4 years of my professional life
Time has taken it's course relentlessly, April 7th marks completion of 4 yrs in my life outside college.
My first day at emuzed is still fresh and vivid in memories, I remember introducing myself going desk to desk. I still recollect my first salary, a sum of Rs.27028, and castles I built in day dreams.
During my first year, I was so excited with the assembly code that I skipped few lunches and stayed long in the evenings. Next 2 years I was totally drawn into money, as if there was no means other than it. Though initially I was not much given to power politics, natural tendency and association with wrong people took it's toll on me, sometimes I had taken other's problems as my own, so stupid I was. Overall, as I started exploring more into internals of emuzed, I somewhere deeply felt we (not I, I was stupid again) were not getting right due, disparities plagued, I felt like I was waging a lost war.
Sooner a never heard offer of 12 lakhs per annum at 2.8 yr experience greeted me from nVidia, a company people dream to work for in USA. Days started rolling at nVidia rather slowly. I felt cheated with the kind of work I've been asked to do. I was again in the middle of ocean. Money was no more inciting my senses, I was worried a lot, pain was so unbearable that I quit it in less than 4 months. I could recollect my last day at nVidia, my friends who came to my house to bid farewell, I took flight on the very night I resigned to join in a less known company ocean away. It was probably shock to people back at home whom I never told my intentions, it was a desperate decision I took in haste after swinging heavily within myself.
I am swarmed by several questions, initially about money, I couldn't digest the unfair advantage people in USA command over pity engineers in India. It has dragged me into understanding economics, and I realized it is this unfair advantage that has got me a job in India and not my masters at IIT.
Now I feel like not working, I'm slowly drifting into world of economics, wonder where I'm heading, time has to take it's own course.
My first day at emuzed is still fresh and vivid in memories, I remember introducing myself going desk to desk. I still recollect my first salary, a sum of Rs.27028, and castles I built in day dreams.
During my first year, I was so excited with the assembly code that I skipped few lunches and stayed long in the evenings. Next 2 years I was totally drawn into money, as if there was no means other than it. Though initially I was not much given to power politics, natural tendency and association with wrong people took it's toll on me, sometimes I had taken other's problems as my own, so stupid I was. Overall, as I started exploring more into internals of emuzed, I somewhere deeply felt we (not I, I was stupid again) were not getting right due, disparities plagued, I felt like I was waging a lost war.
Sooner a never heard offer of 12 lakhs per annum at 2.8 yr experience greeted me from nVidia, a company people dream to work for in USA. Days started rolling at nVidia rather slowly. I felt cheated with the kind of work I've been asked to do. I was again in the middle of ocean. Money was no more inciting my senses, I was worried a lot, pain was so unbearable that I quit it in less than 4 months. I could recollect my last day at nVidia, my friends who came to my house to bid farewell, I took flight on the very night I resigned to join in a less known company ocean away. It was probably shock to people back at home whom I never told my intentions, it was a desperate decision I took in haste after swinging heavily within myself.
I am swarmed by several questions, initially about money, I couldn't digest the unfair advantage people in USA command over pity engineers in India. It has dragged me into understanding economics, and I realized it is this unfair advantage that has got me a job in India and not my masters at IIT.
Now I feel like not working, I'm slowly drifting into world of economics, wonder where I'm heading, time has to take it's own course.
5 Comments:
u have confused me totally dude..!! * blank face* der wer times wen i felt frustu @ work.. but managed to move outta dat feeling...
seriously wonder wer we software thingies r headin towards!!
hey, i agree, there is a learning phase, which is very interesting, after that u know all bout ins and outs of the market, Typically, thats when you shud move out and try a new area.... IIT Madras does not figure anywhere i think, coz even i am bout to graduate from IIT Madras.. its really what u need to do.. to feel better. Money cannot buy u happiness, if u are busy round the clock earning it
cool so how much are u earning now
I admire your inner strength with which you allowed yourself to change. Yes there is a lot more to life than money.
People seldon recognise this and if at all they recognise it, they would already have been clutched by the power politics.
I admire the change you took. What are you doing dow?
Wishing you all the best in your endeavours!
Great ... Its always a Big question to most of the people ..HOw to make money in a short time ? , How to keep work life balance etc...Dude! every one is different in their perception ..so Right now what is priority in u r life to u is important... u might be right in u r perception ,but i can't stop myself to appriciate u r thoughts ..so let me wish u a BIG "all the BEST for u r Economical Future"..Ofcourse to u r Personal life tooo...
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