Hello Aspirant,

See Software engineering role has not to do anything with JEE-Main or GUJCET. See it is not mandatory that you should have degree of B.Tech/BE to be the Software Engineering in any company instead a normal B.Sc. student can also be a software engineer in any MNC if he/she has required skills of programming and good problem solving ability.

No as far as regarding entrance examination so, after class 12th, if you pursue B.Tech. in Computer Science Engineering then it would definitely be beneficial for your future role of software engineer and if you want to pursue engineering from engineering colleges of Gujarat then it is not mandatory to appear for JEE-Main except in some of the colleges like NIT Surat, IIITs (Admission to engineering courses are only made through JEE-Main score) and some more colleges but GUJCET can also get you into those colleges.

Now bachelor's program of engineering is only of 4 years but if you want to pursue Master's as well then it is of further 2 years more but for software engineering role minimum Bachelor's degree is required so it would take at least 4 years to be a full time software engineer.

Pay of software engineer depends upon different factors like post, experience and company, like there are various roles for a Software engineer like SDE-1, SDE-2 and also some other roles which are categorized on the basis of candidate's experience and hence the pay (CTC) varies from 12 LPA to 2 Cr./Annum.

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!