Career Directions Since BITS - 2

My mental state in the third year has been utter mayhem. Chaos surrounded my every action. Didn't know which course to take. Didn't know which direction to follow. First Medicinal Chemistry, then Pharmaceutics, then Computer Science, then again Medicinal Chemistry, then Instrumental Methods of Analysis... Uff. I didn't want my life to be like this. I don't even know how I wanted my life to be. But I know that this is not what I wanted. I finished the third year with so much confusion though my cgpa improved like hell without much assistance from my side, I am still spoilt for choice.

Then came the fourth year and first crushing blow in my life. I think it's the only crushing blow in my life. Everything seemed hard and everyone looked ugly. I lacked self confidence, I lacked morale. That was the worst phase of my life. And through it, I have decided to drop that M.Pharm vertical transfer, thus becoming the first (and may be only) candidate to reject the vertical transfer(that is conferred to me after my first year).

Wow. Good or bad, a decision has been taken. A big step from indecisiveness. Final semester of my BITSian life. First job offer. Not much joy though. A thesis under Computer Science professor, known to be a good man. some vetti thrill. got close to some. got away from more. within no time, time has come to say adios. tears flowed down the cheeks, heart wished to stay, mind numbing feeling. say whatever you want, the time you have to leave the place which taught you so much is the unforgettable moment. Packed everything. got into the bus with my eyes moist and my journey into no-dreams land started.

---to be continued!

Career Directions Since BITS - 1

I joined BITS with absolutely no plans and no ideas of what I would end up doing after four years. I joined BITS with that untarnished innocence, village intelligence and little understanding of world-outside. Suddenly, everything looked strange; girls wearing jeans and t-shirts, students operating computer like a TV remote, TT table inside a hostel. Started the first year with the only goal of getting a good C.G. and moving to a better discipline without really realising how difficult it is. At the end of the first year, gradually transformed into someone ambitious, a bit more likeable and amicable. At the end of that year I learnt what attitude is all about, found friendships that will last the life time, understood what career is. But, what it couldn't show me was the direction my career had to take. I was still the same ignorant self, the way I started it. When I got the chance to finish Masters in 5years along with the undergrad, I applied for it, little knowing that it would be another course of direction my career would take.
After two years of Bachelors, I was pursuing a course that was introduced for the first time, was going no where and still unsure about what I should be doing once I am out of BITS. I was with people who are as intelligent as I am, if not more, making career decisions, progressing towards making their life more meaningful and achieving their set goals. I was left to ponder my thoughts of setting dreams and going after them. Then came Practice School and left me wondering which kind of station should I be looking for. Unsure of where I should be heading towards, I followed the herd and went to HDL. Though, turned out to be a great learning experience of my life, it would have been great had I 'decided' to take that decision rather than 'taking' that decision. These 2 months changed the way I was thinking at that time, making me look beyond grades and c.g., forcing me to look at life larger than what I had seen until then. After those 2 months, I compared myself with what I had been at the beginning of my journey, the day I joined BITS; realized that I became a far better person but with the same no-goals scenario.

---to be continued!

Awesome Aesthetics!

I have never seen browsers being beautiful. Only safari came close to visually appealing the consumers. But, Google developed its browser not only powerful but aesthetically wonderful. To make it more colourful, I decided to tweak my bookmarks bar and here's the end result! Ah, it looks amazing!