is dropping for cat justified

[vaibhav595]

hi guys,pls help. need some advice.got calls from xlri,iift,SPjain(fin.), and mdi this season. cudn't convert any of them.i am a fresher(Engineer). i am placed in an IT major. Aspire to write CAT next season. But I am much more interested in joining my family business. Want to know whether being a part of the family business is a fine deal compared to join an IT co.

[ramas2510]

Originally Posted by vaibhav595

hi guys,pls help. need some advice.got calls from xlri,iift,SPjain(fin.), and mdi this season. cudn't convert any of them.i am a fresher(Engineer). i am placed in an IT major. Aspire to write CAT next season. But I am much more interested in joining my family business. Want to know whether being a part of the family business is a fine deal compared to join an IT co.

Since u tell , u r a fresher, from one angle, joining an IT major can(plz note: not 'will') make u more professional ,better aware of ur Strengths/weakness and office politics ,develop networking skills and concomitant benefits, . On the contrary, unless u r exceptionally lucky, more often than not, in these IT majors, u can find urself in a job, which downright sucks :
1. due to intellectual barreness
2. too repetitive and mind numbing if u find urself in testing domain, but defenitely do-able
2. u discover, only after joinin , writting program codes is one thing one cant do for ur life, like i did

but remember, U can be an EXCEPTION to the above..

Assuming, u do join IT: Generally , from what i have seen and experienced in my IT major, there are phases in every S/w proff's life work is too hectic to even blink or too
vetti in Bench.Going by Murphy's law, U can find urself in the former at the time of CAt and other exams. But that is no impediment, if u r determined enough to bell the CAT. Cant resist from blowing my own trumpet. I was .
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Now u ve written that: "I am much more interested in joining my family business"
If that is genuinely the case, i will advise u to help Pittajhi, and simult prepare for CAT.
This type of xper can help, if u r able to convince the interview panel next year.
hope my 2 cents helped.

[a.a.]

buddy there are lot many people in ur profile line and it includes many of those who were able to crack a big time. If u r able to represent urself during the GDPI as a serious candidate and one who have learned from the mistake and can so that you want to make a big change in ur profile. I dont think any GOOD college will deny u to take u in (gud college in the sense top 15-20) college beyond that may look at ur profile and shun u away(I said MAY)..

Moreover you have experience of 2 year. That will add a big time value to your profile.

P.S.:- If I will prepare this year and IF able to make it, u can definitely get example which u r looking for. Sincerely hope to set such example myself. Amen!!!

Originally Posted by Sandy2003

i know its not a good profile, so i m very apprehensive about going for mba

[hurricane]

Its the most stupid thing to do.

CAT has lot of luck factor invloved in it. I can vouch for the fact that 90% of people in IIMs were never sure whether they would get iim calls.

Simply put, do you wanna put so much on stake?

Try to be practical. I don't wanna say this. Going through CAT is a painful experience. Some enjoy it. Most peopel don't. I never enjoyed it. After getting iim calls its a totally different ball game.

But realise the fact that you can't attend interviews unless you clear CAT.

No matter how much people say about GD/PI and other stuff, I feel that in the MBA admission process the more difficult and excruciating task is to clear the CAT. I found GD/PI process to be much more hyped than required.

In short, don't waste your precious time for this exam.

Use your time wisely.

[sumitrocks]

I wouldn't quite generalise by saying that dropping a year is 'smart' or 'stupid.' It's entirely up to YOU. In this race, YOU are the most important factor. If you feel you can manage work and other priorities along with CAT, there's no need to drop.

But, if you do decide to drop, try and do something useful like a hobby, or something socially useful, that you can write about, to improve your resume.

There are only 24 hours in a day; it's up to you to use them to the fullest. You'll need to prioritise between friends, phone, TV, computer games, internet etc. If you travel by cab to office, read stuff in the cab. If you can spare short snippets of 5-7 mins each at office from time to time, read articles online...browse PG...utilise time.

Remember the quote from the movie Transformers, "No sacrifice, no victory"

P.S. Watch this animation, to fire you up, and inspire you to do your best!

[kittykhanna]

m kriti, did my maths(h) from sts stephens this yr..i got 2 jobs.. one from an education product based company Educational Initiatives n other was TCS.
joined ei 3 days back in navi mumbai( i m frm delhi). the office here is really small..just a single room with hardly 8 people here- none of my age group..no space to walk inside n sitting in front of the computer the entire day- from 9-6..n i donno if i m learning anything, just sitting n making ques for kids the entire day! m just not liking the work.. maybe because i find it just too tiring...or maybe m new to this place.. n i cant find n accomodation nearby.. so will have to travel a lot.. i doubt if i would have time for cat.. n i m defn targettind cat this yr.. also its the first time i would be staying alone.. i m actually scared here!
i still have my tcs offer.. but still no signs of ol or join date..but people in delhi hv started getting thm..
could u give me ur suggessions on what should i be doing now?? i m terribly confused n upset! Please help me!

[trakesht]

Originally Posted by kittykhanna

m kriti, did my maths(h) from sts stephens this yr..i got 2 jobs.. one from an education product based company Educational Initiatives n other was TCS.
joined ei 3 days back in navi mumbai( i m frm delhi). the office here is really small..just a single room with hardly 8 people here- none of my age group..no space to walk inside n sitting in front of the computer the entire day- from 9-6..n i donno if i m learning anything, just sitting n making ques for kids the entire day! m just not liking the work.. maybe because i find it just too tiring...or maybe m new to this place.. n i cant find n accomodation nearby.. so will have to travel a lot.. i doubt if i would have time for cat.. n i m defn targettind cat this yr.. also its the first time i would be staying alone.. i m actually scared here!
i still have my tcs offer.. but still no signs of ol or join date..but people in delhi hv started getting thm..
could u give me ur suggessions on what should i be doing now?? i m terribly confused n upset! Please help me!

quite interesting..
If I were in the same place, I would give this place a shot for a few months at least/ till the offer letter comes..
I would have made an entry for this job in my resume and would've tried to route any future B school interviews about this slightly different exposure!
But then again what I would do in life may not suit you well, and I cannot really comprehend your difficulties now...make a well thought decision

PS: you will have to start staying alone/ with strangers during some phase of your life sooner or later!

[kittykhanna]

Originally Posted by trakesht

quite interesting..
If I were in the same place, I would give this place a shot for a few months at least/ till the offer letter comes..
I would have made an entry for this job in my resume and would've tried to route any future B school interviews about this slightly different exposure!
But then again what I would do in life may not suit you well, and I cannot really comprehend your difficulties now...make a well thought decision

PS: you will have to start staying alone/ with strangers during some phase of your life sooner or later!

thnx,
i hv a feeling it would too tough to prepare for cat here.. managing all things together in a new city..job,new city,cat, health issues- backache problems..sitting for long hrs in a closed room all day with boss on my head..n m not even liking the job that much!

[raj_desp]

Originally Posted by kittykhanna

m kriti, did my maths(h) from sts stephens this yr..i got 2 jobs.. one from an education product based company Educational Initiatives n other was TCS.
joined ei 3 days back in navi mumbai( i m frm delhi). the office here is really small..just a single room with hardly 8 people here- none of my age group..no space to walk inside n sitting in front of the computer the entire day- from 9-6..n i donno if i m learning anything, just sitting n making ques for kids the entire day! m just not liking the work.. maybe because i find it just too tiring...or maybe m new to this place.. n i cant find n accomodation nearby.. so will have to travel a lot.. i doubt if i would have time for cat.. n i m defn targettind cat this yr.. also its the first time i would be staying alone.. i m actually scared here!
i still have my tcs offer.. but still no signs of ol or join date..but people in delhi hv started getting thm..
could u give me ur suggessions on what should i be doing now?? i m terribly confused n upset! Please help me!

Hey kriti , its been just 3 days since you have joined there. I am sure things will settle down. Since you have said that its a 9-6 job, you have ample time to prepare for CAT and other exams.
As for the other difficulties you have mentioned, you might have to face the same if you join TCS.
I feel that by sticking to this job, you will get some brownie points in the interview.

[kittykhanna]

I feel that by sticking to this job, you will get some brownie points in the interview.[/quote]
could u please explain this how? n how does a profile of making ques for kids earn me brownie points for mba interviews? see i need inputs on this..