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He went straight to teaching with just an LLM. I went through net,then JRF, then PhD and now I don't have anything to show for and he already has a 8-9 year long career. This is utter BS!!!
So the standard choice should always be DU, BHU, JNU, IITs, IIMs >> NLUs for PhD.
1. No results to show: I worked for about 3.5 years on a Research Project. There was no final report or anything of that sort. The project is headed nowhere now, and all the work we did was for nothing.
2. No papers: If you're an upper caste male, not poor and not having health issues, there is no reason you shouldn't have at least 1 paper/year. I have only 2 papers after I finished Masters, in almost 6 years.
3. No callbacks: I have applied to most good tier 4 colleges, colleges that are worse than tier 3 NLUs. No callback from any of them. I don't even apply to NLUs because I know there's no point without a PhD.
4. A worthless job: The position I'm currently in- noone considers that to be a teaching position. I'm not getting any teaching experience here. There is hardly any value addition to the skills as well.
5. PhD going haywire: Sometimes I feel I shouldn't have opted for a PhD from a good NLU. Galgotias or Amity will ensure you get a PhD, and maybe a job after that. The NLUs are very sub optimal in all sense, except that we may get better supervisor.