Civils
2 years ago, fresh out of BITS-pilani with the best job(I can hope for) in my hand, I was just thinking "Someday I'd write civils and make it big, but its not today. Today I work!".
I had worked for 1 and a half year at Juno online services as a Member-Technical. I was happy first time in my life for that was no rat race like competition, no pressure, each one works in her own pace given that work is done in time, you get rewards every now and then.Whatever it is, it is cool. No need to do last minute preparation, no need to come back home and think about your mistakes in the exam and above all no need to compare your marks with top-ranker and feel you are a looser! But work life is over.Soon I started thinking about my future and I could not imagine myself working for a software company forever. You get lot of money but you are just one among many. You dont have time to think about poverty, hunger. Even if you happen to think about it, you cant do anything substantial to change it. That was when I started browsing for information regarding UPSC civil service exam.
1 year ago, still at Juno, I thought "Its already late, I should have started earlier", I bought some NCERT books on a senior's advice and started reading them. But night conference calls with US team Managers during project design phase made it difficult for me to study regularly. I planned to go to Delhi as many people said thats the best place to prepare for civils. For that I had to quit my job and I was not ready yet. I sat with dad and thought about it, we decided its better to work until I am very confident about succeeding in the exam.
Studying while working was not going well. After talking to some friends, I decided to attend coaching so that I study in the right direction. I went to Braintree. Braintree coz I was still working and this was the only coaching center that offered weekend classes. I worked 7 days a week. Attended classes every sat and sun, initially even without having lunch. Later I took my lunch box and whole weekend I spent attending classes. There was no time to read material and soon it dawned on me that its high time that I quit my job and prepared well.
Soon I found myself thinking of resignation. I spoke with my PL(Project leader) in October and he was not happy with my decision. Anyway I took leave for 1 month in November to see how it feels like studying at home whole day. I completed substantial amount of syllabus and I was feeling lot better. I wanted to quit my job as soon as possible and concentrate completely on civils. I submitted my resignation letter in December, thats the day I joined after my 1 month leave. They relieved me in January. Now I'm here preparing for exams at home!
signing off..
