A very common thing among humans but very contributive in defining the success and failure for them. Sometimes, it so happens that we are in a mood swing and we are not able to recognise it.
As of now, if I analyse my life of last 7 months, I will recognise a swinging pattern in my activities. Though my every activity was directed towards my ultimate goal of "sketching out a better future for myself" but my each activity had deviations from this mean line.
Now that is very normal. So what is the new thing that I am trying to put forth??
Recently, during a placement option in JP Morgan, one of my friends said - yaar engineer banke bhi ek bank mein kaam karenge to chaar saal ki padhai waste hi hai na...engineering degree is a waste.
I tried to convince him that it is just a graduation, we are not yet engineers so it hardly matters which job u adopt.
The next thing he said really shooked me.
He said - tu kya bolega jab log tujhse poochenge:
-beta engineering kaha se ki? 'ji BITS Pilani'
-are waah!! kis branch mein? 'Electronics'/'mechanical'/'computer science' etc.
-kaha job kar rahe ho? 'JP Morgan'
-are waah!! kya kaam karte ho? 'transactions processing'
Meaning that I will be simply pushing buttons on a system on someone's orders when he/she wants me to perform a transaction.
Best part: I will be transacting in billions daily
Worst part: It is a clerikal job
This conversation has been haunting me day n night. And after this, I am pondering over what I had been doing since July 08; I had been moulding myself to fit for the market needs.
Agreed, that all of us need to do that at some point or the other but why do we lose our identities? Why do we stop pursuing what really interests us? Why are we least bothered about what we have studied or rather what has been taught to us till now?
Why an X with qualification of an engineer tries to get involved into something where he cannot utilize his knowledge gathered over a period of 4 years?
Agreed that after 12th, 90% of youth is directed by their guardians/parents regarding their career. But, isn't that a wrong methodology?
We are forced to aim for the hot seats in IIT, BITS, NIT IIIT etc.
How much do we know of market scenario or of our interests? What is the guarantee that once an engineer will always be an engineer? And yes we do see people diverting from the field; even completely quitting it.
After graduation, scenario does not get better at all.
We are a herd of sheep following what OTHERS do. Our business is not what we should do but what the majority is doing.
We are again made clear that there are only limited prospects: CAT, GATE, GRE, GMAT etc.
Even I could not escape from this herd and am still a part of this herd.
I went for hell of MBA entrance examinations; nothing happened.
For placements, left my mechanical text books to study C programming for companies in IT sector: nothing happened.
Again diverted myself from IT to finance and studied hell of it: nothing happened.
What next?
How many transfers do I need to go through before I find success?
My dad says - That is the way it is. You look for every option available.
If that is the case, then I must say that we are losing the power to focus.
We, who are always addressed as the drivers of the future of India, are being driven as per the moment.
As of now, if I analyse my life of last 7 months, I will recognise a swinging pattern in my activities. Though my every activity was directed towards my ultimate goal of "sketching out a better future for myself" but my each activity had deviations from this mean line.
Now that is very normal. So what is the new thing that I am trying to put forth??
Recently, during a placement option in JP Morgan, one of my friends said - yaar engineer banke bhi ek bank mein kaam karenge to chaar saal ki padhai waste hi hai na...engineering degree is a waste.
I tried to convince him that it is just a graduation, we are not yet engineers so it hardly matters which job u adopt.
The next thing he said really shooked me.
He said - tu kya bolega jab log tujhse poochenge:
-beta engineering kaha se ki? 'ji BITS Pilani'
-are waah!! kis branch mein? 'Electronics'/'mechanical'/'computer science' etc.
-kaha job kar rahe ho? 'JP Morgan'
-are waah!! kya kaam karte ho? 'transactions processing'
Meaning that I will be simply pushing buttons on a system on someone's orders when he/she wants me to perform a transaction.
Best part: I will be transacting in billions daily
Worst part: It is a clerikal job
This conversation has been haunting me day n night. And after this, I am pondering over what I had been doing since July 08; I had been moulding myself to fit for the market needs.
Agreed, that all of us need to do that at some point or the other but why do we lose our identities? Why do we stop pursuing what really interests us? Why are we least bothered about what we have studied or rather what has been taught to us till now?
Why an X with qualification of an engineer tries to get involved into something where he cannot utilize his knowledge gathered over a period of 4 years?
Agreed that after 12th, 90% of youth is directed by their guardians/parents regarding their career. But, isn't that a wrong methodology?
We are forced to aim for the hot seats in IIT, BITS, NIT IIIT etc.
How much do we know of market scenario or of our interests? What is the guarantee that once an engineer will always be an engineer? And yes we do see people diverting from the field; even completely quitting it.
After graduation, scenario does not get better at all.
We are a herd of sheep following what OTHERS do. Our business is not what we should do but what the majority is doing.
We are again made clear that there are only limited prospects: CAT, GATE, GRE, GMAT etc.
Even I could not escape from this herd and am still a part of this herd.
I went for hell of MBA entrance examinations; nothing happened.
For placements, left my mechanical text books to study C programming for companies in IT sector: nothing happened.
Again diverted myself from IT to finance and studied hell of it: nothing happened.
What next?
How many transfers do I need to go through before I find success?
My dad says - That is the way it is. You look for every option available.
If that is the case, then I must say that we are losing the power to focus.
We, who are always addressed as the drivers of the future of India, are being driven as per the moment.
