chief scientist Ruchir Puri to engineering grads: Don’t just think, ‘I’m going to work for Google, Microsoft, IBM; you have to … – The Times of India

IBM chief scientist Ruchir Puri has a piece of advice for the young engineering graduates. Speaking in an interview with Business Insider, Puri has advised the recent engineering graduates to broaden their job search and look beyond usual tech titans such as Google, Microsoft and even IBM itself. “Stop only chasing the tech giants everyone else is pining after. Don’t just go for the standard ‘I’m going to go and work for Google, Microsoft, IBM,’ Ruchir Puri said. The advice from Puri comes at a time when the job market is seeing a shift and the demand for AI talent across industries is growing. Puri who has spent more than 30 years at IBM, emphasised that artificial intelligence is transforming every sector ranging from agriculture to retail. He also stressed on the fact that software engineers are increasingly needed in places that graduates might not consider. Explaining his point, Puri gave an example of John Deere, an agricultural equipment giant, as an example of a company…