Not that i was an ardent fan of IT industry ever.I remember never attending the lecture for Computer Programming -I &II during my engineering, I attended the practical once, Thanks to my buddy Ankesh, who ensured that i knew how to switch on the computer at least.
I had a very simple answer for my ignorance on computers and internet - "I am a fucking Electronics Engineer, why in the world i have to know this shit??" Glad nobody tested me on my Electronics skill after this stupendous reply :-)
The story can be dragged backwards till my school days where i struggled to pass computers tests.It was always a relief that we didn't have these marks added for aggregate calculation.I would not play in flashbacks a lot older like those in school, so i end this here.
It was final year of my engineering and just before we were about to hang up on colleges for PL n then final exams, we got a BPO at our college for recruitment.I almost made to it before getting rejected as some ultra urban chick who happened to be the HR sitting in Mumbai, didn't like my voice quality !!!! Gosh, they should hv told me i have to sing for some child artist !!!
To cut long story short, i didn't get through and it was here when i realized i am no good at computers, not better than shit in Electronics and i don't even remember what subjects we have for telecommunication.One domain don't bother about all the mess i have created with my academics , it was BPO. I was hell bent to join it cos in any case i didn't want to stay unemployed for long
I would leave the story of 2 weeks before i got into Satyam computers at mercy of another post.But, I got into Satyam and was very happy about it cos i made it to a good company in-spite of not even knowing about what they do and what i would do there.
Months and years passed.I first hardly managed, then got along , later on grew and then shot up the catapult way.It indeed was a phoenix rise for me in IT.I was very proud of what i had done in these years but finally, you cannot run away from who you are. It was always there in the back of my mind that i don't want to do this.
I read in some book, that you may not know what you want to do, but even if you know what you don't want to do, its quite a start.I bought this.
While still in Switzerland, the desire for doing something out of the box was growing but there were just too many rules, procedures, documents, CHANGE MANAGEMENT !!!
It was the last straw on camel's back.
One fine day i said to myself, enough of beating around the bush..If i don't do it now, i am not gonna do it ever !!
I am a mixture of recklessness and sensible Tapish, Fortunately, the sensible Tapish was still up.The next thing i thought was -Ok, you chuck this all..and then ? do what ??
Education sector was growing to be the area of my interest but i knew i was not ready for it yet.So do what ?? And then, something struck..something that changed my entire view on this decision.
I am still not sure that how and when the thought of going for an MBA creep-ed in.But i said to myself, that would be it.You study, be a post graduate, work and gain experience in industry for some years and then see which way the ball should be rolling.I have very few instances in my life of rational and intelligent thinking.I kind of miss it a lot :-) I would not yet say , this was an exception here, cos i know its too early but i can at-least say that this is far better than what i was thinking otherwise.
So MBA it was.But with the only piece of knowledge on MBA i was carrying being information on IIMs and CAT exam to get into them , i knew its going to be a tough ride.After having resigned and flown back to India, i chose Pune to be the next stop.Reasons and the journey to entrance exams will follow in other posts.
Must mention, that all through this mental whirlpool situation, i felt that God was with me.As if he had already picked up the best way and the best destination for me, i was just supposed to put in the requisite efforts.
Its not easy to give up a good job at the best location in the world , but i said "..its not easy", well, remember how difficult it was to balance ur bicycle while seeing straight or keeping awake a night before the exam..but you did.
For me , the desire to do something else was so intense that i was blinded for what i had with me then.Anyways, it worked for me and will work for anyone who finds that intense desire to overshadow everything else :-)
Cheers
I had a very simple answer for my ignorance on computers and internet - "I am a fucking Electronics Engineer, why in the world i have to know this shit??" Glad nobody tested me on my Electronics skill after this stupendous reply :-)
The story can be dragged backwards till my school days where i struggled to pass computers tests.It was always a relief that we didn't have these marks added for aggregate calculation.I would not play in flashbacks a lot older like those in school, so i end this here.
It was final year of my engineering and just before we were about to hang up on colleges for PL n then final exams, we got a BPO at our college for recruitment.I almost made to it before getting rejected as some ultra urban chick who happened to be the HR sitting in Mumbai, didn't like my voice quality !!!! Gosh, they should hv told me i have to sing for some child artist !!!
To cut long story short, i didn't get through and it was here when i realized i am no good at computers, not better than shit in Electronics and i don't even remember what subjects we have for telecommunication.One domain don't bother about all the mess i have created with my academics , it was BPO. I was hell bent to join it cos in any case i didn't want to stay unemployed for long
I would leave the story of 2 weeks before i got into Satyam computers at mercy of another post.But, I got into Satyam and was very happy about it cos i made it to a good company in-spite of not even knowing about what they do and what i would do there.
Months and years passed.I first hardly managed, then got along , later on grew and then shot up the catapult way.It indeed was a phoenix rise for me in IT.I was very proud of what i had done in these years but finally, you cannot run away from who you are. It was always there in the back of my mind that i don't want to do this.
I read in some book, that you may not know what you want to do, but even if you know what you don't want to do, its quite a start.I bought this.
While still in Switzerland, the desire for doing something out of the box was growing but there were just too many rules, procedures, documents, CHANGE MANAGEMENT !!!
It was the last straw on camel's back.
One fine day i said to myself, enough of beating around the bush..If i don't do it now, i am not gonna do it ever !!
I am a mixture of recklessness and sensible Tapish, Fortunately, the sensible Tapish was still up.The next thing i thought was -Ok, you chuck this all..and then ? do what ??
Education sector was growing to be the area of my interest but i knew i was not ready for it yet.So do what ?? And then, something struck..something that changed my entire view on this decision.
I am still not sure that how and when the thought of going for an MBA creep-ed in.But i said to myself, that would be it.You study, be a post graduate, work and gain experience in industry for some years and then see which way the ball should be rolling.I have very few instances in my life of rational and intelligent thinking.I kind of miss it a lot :-) I would not yet say , this was an exception here, cos i know its too early but i can at-least say that this is far better than what i was thinking otherwise.
So MBA it was.But with the only piece of knowledge on MBA i was carrying being information on IIMs and CAT exam to get into them , i knew its going to be a tough ride.After having resigned and flown back to India, i chose Pune to be the next stop.Reasons and the journey to entrance exams will follow in other posts.
Must mention, that all through this mental whirlpool situation, i felt that God was with me.As if he had already picked up the best way and the best destination for me, i was just supposed to put in the requisite efforts.
Its not easy to give up a good job at the best location in the world , but i said "..its not easy", well, remember how difficult it was to balance ur bicycle while seeing straight or keeping awake a night before the exam..but you did.
For me , the desire to do something else was so intense that i was blinded for what i had with me then.Anyways, it worked for me and will work for anyone who finds that intense desire to overshadow everything else :-)
Cheers
