Judgement day

It is that time of the year when all that one thinks about is placements. Yes the date is just 2 days away. Unlike last year, not too many people are seeing green and companies are using it to their advantage. After a long time, today I decided not to think like a MBA; a company came on campus and offered us 8 lakhs(Hyderabad posting) to sell seeds. Now, lets be clear... its not too bad an offer - I would probably make more that what I end up elsewhere; but the company's ppt ensured my opting out of the process. I believe I am worth something, the worth cannot be quantified by just money or a profile but must be accompanied by a strong feeling of accomplishment. I will apply only to extremely selective companies.

There are many who feel I am being foolish in following my heart in times when capital is scarce. I have something that nobody does; I have a strong family backbone that will see me through the worst of times, and a darling who loves the recession as she is getting 70% off in Globus.

There are historic letters which we have been told of, letters which change phases of time and people's thoughts. Here is a letter written by my dad to me the day I missed the McKinsey Shortlist (copy marked to mom):

McKinsey is not fortunate enough to have Praveen in their company.

I know that HR guys don't have the right competency to pick a diamond among stones.

I have a suggestion - If u want go to Harvard or Stanford or MIT or any world class university of yr choice to do another masters then go on.. in the long run it will help u a lot .. U can learn more only when u r young ... take my case - a simple SAP SD certification I am not completing in the last 4 years.

Think again and make a right choice .. take calculated risks... when failures come in yr way , stop for a while , look for its causes , learn the corrective / preventive steps and then bury that failure thought as deep as possible out of mind.

A law graduate after passing out generally thinks how many cases he will get in first year, when he will make 10 lakhs in a year, when he will become a senior lawyer , when judge , when high court judge , when supreme court judge etc etc... But one lawyer in the recent times thought differently at some stage in his carrier and became the first Black President of USA !

Think differently.. even if u fail in the initial years mom and myself can bail u out at least till 2015.. till then never ever give any chance for any negative thought or action to dare or deter at you..By 2015 u would have become matured enough to tackle or tame any situation if u r doing daring things now..

love and best wishes

dad

--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Praveen Dwarakanath wrote:

From: Praveen Dwarakanath
Subject: McKinsey shortlist
To: prabhu_mysap@yahoo.com
Cc: maheswariprabhu@gmail.com
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 4:12 PM

I did not make it.

Cheers,

Praveen

What more could one ask for?