Thursday, July 07, 2005

4 days into IIM L

I havent got a comp yet coz i spent an unusual amount of time in deliberating about what to get. finally i have decided. The school is not wifi enabled and I would like a equipment i am already pretty comfy with so desktop suits me best. I would be getting the comp by tuesday I guess. Its pouring assignments now that 4 days have passed. I still believe that its not justified to study till 5 am every day in the library. Guess some ppl have their motives skewed.
I can say that the place sucks coz the freshers here do spoil the party by continuously mugging up things that are just supposed to be analysed. I guess one need not learn the mathematics on how the histograms and statistical analysis came into play but these guys really think about putting in those three hours for every hour of lecture. I can only hope that three months down the line many ppl would be discouraged from really putting so much effort into such things. Its tough to keep 'enjoying' when u know that all the other guys seem to be building ur coffin. The place isnt spilling over with intelligent paranoids ( Thank god for that).
Quite a few guys are spending their time trying to get friendly with the female population. I did have a charmed life in bangalore but since coming back to lucknow I seem to have lost the touch. I rather prefer the relaxed company of guys nowadays. C2D ( refer five point someone) might come into the picture in a months time.
Focussed thinking does have its advantages. Actually I wanted to do some career prep after reaching here. First things first is that I decided to not try for lateral placements at all. I would focus purely on financial consulting. I wouldnt stick my neck out and say what sub division in this field. In all likely hood it might be something to do with the share market and stuff.

Committees here are pretty important and help the guys here to understand the nuances of managment much more clearly than one can ever imagine understanding from the book. I have thought about joining one. Initially it was placecom( placement committee), then manfest ( management festival) and now it is industrial interaction cell (the existance of a pretty damsel belonging to the senior batch in the committee is an added incentive). I believe I have a natural aptitude towards marketing but the job profile doesnt suit my interest. Maybe I can put some marketing also in the job profile I would finally want to get into.Rite now its fun dividing the time between playing either pool or table tennis or badminton. the latter takes a heavy toll as my fitness is not up to the mark.

Got to go now. This was written in a hurry. Next time maybe I might put some more humour quotient into it. nowadays the only humour I can generate is by making so called sexist remarks and commenting on the female anatomy. In IIM L I guess the first thing that happens to u is that the feeling of being harried keep lurking in some corners of ur brain all the time.

1 comment:

sp said...

if u say the place is not filling over with intelligent paranoids, u r probably right. maybe u r the only intelligent paranoid around. :-)