Thinking Aloud!

Well this is not a U-turn from my last
post, but I have sobered up considerably after that time and
now I dont feel that much bad about my friends and others
who are/were aiming for CAT. Have to go out now, will
complete the post after attending the second marriage of the
day…..

…..hmmm Yesterday I was not in a position to write for the
blog, so continuing from where I left…..

Maybe its the effect of going to two marriages back-to-back
or of venting my thoughts on the blog, I feel on top of the
world again!! Theres almost nothing that spicy food and loud
music (except constipation and headache of course) can cure.
So, I am back in business with Vinayak planning about the
latest project of Robotics club and me getting quotes from
the shops for making the arena for the wall-following event
in the 
Pecfest. And now all the harsh feelings for the other
guys are gone!!

But, haan this being the last semester before placements
start, I need to mend few of my habits. Now is the time to
start “Morris Mano” and “Sedra-Smith” again. Because for
placements I will have to compete with those fellas who have
always got 9-10% more than me! And they will compete in
territories not-so-favorable to me (read written tests and
interviews). This means first of all I need to increase my
study hours( even one fifth of the time people like

herr spend will be sufficient)…and secondly do
something for the interviews……communicating in English a
bit more will be a good starting point……

 
posted by Sumit Tada @ 7:53 PM

3 Comments:

 
Abhishek Singh said…

I also love MBAs… so both of us
have a common love now :d.

next is best of luck for your pecfest and robotics event.
Regarding the placement…yes you have to get a stronghold
of basics for the placements. Last year all IITs decided
that placements will be only in last semester.. perhaps this
decision is going to change and we might also have
placements next semester.

So anyways all the best for the placements or CAT or
whatever you choose. The ultimate aim should be to excel in
whatever you do.

Bye for now.

 
9:07 PM, January 25, 2006


   

 
Hiren said…

After reading about Laxmi Mittal,
richest indian in the world and Naresh Goyal,propreitor of
Jet airways who are both commerce graudates, I would say
that “I love B.coms”

 
3:28 PM, January 31, 2006


   

 
Sumit Tada said…

Abhishek and Hiren Ji

First of all let me make it clear that I dont have any
particular affinity to MBAs. The only reason for chossing
the title of this post was that in the previos post I had
written few things which seem harsh to me especially about
people who are preparing for CAT. Now as most of my good
friends fall in this category…….so…..to make things
even, I used this title.

Abhishek

Hmmm well I have no plans for CAT so better if u give all ur
wishes for placements 

 
3:52 PM, February 01, 2006

Hmmm I was in a very depressing mood
for past few days, then it turned into anger against many
people around me whom I considered the cause of this and
finally now I have desire to succeed again so that I can
show to all those persons that “I will survive” and succeed!

During my past 2-3 years in college I
have tried working on a number of projects small and large
from robotics to web designing to circuit making and have
failed mostly. But the failures never make me sad as I am
firm believer in what Edison
used to say “by failing 1000 times I have found 1000 new
ways of NOT making the bulb”. But what really hurts me is
when people make you look like a fool when you talk about
such things. And eyes can say much more than words. So, now
I don’t want to work on anything not because I may fail but
because I will look still dumber and a bigger fool!

If you can’t get anything that I have
written then let me give you some history.

From the time when I was first asked
“tum bade ho ke kya ban na chahte ho?” my answer has always
been “engineer” and not because it was cool or it was the
latest trend or it will get lots of money but because I want
to create things. Beautiful things, innovative things,
useful thing … This is what I always wanted and I had no
doubts that I will be able to achieve and with such dreams
in my eyes I gave entrance exams and then when time came to
choose from going to good college (IIT and DCE) but not so
good branch (textile in IIT and mech in DCE) and not that
good college (PEC) but good branch (electronics). I never
had a second thought. I thought “well it is a reputed
college and I like electronics more than mechanical and
surely more than textile” and most importantly it is an
ENGINEERING college! What more could I ask for? First year
went without anything much but I started getting the feeling
that maybe my dreams about engineering college were not so
realistic. It was not the college that disappointed me that
much as the students here!!

What else can you say when students of
an engineering college say things like “hey don’t talk about
such hi-fi things, you are in PEC”, “yaar PEC mein aise kaam
kaun karta hai” and worst of all “PEC is more of a
management college!” And if that’s not enough they have
pride in saying these things. Give me a break yaar! *feeling
totally fed up*

Well if you want to do MBA after
college then fine, go ahead but why make the life of “true
engineers” miserable? When the only mistake that we did was
choosing an engineering college in the hope that it will be
the best way to become an engineer! And by “true engineer” I
don’t mean good or great ones but those who are doing BE as
they “want to be engineer” and not just to get a bachelors
degree so that they are eligible to give the CAT!

I don’t have anything personally
against people going for MBA but why most of them forget
that it’s NOT always necessary to be the ultimate aim for
engineering! I never realized how horrible it could feel to
be left out of the pack. In a class of 60 more than 40 think
that you are stupid (as you are not giving CAT) other 9-10
don’t care for the whole world and remaining just wander
aimlessly trying to make sense of this all!

So, if you are CAT aspirant please
remember there ARE people who don’t want to do MBA not
because they CANT but coz they don’t WANT to do it, maybe
they find it too damn boring or maybe they have found some
other way of making money!!

And if you are one of “US” then let’s
start one more “Empire strikes back” and show “THEM” what
our real worth is.

Phew blogging is cool!! I am already
feeling lighter and ready-to-roll!!

 
posted by Sumit Tada @ 9:22 AM

3 Comments::

 
Raman said…

To all those who share the plight
of what Tada has just described in the few lines here, i
would like to add one thing.. This person has stood up for
what he believes and nows what he wants.. But there
countless many who drift away in the crowd and with the
crowd, not knowing not only what is right for them, but
rather dont know what they actually want and expect from
life itself. People stand up!! SURVIVE!!!

 
10:42 PM, February 01, 2006


   

 
mina said…

id like to say….this is just the
way i felt when i joined pec…what i hate the most is the
crowd n the attitude….it makes u have this ‘natural’
tendency of drifting from ur goals n perpetually ruining ur
life….

tc ppeople…the environment is too sad here.

 
11:19 PM, February 01, 2006


   

 
Sumit Tada said…

Raman

Thanx buddy for reminding that many times exceptions are
what really matter!

Mina

First of all WELCOME to my blog, I hope u will be a regular
visitor in future…

Abt the crowd…i think ppl with a “goal” shunt have much
problem…instead the guys who dont know what they really
wanna do in life will be the most affected. Isnt it?

And for the sad environment….lets hope that people like us
will make it better!!

 
6:34 PM, February 02, 2006

One of the benefits of cleaning a room after a long time is
that you find many things which were hidden long time ago at
places like under the bed, behind the cupboard or under old
newspapers. Last week while looking in my cupboard, I found
three of my old sketches. They were made 3-4 years ago when
I was in school. Not very good I would say but nevertheless
worth posting here…..

 
posted by Sumit Tada @

12:02 PM

3 Comments:

  Anonymous said…

I thought you are good at making
circuits only but your sketches are really cool n artistic.

Well Done

Tushar

 
1:11 PM, January 16, 2006


   

 
Raman’s Blog said…

My God!!!!!!!! are these great or
what?? absolutely fantastic man.. never knew you were an
artist..

 
1:20 PM, January 16, 2006


   

 
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1:01 AM, January 18, 2006

Its strange how plenty of anything can
make it look useless for the very people who longed for it.
And no I am not talking about rain or winters or such
things, I am talking about holidays!

All semester I was looking forward to
holidays and for first 15-20 days it was fun, then I started
getting bored, luckily I joined a computer course so I could
spend the first 30-35 days of holidays with ease. But after
that, I had almost nothing to do!

So after wasting few days I decided
that instead of bitching about getting bored, it would be
better if I do something useful, like writing a blog. When I
can write page long mails to friends then I can also write a
blog I guess. So here we go on blogging….

 
posted by Sumit Tada @ 7:48 PM

0 Comments::

Now that I have started blogging again,exactly 355 days
after my first post, so i think it will be right to write
about things that had occupied me in past year….

Hmmm almost all the year I was thinking about what should I
do after college. Ok, i know that its still one and half
year more before I graduate but many things need long
preparations. But , I have failed to decide in favour of any
one thing, so let me enlist the option that I have. Here
they are:

1. Doing MBA (This is what most people of my college are
thinking at this time and that too from institutions like
IIMs,XLRI etc.)

2.Doing MS from some foreign university.

3.Job

4.IAS

5.MS from some Indian university.

I have listed these options according to their populrity
level among people of our college. Now to decide first of
all I should reject the obivious ones. So MBA and IAS are
striked out. Still we are left with 3 options.

Now MS from indian universities doesn’t seem very good to
most people from PEC. But, I think ME/MTec from IISc can be
better than most of the other places. The only thing that
stops me from going for it is the extreme competition that
you have have to face for any competitve exam in India. I
know it is a negative thinking, but I know I cant show my
full potential in any written exam! Give me something to
build and I am sure I can perform better than most, if not
all the people who get better acads than me. Be it a
program,a circuit or anything for that matter! But alas this
is not the way people judge you to give admission in
colleges 

Same is the case with getting admission to foreign
unversities,here the only differance is that instead of
competing for admission, you have to compete to get
scholarship. Without which most people like me can’t afford
the ependitures.

Finally the only option left is to try for getting a
job,which seems relatively easy because of excellent campus
placments for past 2-3 years in our college. But then it
will mean that my chances of getting higher and supposidely
better education will diminish further. Because after once
going away from studies,it will be difficult to prepare for
exams etc. Anyways I am almost fed up of cramming for so
many years and now am eager to do something useful i.e.
professional work!!

 
posted by Sumit Tada @ 8:03 PM

2 Comments::

  Anonymous said…

what ever u do ……..try to do it
with passion……..realize what would like to do the mostin
life to get the best out of life…..ultimately, u sould
choose an option becaose u like ti the most…….not
because it was easy to do

VINAYAK

 
7:27 PM, January 15, 2006


   

 
Sumit Tada said…

Thanx for the comments vinayak

I agree that from my post it seems like I want to choose the
easiest path, well this is not the case, maybe I was unable
to express myself correctly. Anyways I will keep in mind
what you have said. Thanx once more

 
9:58 PM, January 15, 2006