This post is way overdue. I have been kind of busy, but more so not in the mood to write. I mean, an engineer who does writing. The one I know of the like is Chetan Bhagat so that's a bummer.
Anyway the last few months have been a jump. Like a fast forward. Not because of the general perception that time is fleeting, but because they have made me realize, it's time I plan out a future.
To be honest it's weird. I mean I still like racing people on the stairs. I still try to balance the switch between on and off. For some reason I believe that the guy who makes questions marks and stars on his partner's copy might not be the most "consummate professional" (Even if his resume does say otherwise).
It's funny, in college everything feels the same. In fact there are still aspects that I am still discovering and contrary to all previously formed opinion it isn't as bad a place I thought. I mean they don't serve non-veg and are like Scrooge when it comes to holidays, but still. The people too aren't that bad. In fact some are pretty cool. So I kind of do like my present. The question is when I leave this frontier and go to the beyond. Full of suits, computers, water cooler jokes and people with a bad sense of humour to whom I can't give a sarcastic retort. How will it be? Classmates from school have nearly got it all figured out and I am on the side going like, yeah, I'll go home and eat Chinese.
Perhaps the funniest instance was when Siddharth, Puneet and I had a conversation about SAE and it's relevance. Trying to sound all responsible. The guys who laugh at the Chowpatty-Charpai joke.
I speak to my juniors and for once I do envy them. Is it a Peter Pan sort of thing? Bah. Couldn't care.
500 Days of Summer is a pretty good movie, especially the last part, when he does become serious about his career and associated clips like those are purely my only solace. I mean let's put it this way, it's not scary, just general apprehension. Can you blame me? A guy with whom I used to (and still do) talk about Pokémon, is contemplating B-Schools and specializations with respect to the job market. Who wouldn't freak out? It's like the night is over and the grown ups have to go work.
I am ready for it. Agreed I don't know how the "Corporate World" functions but you know, when I was a kid I did not know how Middle School -High School works but I made it. It's the same just that the stakes are like the REST of my life. Like a never ending final. Then again, improvisation and determination can overcome quite a bit. So yeah. I am ready to jump. I am ready to go and design/manufacture/sell/buy/fix/play/write. I say all these because the one thing I have learnt is even the kid who convinced his parents he wants to sing does have a lil voice that tells him otherwise. The individual who wants to switch fields needs a little boost to make the switch. So for all the souls looking to do it, this entry I hope convinces you that being slightly tensed is okay, but what you need to remember is the fact that your success has already been decided when you decided it. Now it's all about grit, hard work and other vaguely motivational terms.
We all start with same knowledge as a fresher in any field. It's ultimately all about your perseverance and knowledge. You should know what to take and what to reject. You should know your opportunities and be able to make your setbacks, stages for a comeback. Very few decisions are both important and easy as they say. You can't let fear steal your funk.
Here is hoping that you, me and all of us do become the rockstars/doctors/dictators/engineers/authors (even Chetan Bhagat might) that we aspire to be. Deserving of the credit of our toughest critic, ourselves.
-Yes, the fear-funk was a "How I Met Your Mother" reference.
Cheers!
Anyway the last few months have been a jump. Like a fast forward. Not because of the general perception that time is fleeting, but because they have made me realize, it's time I plan out a future.
To be honest it's weird. I mean I still like racing people on the stairs. I still try to balance the switch between on and off. For some reason I believe that the guy who makes questions marks and stars on his partner's copy might not be the most "consummate professional" (Even if his resume does say otherwise).
It's funny, in college everything feels the same. In fact there are still aspects that I am still discovering and contrary to all previously formed opinion it isn't as bad a place I thought. I mean they don't serve non-veg and are like Scrooge when it comes to holidays, but still. The people too aren't that bad. In fact some are pretty cool. So I kind of do like my present. The question is when I leave this frontier and go to the beyond. Full of suits, computers, water cooler jokes and people with a bad sense of humour to whom I can't give a sarcastic retort. How will it be? Classmates from school have nearly got it all figured out and I am on the side going like, yeah, I'll go home and eat Chinese.
Perhaps the funniest instance was when Siddharth, Puneet and I had a conversation about SAE and it's relevance. Trying to sound all responsible. The guys who laugh at the Chowpatty-Charpai joke.
I speak to my juniors and for once I do envy them. Is it a Peter Pan sort of thing? Bah. Couldn't care.
500 Days of Summer is a pretty good movie, especially the last part, when he does become serious about his career and associated clips like those are purely my only solace. I mean let's put it this way, it's not scary, just general apprehension. Can you blame me? A guy with whom I used to (and still do) talk about Pokémon, is contemplating B-Schools and specializations with respect to the job market. Who wouldn't freak out? It's like the night is over and the grown ups have to go work.
I am ready for it. Agreed I don't know how the "Corporate World" functions but you know, when I was a kid I did not know how Middle School -High School works but I made it. It's the same just that the stakes are like the REST of my life. Like a never ending final. Then again, improvisation and determination can overcome quite a bit. So yeah. I am ready to jump. I am ready to go and design/manufacture/sell/buy/fix/play/write. I say all these because the one thing I have learnt is even the kid who convinced his parents he wants to sing does have a lil voice that tells him otherwise. The individual who wants to switch fields needs a little boost to make the switch. So for all the souls looking to do it, this entry I hope convinces you that being slightly tensed is okay, but what you need to remember is the fact that your success has already been decided when you decided it. Now it's all about grit, hard work and other vaguely motivational terms.
We all start with same knowledge as a fresher in any field. It's ultimately all about your perseverance and knowledge. You should know what to take and what to reject. You should know your opportunities and be able to make your setbacks, stages for a comeback. Very few decisions are both important and easy as they say. You can't let fear steal your funk.
Here is hoping that you, me and all of us do become the rockstars/doctors/dictators/engineers/authors (even Chetan Bhagat might) that we aspire to be. Deserving of the credit of our toughest critic, ourselves.
-Yes, the fear-funk was a "How I Met Your Mother" reference.
Cheers!
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