Can I go for the IAS after an SSC JE job? First of all ,I would like to tell you that you have to decide your career option. Nothing is impossible.Many examples of candidates are present which show that one can crack many difficult exams by parallel preparation with some more efforts.Like-A.S Pandit,Awadhesh Meena, Surbhi Gautam etc. Here, I am giving some points which help to decide your career options:- Financial condition,patience,family pressure, confidence, career backup plan, handling stresses during exams preparation, motivation level, self belief ,focus ,devotion to your goal ,hard work etc. PREMam World - PREMam WORLD Suggestions which help for making plan for preparation. IAS Exam is the toughest exam in our country.Maximum students want to crack this exam .But there are more uncertainties in this exam. SSC JE is also a good exam for engineering students.This is also called mini “IES”. This is conducted by SSC. The difficulty level in this exam is not high.