My last post was on Dec 24, almost 30 days have gone by without a single post. Why
i) I wanted to open blogging this year with a great post
ii) Was slightly pissed with the job applications and the dings
iii)Had a 15 day long vacation during which time I concentrated on two things - eating and sleeping.
In spite of the fact that I cudnt come up with a great topic or a great post I decided to blog today to break the one month drought. A lot happened in the month that transpired but not everything is important and not everything is worth sharing. So here are the highlights.
Got placed in a IT startup on Day1 of placements. Yah Yah startup, in this economy, some risk involved and some instability but then I had to take my chances. Getting placed on day 1 is such a relief and well worth the risk or is it? Anyways keeping my fingers crossed and hoping I have a long career at that company.
A little earlier than that placement I applied to close to 14 companies and got only 2 shortlists. A dozen dings aint that bad compared to what some of my classmates had to go through but then it wasnt pleasant either. Most importantly it demoralizes you.
A little earlier than this applying and dings, a good number of us went crazy about occult and astrology and some how wanted to figure out what was in store for us post ISB. Feel like laughing do ya, you must have been in our shoes
The last one month has been very boring. 7th term should easily be the worst term ever. The profs dont realize that no one wants to do a gazillion assignments and write exams during placement season and more importantly during 7th term.
Well then I guess I have ranted enough and have covered almost all the highlights of the last 30 days. Well there was the ISB Dean and Satyam stuff abt which I am not going to blog, Slumdog nomination for 10 oscars which is all over the web and hence doesnt need a mention from me, Rehmans awesome music in Slumdog and Delhi6 and the absolute certainity of his winning an oscar which again has been stated very many times by very many people. Hmm.. Well then I guess thats it for now. Thanks for staying tuned, Happy new year.
--Badri--
I guess the toughest and most demanding course in ISB although it aint a course per se is the resume and interview prep. I was staying a bit aloof and dint get started till about last week and boy did i screw myself. The last one week has been very demanding, running helter skelter getting my resume prepared and trying to locate benevolent souls(typically alums) who would do a good resume review. And in spite of all the effort i have just gotten started.
Also I hadnt formed a prep group, a team of 4-5 with similar interests in jobs and placements who will help each other in the placement preparation. Again a big mistake but thankfully it dint backfire by much since even though i started the last minute i was successful in convincing a group to take me in.
To add salt to the injury , PAEV(a course in ISB which i really should have avoided) cost us 120 man hrs last week for a 10 mark assignment. I know we could really avoided a lot of what we had done but then i wasn't successful in convincing the team. Nevertheless I learnt a lot about powerpoints(more on that later) during the course of the PAEV assignment and loved what i learnt.
Bottomline, first week of term 5, thanks to elective bidding, worries about courses to take, PAEV assignment, prep group and resumes has by far been the busiest week i have had in ISB. I have only slept 7-8 hrs a day last week (much lower than my 11hr avg) and i have scary dreams of being jobless, failing in exams etc. GOD BE MERCIFUL.
--Badri--
