The Freshman Dilemma !!

I was contacted by Tapas, one of my junior in hostel. He enquired me about the options he should opt for a better future. I should admit I do not have that great of an expertise so as to change lives, but would admit that I do have the confidence that changed the future of mine.
The biggest dillemma perturbed in the brains of many students, especcially from professional colleges is to land with a great job at the end of their college.
Shelling out huge amounts of money for a professional is worth the cause if at the end of the course an individual lands with a fabulous job. True enough, thats the reason we all opted for a professional degree and not just any pass course or honours degree.
The golden question is : Is getting admitted to a professional college in a professional course enough to live up to your Dollar Dreams. The dark answer is NO Certainly NOT !!!
Just imagine the current scenario : West Bengal has more than 90 colleges imparting BCA to above 4500 students every year. So every year aroung 4000 odd students pass out having the same degree of BCA. Looking into the IT scenario in bengal, one must realise that more than 1000 individuals can't be accomodated in the IT industry. Harshly enough very few IT companies across India rely or better say, trust Bengal for human resources. I had a chance to experience a couple of them namely IBM and Accenture, but given the current slack in the IT market, one can only guess the intake in the coming years.
The matter of concern is what exactly makes one fit the bill for cracking any or all of the job interviews. The answer gets difficult as each year passes.
A student who would easily have fetched a top notch job a couple of years ago today undoubtedly have to get rugged before he/she lands with a job. The reason being, even a few years back, the passout percentage was more than sufficient, but today the organisations are more demanding. They look for knowledge, skills and attitude. "Attitude" is one word that haunted me throughout the 3 years of college. Generally I was known as a guy with a bad and unprofessional attitude. It took me three years to silence my critics. With 4 job offers , I thought I had my revenge. I proved that this is the attitude to be. Sheer confidence. Those who are reading it must not go by the way I have talked of. The reason being - I never followed anybody. I just did what I wanted to, It sure was an uphill task but the dawn was beautiful.

The Awakening

This is the place that changed my life. A place I hate but a place where I found the meaning of being alive. I had to go under flame test every day. Every day way a struggle for survival. Every hour was a fight for existance. Every minute passed like months, every second was a curse and evry breath was a burden.

It is something that no one would ever know. The reason being, my outer self is the exact contrast of my inner self. Those very close to me know me as who I am, others just know me as I want them to know me.

It was around Nov 2005 end, we were appearing for our 3rd semester papers. It was the worst phase of my life I expected to be. I was not sure whether I would be able to attend my classes for 4th sem. I was denied a loan from my bank and the college refused to help. Regrettably many of my batchmates are still unaware of the fact. However, It hurts the most when someone is known to be a good student and has to drop out after one and half years of college. The exams somehow got over. Everyone was packing for home. I dreaded my luggage bag. I knew this could very well be my last vacation. I knew I won't be returning to college.

The hostel was almost empty. I and my roommate, Suryakant Mishra, were among the countable few to leave. I had my bag packed. I wished a miracle to save my studies, my career. I knew no on could help me. I thought of ringing Pratichi, better called Sis by me, I was talking to her and within a few moments I broke down. I was crying like a kid whose most precious toy had been taken away from him. I was crying for help, I cried I didn't want to go, I cried for someone to help me.......But who could!!

I left for home that night. Reaching home I realised matters couldn't improve.

The very next afternoon I left for Kolkata. I joined a MNC BPO. I dropped out of college.

Unbelievably, I couldn't recognise myself in the mirror. I was never the same Shayantan. I was someone else. I called Him SATAN derived from ShayAnTAN.

I was working in the BPO for about two months. I had enough to pay for at least one semester. I decided to return. Fortunately , on my return to college I was offered a scholarship. That certainly made my life easier.

At the and of three years I passed out college with four job offers, all from MNCs and the highest pay package. I denied names like TCS and CTS.

That is how my life began.

People speak but I proved that Impossible is Nothing.

Technosophically Responsible Netizen

Although I am a young kid new to cyberspace, I strongly have certain notions regarding the so called CYBERSPACE. This is my space, this is our space. We are always upfront in utilising its merits and relish its demerits. We would always blame others for our faults. Obviously, here "others" means "hackers". Why do we blame them for the mere fault of our own? There is only one difference between us and the hackers - They spend their days nights and everything else if discovering things that can be manipulated with. Infact given a chance I would like to have a weekend with any of them, to know what's exactly different between us. It can't be only be IQ. There is a lot more to their personality.
Now that really doesn't mean that I am standing up for those whose manipulate technology for nefarious reasons. Gladly enough thats one of our HUMAN traits. It can't be helped. We would always misuse things. Why blame them alone?

Look and feel of life !!!

Quite a long time since I last took to writing.
However, life has taken a lot of twists and turns in a short period of 21 years.
Just a few moons ago, I thought of transcending into my thoughts through the insight of others. Quite a complex ask, but once thought of it , I will go for it.
I have recently joined my first job. Rewarding one, though. I turned down Accenture and IBM for this job. Ah well I would use this opportunity to dig into my past.
Born on 1st Sep '86. Completed graduation(BCA) in 2007 and now cruising through my professional life. Like include being myself and I hate limits. both literally and mathematically.
Now that I have took to writing , watch out for my next posts.
Till then see ya !!