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“Beta, placement hua ki nai?” What makes this question so annoying for every engineering student?

January 18, 2015 by

“Beta, placement hua ki nai?” What makes this question so annoying for every engineering student?

I was sitting on a bench outside my 6 year old cousin’s school as I had gone to pick her up. It was still 5 minutes to go before the final bell would ring when I identified a middle aged man with thick glasses and a huge belly. He used to be my neighbour a few years back and I hadn’t met him in like 6 or 7 years. We chatted a little. The moment I told him that I am an … [Read more...]

What every average engineering student should learn from 4 IIT-ians who rejected Rs. 1 crore packages!

December 9, 2014 by

What every average engineering student should learn from 4 IIT-ians who rejected Rs. 1 crore packages!

What is the single most important dream of a student taking admission in an engineering college? It is to have a job in hand by the time his/her degree is completed. Almost 99% of students studying in over 4000 engineering colleges think like that. The question which I want to raise here is, is being an engineer only about working in a dead end IT company after the … [Read more...]

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