Placements...

Finally its that time of the year… ‘so called’ most important part of an MBA… Placements! I however think its nothing but a mad rat-race to nowhere. Ya nowhere! For most of the cos that come recruiting are the Bhed-Bakri Software Recruiters (ya that’s my term for cos hiring in bulk as if they were buying livestock!). And I know once you become a part of those glamorous names, you loose your identity and just become a part of the crowd. You soon realize that no one is actually listening to you…. that the race you ran on ‘Day 0’ of placements so madly, actually led you nowhere! But alas its too late!

And then you stop worrying. Who cares anyways you think? Why should you care?

With the vulgar imbalances in the Rupee to Dollar ratio, who in the Indian software industry cares a damn shit about those lesser things like better productivity, resource utilization, turn around strategies et all? None! There are no challenges to face! Their entire life just focuses on how they can ‘bill’ thy clients per hour and keep the cash registers ringing. You become Bean-Counters (remember what Lee Iacocca said about MBAs? :-). You soon start wondering if all the Org Behavior, the Research Methodology, the Financial Management and other courses you took were good for nothing!

And that’s precisely why some people consciously opt to work for more satisfying roles in smaller companies. Because they know that they will find the perfect roles there… roles that will not just improve their self-worth, but give them that feeling of responsibility, achievement and an ideal launch pad into the real world of business... where making profits is not a joke! For when you do not enjoy the blessings of a cash-rich employer, you have to go the extra mile to clinch that next deal, and thus learn a lot in the whole process. This habit of going the extra mile then becomes your USP. And this USP makes you even more successful...

Because at the end of the road you realize that....

it’s not the final destination that matters...
...it is the journey to that destination that makes all the difference!