Which will be better, higher studies after getting a job or vice versa?
I can suggest you to first prefer for a job that will provide you a track to build your way. Its nothing that you will gain a lot of knowledge and experience in such domains your interested. You will know how to handle the situations and chaos at critic times and this will give you a practical influence of both the job related stuffs and your learning domain. after then you will be saved with enough of money and exposure on opting the course and university for your masters and choose the best among and the affinity of getting admissions to the top most universities of abroad will be at peak level and learning the concepts while doing your masters will be easier and much smoother as you have already had it enough of practical experiences.so now you will be much influenced and the exposure level goes to the highest! The things will be much easier than. now a days getting placed in core industries doesn't need any good grades its all the practical knowledge and the way you solve the problem , that will fetch you more. You have enough of all that. Go for it.
Is it a wise decision to pursue MS after 4 years of work experience?
I'm in the same boat as you, only difference being that I am yet to start gathering some work experience. Here's my analysis: It surely can't hurt, especially if you do it from a good place. We're in a skill based industry, and thats been the sole basis of your hiring. An MS will refine your skills and broaden your knowledge, which can only make you more productive.Downside, however, is that the kind of jobs open prior an MS and after an MS seem to be exactly the same. So if you expect to get a different or a "better" job post MS, I won't be so sure. Had you been talking about an MBA, or an MS in a different or specialized field, it might still have made a difference. In technology, not having an MS or a PhD is rarely a barrier to career growth.If your reason, thus, is career growth, an MS might not do too much for you and you should seek growth within the industry - or even the company. Amazon is a great company (possibly one of the top soft-dev recruiters in India at the moment), so I fail to see how an MS would aid in career-growth within the same line of work.
What should someone do after completing a CA course in order to advance their career?
I am discussing here the generally pursued courses by various Chartered Accountants students along with the course, since you have not mentioned any specific details.Role of each Profession -CA - Core in Auditing & Accountancy (Mostly Indian concepts)CMA - Core in Costing & Finance (Global concepts)CS - Core in Companies Reporting & Secretarial practices (Mostly Indian concepts)MBA - If you are already a CA, then MBA is just like a better GMCS Course (Soft Skill course)Law - Core in legal framework (Strictly Indian scenario)CIMA - CMA in UK (Global concepts)Combinations & their functions -CA + MBA -- A person who needs to do job in MNCsCA + CS -- A person who wishes to do job in all companies except MNCs OR who wants to practice as a CA in core orthodox areasCA + CMA -- A person who wishes to do job at key posts in companies OR wants to practice as a CA in innovative & upcoming areas OR wants to become entrepreneurCA + Law -- A person who wishes to practice in Taxation, Arbitration etc. where legal advice is attached to your work OR job in legal & regulatory functions of company.Why not Three?Two makes a combo and denote specialization, when you do three (popularly known as Triplets) it denotes confused people, no specializations, who had nothing to do, so grabbed another degree to boast of.I believe if you have two, the knowledge of third is already at your hands, so third is not required.Worsts CombinationsAnything with MBA is worst combination, because a CA is already 10 times better than an MBA, except the interactive part. Its just that when 1 CA qualifies, already 10 MBAs passout at the same time.So, MBAs are available in bulk, that's why they are mentioned on all job profiles, which also means that bulk are paid low! I would keep IIMs and the Global best B-School passouts separate in this context.High returns CombinationsCA + CS because then anything that a company needs in India can be done by you.CA + CMA because anything that a company needs strategically, can be done by you, further you knowledge is globally applicable, not restricted just to India, so you can work anywhere around the world!CFA, FRM, CFP are Finance related courses, not so popular, but still have a lot of scope for finance specialization.
What is the future of Python?
from __future__ import braces #Seriously, try it !Python is one of the most widely adopted general-purpose modern scripting-languages. (Javascript is used more by pure volume, but is fairly rare for anything other than webpages) It seems a pretty safe bet that Python is here to stay over the next decade.Longer term there's no way to know for sure with any language, but it's not really worth worrying about because IF Python is ever supplanted by a newer shinier language, it's almost guaranteed that most of the things you learn in Python will transfer easily to the new language.When you're learning Python (or any language) the specifics of the language is not where most of your effort will be spent anyway. Instead you'll learn a lot of general principles, and those apply no matter what language you'll use for implementing them a few decades from now.