I remember when my dad used to tell me, how his friend's son can mug up everything, remembers everything and off course better than me! Since my childhood I'm fan of selective learning ;-) I used to hate to mug up the things but thanks to our Traditional Indian Education System which teaches us - more the marks, better you are! I always used to like practical things - science, never got attracted towards mathematics because I never met a teacher who could taught me why the hell do i need to learn it, how I will be able to use it in my life.I used to hate mathematics because it was more of a mechanical thing for me - you remember the formula fill in the values and get the answer.I never liked it and I still don't like it, thanks to my Statistics Professor at B-School - he make sure only people who 'know' statistics only those will be able to learn the subject which he teaches, rest of us - we just look at the whiteboard!
When I was in Higher Secondary School, I used to love Biology, IT and Chemistry. I used to hate physics too, because it belongs to the same family that of Mathematics! Biology because I used to actually see the things (Botany+Zoology), understand them and used to relate them with day to day life. IT because I used to write HTML, VB code and get something meaningful. Chemistry because I used to enjoy the Lab practicals of mixing different things in each other and get something out of it, it was fun! :)
Somehow I couldn't go for medical studies as I performed worst in my Higher Secondary School Exams.Then came the 'Actual' College life - Graduation period.I had decided that I will either dissect human bodies by doing medical studies or I would go for computer studies, and finally I choose computers rather I had to choose Computers :)
In my graduation, I realized that apart from technology I am good at interacting with people. Thanks to Microsoft Student Partner Program that I got the opportunity to mix both People + Technology and I started evangelize Microsoft's Technologies within students communities. Got appreciation from many people, it boosted my confidence. In my graduation college I never had to explicitly study because I choose something which I loved to do - playing with Technology.
Then came the professional life, where in I explored myself more! I knew that I'll enjoy working in IT industry but I wanted to be on the business side - where in I can gel up with business yet work on technical aspects of it.After spending two years in amdocs, I choose to join the Business Administration program with specialization in IT Business Management.This was the phase when I realized that I actually want to Learn something, not for the sake of earning money but for a better life, new goals and completely new responsibilities!
I feel the change in myself, I was completely different earlier - relaxed, care free (not careless!), had limited aspirations and short term goals. But then came a phase where I realized that I need something bigger and better, I need to attain new professional and personal heights! In my MBA I won't and I don't study for getting good grades, I'm studying for understanding things in different aspects. I'm more focused about learning than grading. I still enjoy subjects like Information Security, ERP than Statistics & Accounts ;) I want to be a Techno managerial IT Professional and not a manager who will sit in his Air Conditioned cabin playing with excels. I want to be a manager who will understand how it works at grass root level than worrying about how to climb the professional ladder fast!
I feel good that I can think about all these things at the age of 23 and I'm sure at the end of two years - once I'm done with my MBA, I'll be completely new person with quality knowledge & new ideas, innovations to implement in the IT industry!
At this moment, I'm clueless of what I have written because I scribbled whatever was there on my mind :)
When I was in Higher Secondary School, I used to love Biology, IT and Chemistry. I used to hate physics too, because it belongs to the same family that of Mathematics! Biology because I used to actually see the things (Botany+Zoology), understand them and used to relate them with day to day life. IT because I used to write HTML, VB code and get something meaningful. Chemistry because I used to enjoy the Lab practicals of mixing different things in each other and get something out of it, it was fun! :)
Somehow I couldn't go for medical studies as I performed worst in my Higher Secondary School Exams.Then came the 'Actual' College life - Graduation period.I had decided that I will either dissect human bodies by doing medical studies or I would go for computer studies, and finally I choose computers rather I had to choose Computers :)
In my graduation, I realized that apart from technology I am good at interacting with people. Thanks to Microsoft Student Partner Program that I got the opportunity to mix both People + Technology and I started evangelize Microsoft's Technologies within students communities. Got appreciation from many people, it boosted my confidence. In my graduation college I never had to explicitly study because I choose something which I loved to do - playing with Technology.
Then came the professional life, where in I explored myself more! I knew that I'll enjoy working in IT industry but I wanted to be on the business side - where in I can gel up with business yet work on technical aspects of it.After spending two years in amdocs, I choose to join the Business Administration program with specialization in IT Business Management.This was the phase when I realized that I actually want to Learn something, not for the sake of earning money but for a better life, new goals and completely new responsibilities!
I feel the change in myself, I was completely different earlier - relaxed, care free (not careless!), had limited aspirations and short term goals. But then came a phase where I realized that I need something bigger and better, I need to attain new professional and personal heights! In my MBA I won't and I don't study for getting good grades, I'm studying for understanding things in different aspects. I'm more focused about learning than grading. I still enjoy subjects like Information Security, ERP than Statistics & Accounts ;) I want to be a Techno managerial IT Professional and not a manager who will sit in his Air Conditioned cabin playing with excels. I want to be a manager who will understand how it works at grass root level than worrying about how to climb the professional ladder fast!
I feel good that I can think about all these things at the age of 23 and I'm sure at the end of two years - once I'm done with my MBA, I'll be completely new person with quality knowledge & new ideas, innovations to implement in the IT industry!
At this moment, I'm clueless of what I have written because I scribbled whatever was there on my mind :)
