Today while going back home from office....I meet Sanjay and he joined me as he also travels by metro....we talked about work, tech, careers and every thing......he asked me how I got interested in computer science, particularly coding....as I heard from a lot of people, i thought he was arrogant, self centered like others at MLI. But after talking to him I realized that all the perception that people make about someone and tell you that this person is like this. Never believe ....that is the perception that he made out of his experiences... rather analyze a person on your own....I can read people and believe me I am really good at it. That's the perk of being introvert!
So , what I realized is that he is a nice man....nit at all arrogant but really practical and just a bit over enthusiastic about knowledge sharing and I really liked it
Specially, the thing I loved is that he not only asked me about career aspirations but when I told him about my confusions and dilemma...he also guided me . He gave me genuine advice about what options i have and what are the possibilities. He told me that if i am thinking of long-term perspective then I should not work for too long.... I should go for a masters degree in Data science as I am not an MBA material well that's what he said... And knowing the fact that I am working for their company and I might leave after hearing all this stuff....he genuinely shared the most rational way one should follow. He said some things that really hit me hard...! He showed me the entire timeline 10 years from now if keep on learning each and every tech just out of curiosity...he advised me to focus my energy and efforts to become a master in one thing...or else I will keep on doing same shit over and over...my package will go 1.5x or 2x after one or two switch but it's not going to help me in long run... better have a master from Singapore! Get a long and run away an get to a much better position!
And The biggest thing that blew me away are these exact lines "you have certain skills....tu coding karta jayega seekhta jayega , 1-2 switch ke baad package 1.5x ho jayega ya 2x ho jayega...ye sab abhi matter nhi karega...par 10 saal bad pata chalega ke ye management vali position ke liye tere pass degree nhi hai....tab 40 ki umar me degree ke liye it would be too late...
Koi "insert Name" hai bahut accha coder hai...fir koi or naya "insert Name" aa jayega ...vo bhi tere jaisa he hoga...vo or saste me kamm karega tu kahi or chala jayega....!! " Ye lines toh kasam se kabhi nhi bhoolunga...! This opened both my eyes and my mind! Mujhe vo "insert Name" nhi banna jise koi or replace kar de ....he was right ye technical skill jinpe mai uchalta hu shayad koi bhi over enthusiastic banda seekh lega...mujhe kudh ke liye kuch karna padega...i don't know what but today I had an epiphany which was much needed! I thought I figured it out what I want in life but actually we never figure things out...there is always uncertainty and always new things that come up in your way to make you realize that this is a never ending chase....and you have to keep making your move every time! I think I know what I want...but don't know how to make it happen...I don't know the perfect way or path to do it or may be there is no such thing as perfect way! And I am very optimistic about what is there for me in this universe! Hoping for the best!! And yeah people are good! There is something good in everyone.'under everything is just another human being'!