Its already May and I have just two posts this year. This is not acceptable. What am I up to? I don't know.
There have been so much going on that it might take a fortune of words to write. But a quick summary of whatever I remember since I last wrote -
* Interviews for internships - Unsuccessful at many, success at a couple. Eventually, something did work out and I am hoping it would be a great experience
* Finishing first year of MBA - Projects, assignments, study groups, and the regular stuff. The good thing was that I got a chance to work with so many different people in the past few months.
* Trips to Princeton, Atlantic City, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia - This was definitely one of the highlights and does warrant a separate post. I really enjoyed visiting these places of course with Tanu. In the process, we celebrated our first wedding anniversary and my birthday.
* Farewell, Parties at school - This is a regular feature thought not the farewell (it only comes once). It was fun. Desi party and dance and drinks makes an awesome deal.
There were definitely more memories, more events, and more happenings during last few months but these were the main ones that immediately come to my mind.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
1:38 PM EST, West Windsor, NJ
Sitting in a Starbucks cafe in a upscale but still developing mall. Spending a couple of hours in the cafe, the next couple at Barnes and Noble. Then sometime on window shopping. And yes, finishing my To-Do must reads, catching up with the lost sleep and so on. I am trying to make the most of my break before I start with my internship next week.
The last few months were tough, and I mean really tough. With the economy in its worst phase since the Great Depression, it taught me a good lesson or rather I should say it clearly showed what it means to be looking for a job in this turmoil. Not just for me, but for my friends, colleagues, and everyone in the school - it was a difficult time. But hope doesn't die. And even when there would be many who would be graduating without jobs, hope is something which would keep everyone including myself (Yes - I still have a Full-Time job to look for next year) alive and kicking.
I am definitely looking forward to working next week. I believe it would be a very different environment for me. From a company with 100,000+ people to a company with around 200 people. It would definitely be a different world. In fact, I had once worked in a project with peak team size of 120 - I am guessing it would be a similar experience. Just that instead of project in a huge company, I would be working with the entire company itself.
Will hopefully post some posts regarding my internship experiences.
Sitting in a Starbucks cafe in a upscale but still developing mall. Spending a couple of hours in the cafe, the next couple at Barnes and Noble. Then sometime on window shopping. And yes, finishing my To-Do must reads, catching up with the lost sleep and so on. I am trying to make the most of my break before I start with my internship next week.
The last few months were tough, and I mean really tough. With the economy in its worst phase since the Great Depression, it taught me a good lesson or rather I should say it clearly showed what it means to be looking for a job in this turmoil. Not just for me, but for my friends, colleagues, and everyone in the school - it was a difficult time. But hope doesn't die. And even when there would be many who would be graduating without jobs, hope is something which would keep everyone including myself (Yes - I still have a Full-Time job to look for next year) alive and kicking.
I am definitely looking forward to working next week. I believe it would be a very different environment for me. From a company with 100,000+ people to a company with around 200 people. It would definitely be a different world. In fact, I had once worked in a project with peak team size of 120 - I am guessing it would be a similar experience. Just that instead of project in a huge company, I would be working with the entire company itself.
Will hopefully post some posts regarding my internship experiences.
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