Bismillaahir Rahmanir Raheem.
I am about to graduate Insha Allaah in the summer of 2015.
From IIT Bombay.
Chemical Engineering.
And this blog is supposed to document my experiences and attempts at trying to get another degree. But this won't be an M.Tech or a PhD in Chemical Engineering. It would be in CSE.
Why do I have such a plan?
Well because its an amazing thing. An amazing discipline.
And because hardly anyone from chemical engineering would have gotten a job- had not some banks and startups, catering to financial sectors- come to hire.
And they did not hire Chemies because they were good at chemical. Nor were they hired because they were smart. They were hired because of their ability to do Odd Jobs. They can dance. They can organise events. After all they have been mess secys. So with a bit of help they can manage the office canteen. They pulled off that great victory in Inter IIT. Wow. Pick them before anyone else does.
Recruiters look for these very qualities. They don't need a nerd. They want fun loving people. Who can double up as office boys when the company needs less of glamour. People who can meet all sorts of deadlines through jugaad.
They need them because they would be able to create back-of-the-envelope websites. And because they know a smattering of Photoshop and Sony Vegas, they might prove to be useful in making advertisements. They can play music. All things that go into making " a well rounded" personality. Its all on their resume.
Also an IITian would look so good as a manager in a call taxi company.
Recruiters look for these very qualities. They don't need a nerd. They want fun loving people. Who can double up as office boys when the company needs less of glamour. People who can meet all sorts of deadlines through jugaad.
They need them because they would be able to create back-of-the-envelope websites. And because they know a smattering of Photoshop and Sony Vegas, they might prove to be useful in making advertisements. They can play music. All things that go into making " a well rounded" personality. Its all on their resume.
Also an IITian would look so good as a manager in a call taxi company.
These IIT chaps are just street with an IIT wrapper around them. Why would companies like Axis Bank and Flipkart and Meru Cabs hire Chemical Engineering grads? Do they see some real use in them? They don't need chemies.
The truth is that they take them only because they are IITians. Its mostly because they need to add weight to their employee pool by adding the Big Guns from IITB.
But I don't think an IITian deserves Odd Jobs. If you disagree, good luck to you.
If you don't get a job it doesn't mean you do Odd Jobs. Unless thats what you dreamt of doing out of IIT in the first place.
I didn't get a job and its not that I am unhappy. I don't regret any decision in my life.
I begin everyday thanking Allaah. And thanks to Allaah that I do thank Him.
I begin everyday thanking Allaah. And thanks to Allaah that I do thank Him.
But long story short: I like CSE. I don't hate chemical.
Hope I complete it within as short a time span as possible.
