The Con and the rigour
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The Con and the rigour
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Why / Why not go to IIMs??
Disclaimer: You may strictly disagree with me on any/all of these points but this is what I think. You are welcome to raise your concerns through comments/ by writing to me at abhi.taneja@gmail.com.
This question may look insane to people outside IIMs though not to many of those in the IIMs.
The grass looks really green from outside but we tend to forget, one learns marketing at B-schools.
Why??
- To get heavy paychecks/financial security.
- To learn to use jargons effectively.
- Repo in industry/society.
- To share a forum with exceptionally successful people.
- To meet/listen to/interact with highly successful/highly reputed people in the industry.
- To learn to show you are very busy, even when you waste 20 hours a day.
- To realize that money is not that important and there are better things to bother about in life.
- If you are traveling freak, you may like to do an MBA.
- If you already have your target set and MBA lies in the way to achieve that.(Forget financial aspects here)
- (To be completed)
Why not?
- The life ends at Microsoft Office.
- It kills your creativity.
- It kills your risk taking capabilities.
- Everything is relative. You learn to call a dummy life really interesting.
- Very high on individualism. Kills collectivism and team skills.
- A strict NO if you plan to be an entrepreneur. The paradox,”I will work in an i-bank for 3-4 years(make money) and quit to start my own venture” is 100% flawed. It only gets tougher to quit as time passes by and no one actually does.
- If you are satisfied with your current job, there is no point why you should be looking at MBA.
- If you are just looking for money, let me tell you their are better options out there.
- (To be completed)
Why am I doing an MBA?
The question largely remains unanswered.
Probably I dint know all this before making a decision to join.
Probably coz there is no easy exit strategy to it.
Probably I still fear taking a risk.
Probably the heavy paychecks still tend to attract me.
The train to IIMC
So finally it was the time to get to a place i had been waiting to go for long…the place i considered heaven on earth.. needless to say the best among IIMs… but interestingly on my way to this place i was more curious/anxious/excited about some place and it was not the Jokaland but the state i had to pass through..Yup..BIHAR.
I was more than curious to see what Bihar is like..Having heard so many stories of badly managed state and its law and order situation, I wanted to see it myself ‘How is this place different from other places?’…. Logically thinking i should have been worried and cautious of having to pass through such a place but surprisingly enough i felt neither and rather experienced great excitement..
The territory of the state was supposed to start at around 8 o’clock at night which when rounded off with perspective for Indian Railways was expected at around 9. I slept throughout the day (short naps every 20-30 mins) but dint want to miss the “opportunity” and made sure I dont sleep from after 7 o’clock till the time the train stops at Mughal Sarai… reached at around 9 o’clock… could not resist but to get off the train and take a walk at the Platform… everything looked similar except the people…everyone looked terribly terrified.. obviously this made me somewhat cautious as well but still i could not resist but to make calls to my friends from Bihar..called up Niraj Mohan and then Rahul Kumar..dint have anything to talk about except “Boss!! I am in your state”…sounds stupid.. aint it?? it does.. even to me.. but this is what is called emotions…something a mind cannot understand…anyways… got a piece of advice from these friends.. “Dude!! it is not a good place for you..get out of it ASAP”..as if I am driving the train [:P]..
The train departed from Mughal Sarai…was still kinda excited and then i noticed some police people roaming around very frequently…could not make much sense of it till one of the Bongs sharing the cubicle told about the security concerns…it was then that i noticed that atleast 6-7 police people were standing in each of the bogies..reason..obviously the security concern..The area from Mughal Sarai till Dhanbad is known for scandals and unlawful activities along with snatching at gun point and otherwise… Now I know why people had a cause to worry.. even i had it now [;-)] ..
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