Engineering

Ph.D. usually requires at least five to six years and many people take seven to nine years. As a Ph.D. takes longer to complete, it also requires more money. However, if admitted, in most research universities you will get support. The flip side to this is that a Ph.D. may yield a higher salary upon completion and is therefore worth the increased cost long term. During a Ph.D. study, you are expected to do independent work and to get the degree that work will be vetted for originality and quality. With a Ph.D. you will be viewed as an expert, not just as a knowledgeable worker and be trusted to supervise and teach others. It is not just a question of money. Thank you.

Lot more to professional programming of development than writing software code. It requires understanding of Software engineering process and methodologies to working with a team to solve problems, capture requirement, design, code and testing. Understanding a programming language is only a minor part of coding. Problem-solving is the most important skill and collaborative problem-solving is a difficult skill to learn. If you want to learn Programming as a hobby, you can learn it now. If you're learn programming in college degree you will have opportunity to work on a fairly large team-oriented project in class which is good for finding job. If you want to learn programming now and make a career you may find it difficult to get your first job. But if you are able to get first job then you can make a career in IT industry as a programmer will be easy. It is suggested that if you have domain knowledge such as Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, etc. Thank you.

BCA as the course curriculum of BCA in most colleges of India includes the syllabus of Polytechnic along with other topics as well. If the question is about pursuing Polytechnic in a different domain altogether, then it is my advice to choose a stream in which a person wants to establish a career in and then proceed further. Pursuing 2 different courses in different domains rarely leads to something good and mostly results in the career path going astray. Therefore, I would advice to first determine which domain a person wants to establish a career in, compare the syllabus of the various courses in the domain and then take a decision accordingly. Thank you.