Hii,
Well this blog was written by me last year when i was pursuing my summer internship.
I am just about to finish my summers training, not at RBI, but at TCS, and would like to share some of my experience of these two crucial months.Well what the summers are meant for????According to me they are meant for two things:Adding to your technical (I mean subject knowledge giving it a practical touch)Providing deep and reach insights from so called “Glamorous Corporate World”.As far as technical knowledge is concerned it depends on the project, the company you get. It is possible that you might not get a company of your choice or the project you get may not be of your interest. Hence as far as addition to all ready existing technical knowledge is concerned it might not be great.If I talk about myself, the company I got is no doubt one of the dream companies of many people. But as far as the addition of technical knowledge is concerned, I did not get into the same domain I wanted. (I wanted to go for a finance profile, but it being an IT company…..). However as far as addition to behavioral aspect is concerned it definitely provided me with great insights. I came to know about his glamorous corporate world, how “professional” people are here and how even your friends get professional by getting here. Some thing that I have learn in these two months is that life is too tough and no body is yours. It’s your life and you have to fight it too hard. In this corporate life everyone is there to bite their own share and everyone wants this biggest pie. To get this they are ready to go anyway. Further, I have learn that what people say and what they do are entirely two different things. (I know “Saying” and “Doing” are two different things). I at times used to believe that in this world there are people are of integrity, but after this two months……. ?????Sometimes I feel that in this world there is no space for people who are sober, calm and introvert. It is a world of people who are diplomatic, cunning, and selfish and on the top of boot licker. And one day perhaps everybody becomes a boot licker. Some of the minor issues that I have faced in this two months were related to general life like living and commuting problems, though at times they used to take a gigantic picture, But a few things that needs to be ponder upon areIs the world full of BOOTLICKERS???What does a person get by deceiving others???Who gives right to anyone to hurt others???And finally whatever we do as a part of corporate life (may be the work we do not like but we continue to do it, or anything else) why we do it???? Just for sake of some money and actually let our real person dies a ghost death.Is it right to compromise with your definition of life???These are some of the unanswered questions.Hope to find answers from you all.
Nivedita, as far as corporate world is concerned, I hope that you hold a better opinion about it now, an year after your summers.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is ruthless, but nevertheless, I think we need to decide how we are gonna handle the situations that we have to face. It is up to us to lead a dignified life. After all, talent is respected, it may take some time, but in the end you'll get what you really really deserve!