As I complete one month of being in a government job,working in a not-centrally-AC office and staying in a village,to my surprise I find little reaction within me towards these changed circumstances.The change was not overnight though...I was an IT-professional once working in big state-of-the-art facilities,amongst an young crowd
& attending office-parties in banquet-halls.But,is it my stint as an mba-student in a govt b-school that has made me prepared for a de-galmourised lifestyle or I've matured€ as a person on a whole with increased tolerance & openness??But,the that's what management education imparts inclination towards taking up new challenges,exploring new opportunities and having a broader & unbiased perspective.It's equally intriguing how priorities change for an individual with time.At 21,when I decided to take up an IT-job was lured just for the taste of earning raw money,irrespective of the amount & also by the hip-lifestyle of an MNC-worker.But,5 years later ,equipped with a post-graduate qualification,my primary satisfaction lies in getting the ROI of my education,and not offices with glass-doors & AC-cubicles or an all-young-work-group with whom I could party on weekends.But,then is the temptation of leading a so-called glamorous life an illusion of early 20's?? I can't help borrowing from one of my rare same-age-colleagues,who said,"Glamour is within me!who cares what the surrounding is like?" Indeed,these are signs of growing up...when one realises that there's more to the meaning of life than what we often perceive when fresh out of college.Especially,working in a village makes one experience what rural India is like & what being in poverty means. For me,the starting month itself as a govt employee was eventful...had to manage a visit of 18 IAS-officers at our plant....also got the chance to interact with an young officer who incidentally has done his engineering & mba from premier institutes & then worked in a global consulting firm in a happening city like mumbai before cracking the civil services exam which has landed him in a remote village in bengal ,yet he seemed pretty chilled-out about all of it.Meeting him kinda' inspired me...to take on the ordeal I'm facing for the times to come...afterall,a challenge is a challenge & it's all part of the bigger world,where all of us live!
& attending office-parties in banquet-halls.But,is it my stint as an mba-student in a govt b-school that has made me prepared for a de-galmourised lifestyle or I've matured€ as a person on a whole with increased tolerance & openness??But,the that's what management education imparts inclination towards taking up new challenges,exploring new opportunities and having a broader & unbiased perspective.It's equally intriguing how priorities change for an individual with time.At 21,when I decided to take up an IT-job was lured just for the taste of earning raw money,irrespective of the amount & also by the hip-lifestyle of an MNC-worker.But,5 years later ,equipped with a post-graduate qualification,my primary satisfaction lies in getting the ROI of my education,and not offices with glass-doors & AC-cubicles or an all-young-work-group with whom I could party on weekends.But,then is the temptation of leading a so-called glamorous life an illusion of early 20's?? I can't help borrowing from one of my rare same-age-colleagues,who said,"Glamour is within me!who cares what the surrounding is like?" Indeed,these are signs of growing up...when one realises that there's more to the meaning of life than what we often perceive when fresh out of college.Especially,working in a village makes one experience what rural India is like & what being in poverty means. For me,the starting month itself as a govt employee was eventful...had to manage a visit of 18 IAS-officers at our plant....also got the chance to interact with an young officer who incidentally has done his engineering & mba from premier institutes & then worked in a global consulting firm in a happening city like mumbai before cracking the civil services exam which has landed him in a remote village in bengal ,yet he seemed pretty chilled-out about all of it.Meeting him kinda' inspired me...to take on the ordeal I'm facing for the times to come...afterall,a challenge is a challenge & it's all part of the bigger world,where all of us live!
