r/SrilankaIT

Hey everyone,

I am a 2nd-year Computer Engineering student facing a tough hardware decision. I am looking to buy either the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE (Wi-Fi) or the Apple iPad 11th Gen.

Money is tight right now. I can scrape together enough to buy one of them, but it will fully empty my savings. I need brutally honest advice on whether this purchase makes sense for my major, and which device offers better long-term hardware value.

My Device Dilemma:

Samsung Tab S10 FE: Love that the S Pen is included for free. The screen is laminated and has a smooth writing feel. However, I am heavily worried the Exynos processor will lag or struggle when multitasking with massive engineering PDFs and split-screen web browsing.

iPad 11th Gen: The A16 Bionic chip is vastly superior and will easily last through the rest of my degree without lagging. However, the screen is unlaminated (60Hz), and buying a separate Apple Pencil will push me way past my strict budget limits.

My Questions:

For anyone in engineering or tech, is buying a tablet on a tight budget a bad financial move altogether?

Should I save my money for PC upgrades instead?

Does the Android or iOS ecosystem integrate better with a Windows/Linux laptop setup (which I use for programming)?

Performance-wise, does the iPad's superior chip make it worth the extra cost of the pencil, or is the S10 FE "good enough" for standard academic multitasking?

Thanks for the help!

After 3 years with current company i got the promotion and salary is increased by 100$ (32000/=), now total is around 900$. 🙂 I feel like i am being undervalued with the work i am doing here.. What do you know about salary ranges for Senior SE in sri lanka. I am considering others opportunities, bcz with this salary I can hardly achieve my goals tbh.

"Big Office" PM Internship vs. Tiny Startup SWE (12k/mo)? Which looks better on a CV for a 2nd year CS student?

Hey guys,

I’m a 2nd year CS student and I have two very different offers on the table. I’m trying to figure out which one sets me up for a better career trajectory in the long run.

• Option 1: Project Manager (PM) Internship at a well-known, decent-sized corporate office. It’s a "brand name" people recognize, and the salary is actually decent.
• Option 2: Software Engineering (SWE) Internship at a tiny startup. It’s pure technical work, but the pay is basically pocket change (12k/mo).

Everyone gives the classic advice: "You're a CS student, go technical first or you'll lose your edge." But I'm looking at that big company name on my resume and thinking it might open more doors later than a startup no one has heard of.

Is starting in management too early a "career killer" for a CS grad? Or is the "brand halo" of a big company worth more than grinding at a tiny startup where I might not even have a senior mentor to teach me the right way to code?

I’m torn between building "hard skills" and building a "strong resume." What would you do?

I just wanna know how does APIIIT graduates perform in the industry and the industrial reputation for APIIT.I know the tech jobs comes to personal skills but I need advice from IT intern recruiters about how APIIT students do in industry generally to get an Idea about their syllabus is.Are they suck comparing to SLIIT or IIT students or are they better?I wanna know how's their practicals and syllabus impact on the interns in industry.Are they lack skills/practical knowledge compared to other students? And I wanna know how's the APIIT grads doing.Thank you very much.