Rewind<< 2004 : A few months into my engineering in EXTC, I was wondering if i made the right choice. After a lot of thought( those who know me well can imagine the volume!!), I decided to change my branch to Computers. Because I loved it, and didnt care whether people thought EXTC was more "promising".
Fast Forward>> 2006 : With doing MS fixed in my head, but after a brief stint at work in an Indian IT firm, I went for the on-campus Syntel aptitude test without any worries. I had barely even prepared. Cleared the test, then cleared the interview, and I was right there along with my EXTC friends. Who couldnt help wonder how meaningless running after EXTC was...
Fast Forward>> July 2007 : Having finished B.E., sitting at home doing nothing. Heard a few friends had called up Syntel themselves for their date of joining. Did the same, and was presented with 2 choices : 30th August - Pune or 11th October - Mumbai. What to do?? Take the later batch in my home sweet home. Or go to this other pretty city right besides mine. I decided the latter.
Fast Forward>> Playing (2007-2008) : Met new people from almost all over India. Made some really good friends who I am continuing to interact with(wherever they are : here, Pune, Chennai or anywhere else). Still I do regret not being able to have been in the company of a few, for long enough to get to know each other better.
Present Day> : Back home now since 7 months. Looking forward to travelling big time in a few months. Just thinking about these past few years, and how one different decision at any stage would have just things dramatically. Hmm... NowI'm back, good old friends, some new ones... Hey talking about the 11th October batch.. I have managed to meet a quite a few of them, with 2 of them now really close chums of mine!!
Whew!! Life comes full circle.
Though I do look back and think if I should have done things differently( mind you I'm not talking about choosing comps n Pune, I'm glad about both). Some other decisions I took along the way that sometimes I'm not sure about. But its reassuring to hold a belief, that somewhere down the line, I could end up finding out I was right after all. See at one point, I was gonna go for MS right after BE.. I would have graduated right now, bang in the middle of the economic meltdown. Hmmm... Destiny, Fate??? Dont know???
Viva La Vida... Cheers to Life!!!
