On 30th June, i completed a year at my job. It has been a long long journey to now. Heck, i feel like making a movie out of it (without Aamir Khan in the role of schoolboy please!).
It feels like only yesterday, I had passed the 10th exams. I have always been decent at studies, i was appreciated at my school too. There were instances when the whole class was beaten up but I was spared, when the whole class was derided for its performance but i was applauded. Yes, in a way i was a spoiled brat at my school. I guess that ended with 10th exams ( all good things have to come to an end, right?).
As my native town had very few opportunities to learn after 10th, i moved to Ranchi.My father always wanted me to take up biology, and I did get admission into bio section. But the day he caught the return train, I changed my section to Computer Science! Upon reflecting now, i realize, how small actions/decisions change our life tremendously, how different life would have been had i chosen to pursue biology.
Yes, the two years of life in Ranchi were hectic. The class, the coaching schedules and the pressure. The boy who was always in the eyes of his teachers felt lost in the competition. Peer pressure was simply overwhelming. I must admit those were the two most difficult years. To draw an analogy, it's like trying to get in an overcrowded train with a lot of luggage. You don't have much of support/help but you must make it and make it fast.There were days of frustration and futile attempts at understanding things. However, what ends good is good. Some life long friends were made ( Prasoon, Prince, Laxmi). The board and most importantly, entrance exams were finally over. I got into decent college into a stream of my choice.
Thus began the four most crazy, happy, tension-free years of my life at NIT Jamshedpur. There wasn't much to do(though not entirely by choice!) with loads of free time and a large circle of friends(Ranjan, Kunal, Sharad, Ajit, Saha, Jaiswal and Aayush). Memories of bunking classes every Friday to watch movies ( and shit! movies like Darling, Traffic Signal, RGV ki Aag, Cash, how could i possibly watch them?) , dinner @ Blooms, coffee after drinks, day long arguments, birthday parties, Shyam da, Jha ji, Nimboo pani, post dinner walks, Kolkata trip, Bhubaneshwar trip, the Hyderabad trip, no one of us can possibly ever forget those. Fast forward to last year, and placements loomed. There were everlasting deliberations about companies, jobs and salaries. Days of despair with sparks of hope. Anyways, to say the least, all of us were placed. The placement parties were legendary except for those of us who were still unplaced at that point of time. The college ended with loads of bitter and sweet memories and lots of lessons learnt ( this warrants an another post!).
And now the professional part of the story. There was always a hidden desire to prove myself(I had got campus placement at TCS), that resulted in lot of off campus trials and total of four job offers. Well i took up the one with the largest company and my luck, it turned out to be good one too ( work culture, policies, work-life balance and blah blah..). The free food, parties, helping colleagues, not-so-scary bosses, competitions with finals in Germany, all rock. In short, I am enjoying my job, at least as of now.
Some parting thoughts - there was a time, when I traveled, i never thought beyond the 2nd class, I literally could feel that my father didn't want me to get the unaffordable AC tickets, now is the time, i never think of 2nd class (hell! no AC III/II/I tickets?, how do i or my family travel?). Times change, don't they? Sometimes they change for good and at other times for bad. This is what life is!
It feels like only yesterday, I had passed the 10th exams. I have always been decent at studies, i was appreciated at my school too. There were instances when the whole class was beaten up but I was spared, when the whole class was derided for its performance but i was applauded. Yes, in a way i was a spoiled brat at my school. I guess that ended with 10th exams ( all good things have to come to an end, right?).
As my native town had very few opportunities to learn after 10th, i moved to Ranchi.My father always wanted me to take up biology, and I did get admission into bio section. But the day he caught the return train, I changed my section to Computer Science! Upon reflecting now, i realize, how small actions/decisions change our life tremendously, how different life would have been had i chosen to pursue biology.
Yes, the two years of life in Ranchi were hectic. The class, the coaching schedules and the pressure. The boy who was always in the eyes of his teachers felt lost in the competition. Peer pressure was simply overwhelming. I must admit those were the two most difficult years. To draw an analogy, it's like trying to get in an overcrowded train with a lot of luggage. You don't have much of support/help but you must make it and make it fast.There were days of frustration and futile attempts at understanding things. However, what ends good is good. Some life long friends were made ( Prasoon, Prince, Laxmi). The board and most importantly, entrance exams were finally over. I got into decent college into a stream of my choice.
Thus began the four most crazy, happy, tension-free years of my life at NIT Jamshedpur. There wasn't much to do(though not entirely by choice!) with loads of free time and a large circle of friends(Ranjan, Kunal, Sharad, Ajit, Saha, Jaiswal and Aayush). Memories of bunking classes every Friday to watch movies ( and shit! movies like Darling, Traffic Signal, RGV ki Aag, Cash, how could i possibly watch them?) , dinner @ Blooms, coffee after drinks, day long arguments, birthday parties, Shyam da, Jha ji, Nimboo pani, post dinner walks, Kolkata trip, Bhubaneshwar trip, the Hyderabad trip, no one of us can possibly ever forget those. Fast forward to last year, and placements loomed. There were everlasting deliberations about companies, jobs and salaries. Days of despair with sparks of hope. Anyways, to say the least, all of us were placed. The placement parties were legendary except for those of us who were still unplaced at that point of time. The college ended with loads of bitter and sweet memories and lots of lessons learnt ( this warrants an another post!).And now the professional part of the story. There was always a hidden desire to prove myself(I had got campus placement at TCS), that resulted in lot of off campus trials and total of four job offers. Well i took up the one with the largest company and my luck, it turned out to be good one too ( work culture, policies, work-life balance and blah blah..). The free food, parties, helping colleagues, not-so-scary bosses, competitions with finals in Germany, all rock. In short, I am enjoying my job, at least as of now.
Some parting thoughts - there was a time, when I traveled, i never thought beyond the 2nd class, I literally could feel that my father didn't want me to get the unaffordable AC tickets, now is the time, i never think of 2nd class (hell! no AC III/II/I tickets?, how do i or my family travel?). Times change, don't they? Sometimes they change for good and at other times for bad. This is what life is!
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