Recommendation letters from professors are among the most important tools in the hands of admissions committees to evaluate your application. Here is a sample reco letter - written about a good student by his professor.
To Whom It May Concern:
It is a real pleasure to write this letter of recommendation for Vinay Hegde. Vinay is an extremely
gifted student, among the very best I have had the opportunity to teach and work with here at XYZ College.
He has my strongest recommendation for admission into the Stanford Master’s Program.
I first met Vinay as a student in my undergraduate Operating Systems course, CS161, in Spring 2005.
CS161 is widely regarded as one of the most difficult courses in Computer Science (if not at XYZ …

Many people take recommendation letters from their bosses/managers. This can be a good idea, especially if your manager can vouch for your sincerity and technical prowess. The idea is to reflect that you remained committed to excellence at work, and came up with innovative ideas and results. Though academic recommendation letters are also very important, but if you have been working for 1 year or more - then taking a recommendation from your manager/tech lead would not be a bad idea. Here is an example of a sample recommendation letter written by a manager for a prospective candidate. This sample has been crafted from a real recommendation letter for a particular student. So the names of the people and the …