Pertinent Observations

i seem to be on a perennial high nowadays… i think it all started on the 15th of march, after a particular fateful L^2 party… my confidence in myself seems to have shot up… i seem to have become more arrogant… i haven’t been depressed once in this period… i have become more pragmatic… i [...]

Fanaa, Yuva – A R Rahman
Khuda Hafiz, Yuva – A R Rahman
The Unforgiven II – Metallica
The House That Jack Built – Metallica
Afraid to Shoot Strangers – Iron Maiden
When the Smoke is Going Down – Scorpions
When a Blind Man Cries – Deep Purple
Bin Tere Sanam – DJ Suketu
Each of these songs remind me of one of [...]

just a few minutes back i ran into chiru. First thing we realized was that we had hardly seen each other this term, despite it being a week after college started.
we don’t have any common courses. my room is in J block which is at a corner of IIMB (and close to the behind [...]

it is not easy to reject a job. especially if it is from the world’s second largest bank. with a posting in london. a compensation which starts at the same level as the security guard at the bank but quickly grows to make me a millionaire within 5-6 years. and in an industry which is [...]

i fetched probably the last round of coffee for my team an hour ago. two skinny lattes and two mochas. i’ll be in office for not more than an hour from now.
it is the end of one of the most interesting chapters of my life. a period of ten weeks where (as i’ve said [...]

just got my offer letter

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today is the last day of my internship at JP Morgan. 10 weeks seem to have just flown by. a few things i have to do today…
– finalize my fraud “project report” (i didn’t do any project here) and get it signed by my manager
– pain the HR people and make sure i [...]

stupid aadishIt wants me to write something on some books. i didn’t understand what he wanted me to write and even if i did i have no enthu to write about it now.
muahahaahaaaa

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contrary to all my expectations, i was offered a job by JP Morgan today. i have been offered in the exotic derivatives trading team (different from what i’m doing right now).
so i do have to worry about my career options now! apparently i’ll have to make the decision within a month…
let’s see…

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i believe i made a mistake two years ago by interning in a research lab rather than in a proper coding job, which would have given me a better picture of whether i wanted to do comp. sci.

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