Why ? Why ? Sab kuch isi saal kyun hona tha … I hate being a final year student this year, now that the market scenario is so grim.
Had it been a normal year, abhi tak sabki job lag gayi hoti thi and we would be having lots of fun. I had been dreaming about this one carefree semester, jab hum apne aane waale salon ke sapne dekhte, maze karte and live a bindaas life jo seniors ki hoti thi. We would go out almost every other day knowing that we are the studs who cracked the best jobs in India, and that in four months we shall be earning lot more than a normal erson would do as a fresher. Studying at an IIT and watching all the seniors land up with high paying jobs gives you the illusion that all is well and that a few years down the line you could have an extravagent life style.
Alas ! Things went all wrong for us this year. The markets crashed in August and everything became chaotic. Companies like Google, ITC, P&G cancelled their campus recruitment. If that was not all, the first day top companies drastically reduced their intake. Last year Microsoft had recruited 6 from IIT Kgp, and this year only 3. McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Yahoo and a few more selected just single students. Just one from an IIT ! Amazon went without any ! The indications were clear – it was going to be tough landing up a job this time.
Luckily, I got selected at Fair Isaac. I had even better luck of being offered a profile I very much wanted – the RnD position. It allows you to do something innovative and try something new – to think out of the box. Others have not been so lucky. And this is what worsens the situation.
The dilemma is how to present yourself among your friends. You cannot be all happy and bragging about your job. You cannot throw parties and celebrate the occasion. Heck, its my first job and I haven’t yet given a treat to my closest friends at kharagpur – my wingmates, the people I really care about.
Today the CAT results were declared. One of them got a call from all the IIM’s and three others got none. Worse, ek ka percentile 99.32 hai, and yet no call, while people with lesser percentiles have got calls from 2 to 3 IIMs. I hate this disparity. I just want to get out of here, to let the things cool down a bit.
I think, I want my life fast forwarded three years into the future when things will have become better. It pains to know that you cannot help your friends, not always. There are a few battles that you have to fight alone, a few demons that only you alone must get rid of. I hate feeling so helpless. I wish there was something I could do to make things better.
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