Well this ain't exactly the other side as I said in my last post, I haven't reached Pilani yet but felt what the heck!
For some time now I was contemplating whether I wanted to be typecast an engineer and be like the hundreds of thousands of engineers who graduate each year. Sure, being a BITS Pilani graduate would probably mean a better compensation, still the job profile would be more or less the same. Though I am fairly competent at coding (even if I say so myself :P), it's not something I want to end up doing all my life (also, much more importantly, girls tend to be turned off by nerds :P). The work environment in some the better CS companies is quite alluring but still that's superficial to some extent and doesn't attract me much.
I read Lee Iacocca's (rhymes with Try-a-Coke-uh) autobiography some time back (reading's a big passion of mine, but has drastically reduced since coming to BITS), and the book had a detailed description of the life as a manager, the ups and downs, the innumerable challenges, the immense satisfaction, it was an inimitable mix, indeed. That book got me thinking especially because, Lee Iacocca, himself a graduate and a Ph.D from Purdue and Princeton respectively, chose life as a manger over life as an engineer, despite facing some resistance form the company, and look who is the face of American capitalism now?
So well, having nothing better to do in the holidays besides playing on the Xbox and immersed in deep contemplation, I think I have decided to pursue a management course after completing my graduation. There is quite some time left but as they say- "Work expands to fill the time available for it".
I will keep you guys posted on progress in the same and actually I am thinking of joining the T.I.M.E. center outside BITS campus in Pilani as my third year begins. Being enrolled in a 5 year integrated course, I still have a couple of years to prepare.
Let's see how it goes.
BTW let me know what you like/love/dislike/absolutely hate about this blog. That way I can continue/change and actually know for a fact that I am not the only one reading this stuff LOL.
Ciao
WTPA?
For some time now I was contemplating whether I wanted to be typecast an engineer and be like the hundreds of thousands of engineers who graduate each year. Sure, being a BITS Pilani graduate would probably mean a better compensation, still the job profile would be more or less the same. Though I am fairly competent at coding (even if I say so myself :P), it's not something I want to end up doing all my life (also, much more importantly, girls tend to be turned off by nerds :P). The work environment in some the better CS companies is quite alluring but still that's superficial to some extent and doesn't attract me much.
I read Lee Iacocca's (rhymes with Try-a-Coke-uh) autobiography some time back (reading's a big passion of mine, but has drastically reduced since coming to BITS), and the book had a detailed description of the life as a manager, the ups and downs, the innumerable challenges, the immense satisfaction, it was an inimitable mix, indeed. That book got me thinking especially because, Lee Iacocca, himself a graduate and a Ph.D from Purdue and Princeton respectively, chose life as a manger over life as an engineer, despite facing some resistance form the company, and look who is the face of American capitalism now?
So well, having nothing better to do in the holidays besides playing on the Xbox and immersed in deep contemplation, I think I have decided to pursue a management course after completing my graduation. There is quite some time left but as they say- "Work expands to fill the time available for it".
I will keep you guys posted on progress in the same and actually I am thinking of joining the T.I.M.E. center outside BITS campus in Pilani as my third year begins. Being enrolled in a 5 year integrated course, I still have a couple of years to prepare.
Let's see how it goes.
BTW let me know what you like/love/dislike/absolutely hate about this blog. That way I can continue/change and actually know for a fact that I am not the only one reading this stuff LOL.
Ciao
WTPA?
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