One point makes it all so simple!
So, I am back from Hyderabad. It was spooky to have done that journey to the unknown but it was fun. Met some cool people and saw an interesting company. Spent 3 days there, ate sambhar chawal most of the time. Worked on Linux in an official environment for the first time, had to beg for a windows machine which is kinda sick considering I love working on Linux (Grr… to Macromedia and Adobe for not making applications for Linux).
So, the most important question! Was I selected? Well, kind of. I am not the most talented person out there and I am definitely not the most educated one. My skill set is pretty limited but I am doing well none the less. They said I could join. Cool enough. And since I am not exactly fitting in their plan, they would have an evaluation after a month. Fine with me. The initial pay was not very tempting. Not a big deal. Considering the company is different, might make it pretty big which can result in some awesome future possibilities, it all makes sense. But for one point!
Moving out! Moving out from the comforts of home. OK, I won’t have these for ever. But do I need to? It is not that I am sitting at home doing nothing, being a burden for my parents. I have a plan, not so definite. But it is something I would really like to succeed. We are working on it. Slowly, but it’s going on. I am not exactly earning enough, but it’s still enough to fulfill all my needs without asking for much from my parents. OK, it might not succeed. But no one can guarantee that moving out will make me a more successful person. I might not meet many great people, but do I need to? Does being a social animal ensure better personal development? I do not think so.
And then someone commented, how can you expect someone to pay you good with the kind of skill set I have? Weird, I already have a job offer from Bangalore that pays twice as much. Ok not the sort of job that I would like to job, but I have a skill set that can pay me a lot more. It was never about the skill set. It was supposed to be about the possibilities. But well, a point was raised, and it kind of cleared some doubts.
Both options (moving to Hyderabad, and working on my goal from home) have their own advantages and disadvantages. Both can work and both can indeed fail. But if someone points a finger on my capabilities in the current situation, raising a hint of possibility of some compromises being made somewhere regarding me, I am not exactly very happy or interested in that offer. Someone has doubts on me; they are welcome to have them. But I don’t want people to presume that since I don’t fulfill their needs, I cannot expect to be treated equal to others on that platform.
Yeah, when I read this post myself, I cannot understand most of it myself. But well, that’s the freedom I have on my own Blog!
