Interpreter of Maladies
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Not so nice to readThe worst secret about me-I have worked in consulting. Yeah, I have transported globe onto fancy looking slides with intellectual looking graphs, pivot tables what not. For a fact based person as I am, this isn't a real nice point to highlight. The loose globe of my profession always troubled me but no matter how much I tried, it was difficult to change the way consulting works all over the world. At times like these, I used to tell myself, that the heirlooms of the consulting world, the McKinsey and the BCG's...they ain't like this. For a few months, I have also had the pleasure of working in the most tangible and factual industry you can imagine, Steel. Ever tried reading ATLAS SHRUGGED. Readers would know what a life, working in steel is like. The passion and the experience is unparalleled. As my dear friend Braveheart would agree, steel is the best industry to work in. Maybe a little too dirty for the hands but then what the heck..the satisfaction of getting hands dirty to create the shining metal is absolutely WOW. Oh, I diverged- was talking about consulting. So I had these high opinions abt the MCK and BCG of the world. Slowly, alas, they are shattering too. I seriously want a little logic in life. I shrug the thought of a future career in consulting because I have started hating globe from the depths of my heart. What the hell happened to the structured thought, strong logic blah blah !! But then, where would I fit. What would I do. I can't be an I banker coz it needs a top 100 JEE rank, interest in statistics, very intellectual interests. I have none of those things in me. I also fiddled with the thought of trying marketing but I dont think its my piece of cake. I dont have much to boast in terms of people skills. IT-the computer hates me more than I hate it so can't really try my luck there. I am kinda stuck. I am afraid of telling friends and folks that I am planning to go back to steel. That doesn't seem like such a nice aspiration for an IIT-IIM grad...right....so I need to do something respectable enough, with enough money, and lastly which should make me happy. Happiness where art thou :-(
