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Saturday, April 19, 2008

What is it that makes us watch CRICKET?

Kabhi Kabhi mere dil mein khayaal aata hai.....What is it about cricket that keeps us glued to the TV? Why are cricket scores given preference over virtually any other news? I am tempted to quit writing this and just get back to my IPL match between DELHI and RAJASTHAN, but I really want to understand why it is that I want to watch them? IT is not even the INDIAN team that is playing ..
Does the IPL deserve to be a success in INDIA?

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Sorry baby, I guess my blog just had to be in black !

Do I actually still like this colour? There was a time when all (ALL) my clothes were black. I guess it happens to every average looking guy. Well it happened to me.
No I did not create ths blog to write this ! So wait, do not run away
First let me tell you about my dilemma , it goes by the name of "job-or-mba". Is it a disease? Is it infectious? Do people tend to spread this at their homes( read : OFFICES ) .. In Chetan Bhagat's (he sure can write) words - If it is infectious, I am the perfect example of this infection.
It has been around 4 years (since my 3rd year at CSE , RVCE ) that I am trying to find a solution to this infection (pun - ).
Been working at Applied Materials for around 2 years now and probably figure in the top 10% of my class ( by salary ) & yet TRYING_MBA
typedef TRYING_MBA "write CAT , XAT , GMAT every now and then"
Let me try representing my problem in C++

----------LIFE STARTS HERE---------
ENGINEERING_SKILLS = 0; // class 12
do
{
if(! ENGINEERING_SKILLS)
ENGINEERING( & ENGINEERING_SKILLS); // did my engineering
if(ENGINEERING_SKILLS>1)
-- ENGINEERING_SKILLS ; //u know what I am talking - right?
keep TRYING_MBA; //TRYING is typedef'ed above
} while ( ! MBA_HAPPENS)

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I wonder when my MBA will happen - I have a 740 @ GMAT and 96 %-ile @ CAT - and I do hope that either NUS or NTU would want me to make their average students look better.
Meanwhile (haha , there is always a meanwhile loop in bangalore - aint it?) I am trying for a few positions which look beyond my reach, viz MICROSOFT, YAHOO, AMAZON.
Now - what if I had to choose between a)MICROSOFT / YAHOO and b) NTU MBA in TECHNOLOGY ?
If I were given such an option , what would I do?
I would take a 15 day vacation,cherish the moments - and toss a coin at the end of the 15th day.
I dont think any ENGINEER - MBA knows where he would have performed better. I mean, how can you? You only lead one life ! I guess everyone reaches their highest level of competency after they start freaking out and start saying things like "money is not that important in life"
I think I have spent so much time trying to figure out what to do , that I might actually be losing out on doing what I am supposed to do ( remember I have a pretty good job at AMAT - RefleXion LK ). Now let me tell you why I am losing interest here.
Consider a knowledge stack of APPLIED MATERIALS TOOLS and one of PROGRAMMING SKILLS. I am scared I have a diminishing (hairline and) PROGRAMMING SKILLS stack while I add to my AMAT TOOLS knowledge.
This is my reason of switching jobs , if i were to NOT DO AN MBA.
Meanwhile, i went to see this play with Sonam (and her friends). An adaptation of "5 . someone" @ ranga shankara and put together by EVAM and MADRAS PERFORMERS(or something similar) .It was good, not brilliant.
Incidentally, today is when 3.2 lac victims appeared for the IIT-JEE. Am I lucky not to have gone to IIT?