Often during life you come across one of those nights where you just want to be plunged in darkness. I had one of those nights yesterday when things just seemed not to be working out. Reason - I had just received my latest reject call from Deloitte - a company that I had pinned my hopes on simply because it probably suits my style of working and is one of the best matches to my skill set. However, I think I did mess up my case interview a little (why could not I come up with some data to show a 20% ROI) and to be fair, there might have been better candidates who deserved it much more.
Whats this all telling me? There are no free lunches - as a popular saying goes. I dont think I am going to get a job without really working hard at it. Yes ! There is the obvious challenge of balancing my workload in my curriculum with the job hunt - but who said life was easy. Another thing I also realized is that no matter how much someone consoles you or tries to motivate you, you have to develop that willingness and courage to fight it out. In adversity like this I always like to think of Saurav Ganguly (given my affinity for cricket) and how he fought his way back into the team when nobody was willing to give him a chance. I think mental strength and showing the stomach to fight are the key to be able to pass through a phase like this. Life has to move on since I have a poster session at 8 am tommorrow and then have to sit and do my Machine Learning Midterm - which would need some doing given my absence from class for the past week. As Raj Kapoor used to say -"The show must go on" !
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