> Following post was shared by Debasish Mukherjee [DEV]
Hello everyone! I have been following HSB for a long time now.
Naturally I went through a lot of posts and related comments,questions,tales (well of both HOPE AND DESPAIR). This is my first article or post as we love to refer and naturally I am nervous so please excuse me for any stupidity!
I want to talk about “Situations” and their implication on our life! What do people actually think or expect when they join Engineering?
Lets list them:
- “I will become a xyz specialist and will work for ABC(generally the best in the business) company”
- ”I will get a highly paid job(here there is no intention of being a specialist) “
- ”I will do extreme research in the field of PQR and will be professing in one of the world’s best Universities and renowned firms would be sponsoring my research”
[A shameless plug here: I was in type 3(still am!LOL!)]
But its a fact when we talk of majority that during our study our priorities change,MOSTLY due to SITUATIONS.
Situations like
- lack of conducive environment
- lack of resources
- lack of guidance
- lack of “SELF CONFIDENCE” and “PERSEVERANCE”
The last cause is actually sometimes a result of other three but is THE single most DESTRUCTIVE reason for anyone’s failure.
Every person faces situations where he/she faces the difficulties mentioned in i) to iii) but some wilt and some excel (like the legend Vidyasagar[used to read under lamp posts on roads] or someone from a extremely rural village like Mani Lal Bhowmik (ASTRO PHYSICIST if i am not wrong)].
So whats my point?
Well, its “NEITHER RUN AWAY NOR GET BOGGED DOWN UNDER UNFAVORABLE SITUATIONS BUT USE IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE”.
If your condition or situation needs you to give double the effort you are used to giving then take up a challenge to give TRIPLE the effort you are used to giving.
Most students in India have EXAM-PHOBIA including me.
I really get nervous. But why?
- The teaching process is faulty.
- The exams aren’t designed well.
BUT HEYY HOW DO KNOW THAT THESE ARE FAULTY?
You have never been to US and definitely not used to their teaching style!! You have been in India from the day you were born,then you should be used to it!!
ITS THE LACK OF EFFORT ITS THE LACK OF THE URGE TO LEARN (although the above reaons are definitely valid),we sort of always worry about grades don’t we?? I do!
In my 3rd year of engineering “MS in US” came to my mind! But soon found out the huge cost and uncertainty of funds etc etc.
Naturally I got depressed and nearly gave up the dream. But recently one of my friends went to Texas A&M university and she gave me every bit of details that I didn’t know back then.
So that was an encouragement but I had not prepared for GRE and had already taken up a practical training course on embedded systems and hence virtually I didn’t have time anymore, but I changed my thinking process and took it up as a challenge.
Photo Credit – I Work Hard.
Now I am back on track:
- preparing for GRE
- doing embedded systems training (6 hrs of grueling classes and self study later on)
- learning Python
- going deep into VLSI (as I am fond of the paper but unfortunately didn’t have it in BTech).
I simply hated aptitude questions! The cause I had forgotten almost all high school maths and could not solve well enough and then felt disgusted! But now I have decided to face it head on and to my surprise i am not bad at all, yeah not exceptional yet!!
And I am not the son of Einstein mind you!
Its tough to manage ohhhh it really is!!!
I wake up at 6:30 and start studying from 7am and it continues till 2am.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS IF A MEDIOCRE GUY LIKE ME CAN MANAGE A WORKLOAD OF 17 HRS THEN I BET EVERY MORON CAN DO IT!
So guys just step on the gas and toil and toil hard!!
YOU ARE NOT VERY FAR FROM WHAT YOU DREAM!
I am really sorry for such long post but felt like I should share the ENTHUSIASM which I regained after the initial set back!
Share and Like this post, if you are a hard worker like Dev.
all the best to u…….u r really motivating
Heyy thanks!! So shud i wish U all d best too! coz i hope i have been able to motivate you
That’s too is difficult for me !!!!!! Really you are a very hard worker…..
when you start hitting critics.. means you are growing…
so you hit one more..
once i tried the 48hrs library marathon.. it resulted in me not studying for the next whole week and moreover i remembered only around 25% of what i studied during that stretch.. so now i shifted to random 4-5hrs a day approach..
nah.. the truth is.. i envy you dev.. how can u pull off a 17 hrs stretch.. i can hardly study 4-5 hrs a day
i still want to work 17hrs a day… someday someday…
ALLL-ijjjjj-WELL.
Come on i wrote his article to find comments which would read – “I will too”!!! Not I cant!!! Its just about twisting your thinking process a bit! thats it!!
Wow, 17 hours !!!! I can’t even think of doing it myself !! Favor me, please tell me how do you manage to stick on 1 chair for 17 hours??? How do you concentrate the whole time??? and how do you manage to avoid all the distractions ?????
Damn! You got me wrong! 17 hrs is not like 17 hrs on a chair and into books!! u cant do that! u have to relax too! like 5 mins break after 45 mins or an hour!
dude you sound like a kid. You’re making it sound as if you are some gladiator preparing for a great fight. you need to take it easy….its not that big a deal…writing a standardized test and getting admission is the easiest step in the process….before that my suggestion is sit down and figure out who you are and what it is you want…what are your aims?? what is it that drives you ….its a myth that the way to america is a to become an engineer…the way to america is to be good and in the top 10% of whatever field you choose….i.e if you wanna be in america to begin with ….
there are a 100,000 indian students that come to the US…. every year…but you need to set your self apart from the rest….is your aim in life to jus get a software job in some shitty boring american city?? or do you have a bigger purpose…an ambition….a goal to achieve something that has not been achieved earlier???
think it about deeply and think about it hard….also….GRE and GMAT are aptitude tests…studying 2-4 hours a day over 2-3 months is the way to go about it…just rote learning isnt gonna cut it for you
At last i have got sum1 criticizing me! thanx!! will get back to u tomrw!!
>>>>Yeah so now I am back! Now first thing I am no gladiator! I am only 5’7” and they used to be much taller and stronger!! Now coming to the analysis part you said! Absolutely true!! If we want to study in the US then we must evaluate ourselves i the sense what actually we are looking for! So that is well said!!! BUT DONT U THINK THAT WHOEVER APPLIES FOR AN US UNI WAnTS TO DO WELL AND NOT GET INTO AN IT COMPANY!! India already has a scores of IT companies so why invest 35 lakhs or so???? So i think your argument with this point is IMMATURE! We have already done that!!!
>>>>Now the topic of ROTE learning!!!! I WILL POST AN ARTICLE ON THIS PLEASE DO READ IT!!
>>>> Now the most important thing!!! I was not talking about GRE!! I was talking of situations!! I was talking about how NOT to CRUMBLE under PRESSURE and PANIC but utilise your hardship to FUEL you! SO U GOT YOUR BASIC WRONG!!!
I am not ATTACKING you my friend!! I really value your concept of ANTI-ROTE-LEARNING and will post an article please read it!
Hey Dev..thanks for posting such an inspiring story!
you said “But recently one of my friends went to Texas A&M university and she gave me every bit of details that I didn’t know back then.”..can you please share some details with us? specially about the funding opportunities there..?
thanks in advance!