hi guys…amidst all the preparations,mocks,exams,…a thought suddenly hit my mindis all this worth it.?? Are people really happy post mba.?? Money is certainly no measure of happiness… 1)I mean sitting outside,listening and reading about pla…
hi guys..amidst all the preparations,mocks,exams,..a thought suddenly hit my mindis all this worth it.?? Are people really happy post mba.?? Money is certainly no measure of happiness..
1)I mean sitting outside,listening and reading about placements,packages,companies,mckinsey etc.seems nice and rosybut is it really?? I have heard that people in companies like mckinsey etc. work for 90-100 hours per week and travel very frequently which is quite exhausting and grueling.so where is the time for oneself ??
2)People say after mba your life starts getting sucked into the strangest black hole.You wont realize where you are heading.You feel lost.You wont get time to sit down and contemplate or to look back.You mindlessly start drifting with time.I have came across many blogs,forums,people experiences where they themselves say that they regret their decision to go for an mba,they say that they only realized afterwards that they were better off in IT jobs,at least they had a life then.
3)Generally people work for 2-3 years,alongside juggle cat preparation,then work very hard for 2 more years in an mba ,then work hard in job also to get a head startn by that time one reaches marriageable age.end result -struggling 20s.Only ones who get to enjoy with the hard earned money are ones family members/kidswhat does he do..? he just slogs in office..So when does one live his life..is life only about chasing things.?? Y cant one just sit back,relax and enjoy life??
Bottomline is aise paise ka kya faeda jisse kharchne ka time hi na mile.
1)I mean sitting outside,listening and reading about placements,packages,companies,mckinsey etc.seems nice and rosybut is it really?? I have heard that people in companies like mckinsey etc. work for 90-100 hours per week and travel very frequently which is quite exhausting and grueling.so where is the time for oneself ??
2)People say after mba your life starts getting sucked into the strangest black hole.You wont realize where you are heading.You feel lost.You wont get time to sit down and contemplate or to look back.You mindlessly start drifting with time.I have came across many blogs,forums,people experiences where they themselves say that they regret their decision to go for an mba,they say that they only realized afterwards that they were better off in IT jobs,at least they had a life then.
3)Generally people work for 2-3 years,alongside juggle cat preparation,then work very hard for 2 more years in an mba ,then work hard in job also to get a head startn by that time one reaches marriageable age.end result -struggling 20s.Only ones who get to enjoy with the hard earned money are ones family members/kidswhat does he do..? he just slogs in office..So when does one live his life..is life only about chasing things.?? Y cant one just sit back,relax and enjoy life??
Bottomline is aise paise ka kya faeda jisse kharchne ka time hi na mile.
I have heard that people in companies like mckinsey etc. work for 90-100 hours per week and travel very frequently which is quite exhausting and grueling.so where is the time for oneself ??
Consulting companies pay well for exactly this reason - to completely take over your life. So no, you may have no time for yourself or spend the money you earn.
People say after mba your life starts getting sucked into the strangest black hole. You won't realize where you are heading. You feel lost.
Most 20 somethings have such thoughts, mbas or not. The key is to reevaluate your priorities - time/money/personal life/satisfaction and adjust your life accordingly.
Generally people work for 2-3 years,alongside juggle cat preparation,then work very hard for 2 more years in an mba ,then work hard in job also to get a head startn by that time one reaches marriageable age.end result -struggling 20's.
That's the problem with any rat race. It doesn't have to be that way. To get out of it you will have to take certain hard decisions.
Only ones who get to enjoy with the hard earned money are one's family members/kidswhat does he do..?
Maybe you could consider not marrying or not having kids and retiring early ?
he just slogs in office..So when does one live his life..is life only about chasing things.?? Y cant one just sit back,relax and enjoy life??
No, life is not about chasing stuff. But an MBA, like it or not, is a statement of intent. Most mba type jobs will be pretty soul sucking albeit highly paying. If you're willing to work for 1/4th the money, maybe (and it's a big maybe) you could get something that's a lot more satisfying and sustainable.
Just remember you're not alone with such thoughts. Plenty of twenty somethings struggle with life/adulthood/jobs/expectations. The good news is you can certainly fix it. It is not easy - but most possibly doable.
hi guys..amidst all the preparations,mocks,exams,..a thought suddenly hit my mindis all this worth it.?? Are people really happy post mba.?? Money is certainly no measure of happiness..
1)I mean sitting outside,listening and reading about placements,packages,companies,mckinsey etc.seems nice and rosybut is it really?? I have heard that people in companies like mckinsey etc. work for 90-100 hours per week and travel very frequently which is quite exhausting and grueling.so where is the time for oneself ??
Your post reminds me of one of my uncle's favourite quotes.
"The problem with a rat-race is that even if you win, you are just a rat"
To share my 2 cents on this matter, I would like to say that you need to get your priorities right. You need to get your thinking clear.You need to think more on what you want out of life.
You may want time for yourself/time with your family members and enjoy the leisurely pace of life, but at what cost? Do you want it even at the cost of seriously earning less than what you could if you were an MBA?
2)People say after mba your life starts getting sucked into the strangest black hole.You wont realize where you are heading.You feel lost.You wont get time to sit down and contemplate or to look back.You mindlessly start drifting with time.I have came across many blogs,forums,people experiences where they themselves say that they regret their decision to go for an mba,they say that they only realized afterwards that they were better off in IT jobs,at least they had a life then.
Isn't is actually good that you are living your life fast enough not to feel boredom ! Isn't it good that your life is action packed ? Many a times the best thing to happen is to feel lost, because being in control of things has its own pitfalls.
3)Generally people work for 2-3 years,alongside juggle cat preparation,then work very hard for 2 more years in an mba ,then work hard in job also to get a head startn by that time one reaches marriageable age.end result -struggling 20s.Only ones who get to enjoy with the hard earned money are ones family members/kidswhat does he do..? he just slogs in office..So when does one live his life..is life only about chasing things.?? Y cant one just sit back,relax and enjoy life?? Bottomline is aise paise ka kya faeda jisse kharchne ka time hi na mile.
If you want thrilling thirties, and frolicking forties, then struggling twenties is the only option. Wealth is built piecemeal and through hard work and intelligence. The more you save and invest in the earlier overs of your life, the better it will be in the slog overs of your life.
To enjoy your hard earned money, you must earn enough or else you will run into deficits. You enjoyed whatever comforts you did because your parents slogged in their youth and middle ages.
If they had asked such questions as to who is going to enjoy the fruits of their hard work, then you would have been in a sorry state and blaming your parents.
Life is definitely about setting high goals and chasing them. The satisfaction that you get will be worth the effort. You can choose to relax and live an idyllic life, but then when your friends move ahead of you in the rat race, when they will drive the Skodas and BMWs, when they will wear designer clothes and accessories, when they will have bigger houses, when they will go for vacations abroad- it is then my friend that you will rue your decision to live a leisurely life and not enter the rat race. By then it will be too late.
If all around you are entering the race, then you must understand that there is a method in this madness and music in this chaos. Hope you get the point.
good thread
private company me to aise hi kaam hota hai
agar vo tumhe 10-15 lac ka package le rahe hai
to 20-25 lac ka kaam lenga
thee bigger picture still eludes us
i think ur main question is
"after all whom are we earning for????????""""
isn't it
what a thread , 
kudos for posting such a thread ......
well , sometimes i agree that happiness matters the most in life . i just started my MBA and idea of happiness has struck to my mind infinite time in past one month. today i want to be contented which was not the case before. 
today questions like "" for whom i am doing hard work, for whom i want to earn in life, what i could loose after achieving everything in life etc etc """. these are the questions on which i ponder everyday. thanks to MBA and its surroundings 
.
but on other hand i think, life is not that easy. god has given a chance to us and we have to take full use of it. we have to strive hard so that we could make others(parents, kids, spouse etc etc) happy. nobody earns for itself only, nobody earns only for its happiness, nobody works for self development only. we are here to make others happy as well and this is the golden rule of life. work together, live together and enjoy together.
Happiness is the most important thing in life but if it comes with responsibilities, aspirations and desires then only life could be termed as meaningful.
i am working hard not for myself only. i am working for others as well so that those who matter the most in my life, they can also enjoy my success and happiness in the prospective time.
so last but not least , i would say nothing in life comes to you so easily unless you strive hard to achieve it. i would say earn hard , work hard and enjoy life with a sense of responsibility and desire. 
Your post reminds me of one of my uncle's favourite quotes.
"The problem with a rat-race is that even if you win, you are just a rat"
To share my 2 cents on this matter, I would like to say that you need to get your priorities right. You need to get your thinking clear.You need to think more on what you want out of life.
You may want time for yourself/time with your family members and enjoy the leisurely pace of life, but at what cost? Do you want it even at the cost of seriously earning less than what you could if you were an MBA?
Isn't is actually good that you are living your life fast enough not to feel boredom ! Isn't it good that your life is action packed ? Many a times the best thing to happen is to feel lost, because being in control of things has its own pitfalls.
If you want thrilling thirties, and frolicking forties, then struggling twenties is the only option. Wealth is built piecemeal and through hard work and intelligence. The more you save and invest in the earlier overs of your life, the better it will be in the slog overs of your life.
To enjoy your hard earned money, you must earn enough or else you will run into deficits. You enjoyed whatever comforts you did because your parents slogged in their youth and middle ages.
If they had asked such questions as to who is going to enjoy the fruits of their hard work, then you would have been in a sorry state and blaming your parents.
Life is definitely about setting high goals and chasing them. The satisfaction that you get will be worth the effort. You can choose to relax and live an idyllic life, but then when your friends move ahead of you in the rat race, when they will drive the Skodas and BMWs, when they will wear designer clothes and accessories, when they will have bigger houses, when they will go for vacations abroad- it is then my friend that you will rue your decision to live a leisurely life and not enter the rat race. By then it will be too late.
If all around you are entering the race, then you must understand that there is a method in this madness and music in this chaos. Hope you get the point.
I must say you have repeated good old words of wisdom... I totally agree with you Mr/Ms. TumTum.... this reminds of what my family members said every single day through my childhood.. (even now..they still do at times )
The enthusiasm that you have when you are 20-something won't be there when you are 30/40 something... and the worst part is it will be too late by the time we realize.
Regards,
StarWalker
Your post reminds me of one of my uncle's favourite quotes.
"The problem with a rat-race is that even if you win, you are just a rat"
To share my 2 cents on this matter, I would like to say that you need to get your priorities right. You need to get your thinking clear.You need to think more on what you want out of life.
You may want time for yourself/time with your family members and enjoy the leisurely pace of life, but at what cost? Do you want it even at the cost of seriously earning less than what you could if you were an MBA?
Isn't is actually good that you are living your life fast enough not to feel boredom ! Isn't it good that your life is action packed ? Many a times the best thing to happen is to feel lost, because being in control of things has its own pitfalls.
If you want thrilling thirties, and frolicking forties, then struggling twenties is the only option. Wealth is built piecemeal and through hard work and intelligence. The more you save and invest in the earlier overs of your life, the better it will be in the slog overs of your life.
To enjoy your hard earned money, you must earn enough or else you will run into deficits. You enjoyed whatever comforts you did because your parents slogged in their youth and middle ages.
If they had asked such questions as to who is going to enjoy the fruits of their hard work, then you would have been in a sorry state and blaming your parents.
Life is definitely about setting high goals and chasing them. The satisfaction that you get will be worth the effort. You can choose to relax and live an idyllic life, but then when your friends move ahead of you in the rat race, when they will drive the Skodas and BMWs, when they will wear designer clothes and accessories, when they will have bigger houses, when they will go for vacations abroad- it is then my friend that you will rue your decision to live a leisurely life and not enter the rat race. By then it will be too late.
If all around you are entering the race, then you must understand that there is a method in this madness and music in this chaos. Hope you get the point.
To start with life isn't about race and competition, Life is all about discovering self, finding happiness in solace, It is not about Driving Skoda or BMW or Mercedes and take pride in it. It is about walking in rain thinking about where does the rain come from. There are so many uncertainties and unthinkable proportions of knowledge still beyond our boundary, i would like to spend my life knowing about.
People get degree, get married, have some kids and then life is finished. have someone though the other world way around?
What if there were no currencies, then what would be the value of MBA? A degree which gives what?
Life is about continuously discovering.......Who knows what the right path is and where it leads. Most of us are blessed with a conscience by virtue of which we decide our courses of action. Our Conscience says it is the ages of a MBA qualification, so we fight for it, compete for a space in a world where none is willing to give you a space, but where there is only space till far a place, no one is willing to go there, to know the uncertainty,
Most of the people who made a difference never went for an MBA, some of them even dropped colleges, like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Dhirubhai, Lakshmi Mittal, Richard Branson,
the outline is if you want to make a life where only paper currency and power politics rules go for MBA, if you want time to discover yourself look for something else. But probably noone would take the second path as it is uncertain, and humans are fearful by nature's choice.
This is an excellent thread. Issues that you raise are almost common to all the 20-26 year olds. After all it's about my life. Money is important but not more than youth. How often we miss the school life. The first few years of college and carry some regrets too. "Is MBA worth is ?" is subjective. A personal call.
Digressing a little.
We are all being presumptions about getting a 80 hour/week high paying job post an mba. NO. all of will not get that. These are the highly 'coveted' jobs.Even if you decide to go in for such a job, the job may still not be up for grabs. As you mentioned, we are just sitting outside.
Coming back, On a broader front what a MBA will help you is to have a wider choice in terms of what you can do. You'll have a larger number of verticals you can enter. Also before taking up a job you would exactly know what the job demands. More so there are managerial jobs which a relatively chilled out. yes they, pay less but allow you some time for self. So make a few decision then. What a MBA will also do is raise your worth more. As contrasted with the IT career examples. Why not take up a managers role post an MBA. there we have the IT lifestyle and a few more peanuts.
Opting totally out of the so called 'rat race' is also not what i think is the thing to do. Yes there are some very glamorous examples who did so and are way better off than what 'rats' can be. But wonder about the not so illustrated stories. what about the many others who opted out ?!
Yes run the race. Take a few stops in between if you have to. Run a little harder then. And also befriend a few co runners, enjoy the run like a paced jog if you can. Easier said then done. But this is what i keep telling myself.
Wrote a little too much i guess. Any ways, in summary - MBA ke bahane 2 saal aur college life enjoy karo. Bahar aayoge tab thode paise aur milenge. Zayada fight mat lo.
Its nt juz about salaries. Ya upto some extent we consider it one of the factors where MBAs dominates over other courses.
The job satisfaction and also profiles matter. A person desires to occupy CEO, CFO, COO, etc. These profile are given away mostly to MBAs. The challengin nature of MBA jobs makes it one of the most intersting jobs. Administrative levels are always glamourous. The lifstyle and work culture is tempting.
I strongly don't agree with ppl who join MBA for salaries. I've seen many ppl not having aptitude in management. They struggle during MBA and post MBA they do get a job but face hurdles in growth periods.
Basic analysis: Ppl are nt sure of their specialisation. They choose as per previous year placement stats. Rubbish.
If one is joining MBA, he must have something in mind. Now if X is an engr & say if he's wishes to opt for Finance, this helps him brushing himself to prove mettle as compare to his eco/commerce counterparts.
Think and Re-think!
All the Best!
interesting thread but I think people can get time to relax if one does time management well in life .Is it possible to believe that a CEO has only earned money , power and has not enjoyed life ?
I guess this is a fight between Money and Happiness.
I feel that if you work in a field which matches your passions and interests, this problem may get solved.
if you enjoy what you do, work pressure and Money constraints wont affect you much.
I guess this is a fight between Money and Happiness.
I feel that if you work in a field which matches your passions and interests, this problem may get solved.
if you enjoy what you do, work pressure and Money constraints wont affect you much.
what about family ? I think if both the spouses are working no problem with hectic jobs (since if life is not challenging there is not fun , it will be laidback )
well my two cents on this ... my fellow puy has raised a doubt if one can't just lead an idyllic life (currently employed as an engineer for ex.) .. the question to be asked is what exactly does one mean by the term 'enjoying life' ? this might hurt a few of you but nonetheless i will say it . face the truth - in most of the cases our parents won't be taking what we go on to earn , inspite of us coaxing them too . i am not talking about gifts and all but a substantial sum of what we earn . you know this indeed is true . that leaves us with the thoughts of saving up for your future family (spouse and kids). oh ! so now we all have become so responsible that we have started planning to save for those who don't exist as of now most of us know this in our hearts that we want to get into one of these coveted institutes so that we can stand up and say - "i have arrived" ! to prove ourself . and please don't say that we are what we are and we need not show the world what we are capable of . if we all had the guts to be a non conformist we wouldn't be here @ pg in the first place 
who amongst us isn't aware of the numerous taunts that come our way in case we are an engineer and our distant cousin is an mba grad from say an IIM ? do you think you can put up with all that ? sure you can ! but it takes a lot of guts that includes pushing yourself away even from your family cause in many of the cases the families won't be supportive should someone decide to take a radical step .
from my experience the work load varies and engineers are in many instances made to work 70+ hours a week . so that's immaterial . what matters at the end of the day is this - do you have sufficient money to do what you wish to do ? say for example you nurture a childhood dream of going around the world or climbing mt. Everest . do you think that with your current salary it's possible to do so ? again someone might start citing an example of a few odd men/women they know who have done so . but don't forget my friend that there are just a few of them who get so lucky and have those quintessential traits to push them through .
from what i have experienced till date personal happiness is largely governed by our fate and we have little role to play in it . now common who hasn't seen good people getting betrayed , divorced and clouded by a myriad of personal problems ? it happens all the time . you can give in your all to a relationship but in the end it always boils down to the other person . you just have a 50% stake (to be ideal) ! and in case you are at all lucky enough to find your special someone wouldn't you prefer flying him/her by a jet rather than a train ! we all know the answer . morever since we usually don't have a control over our personal life atleast have complete control in the professional front . if i am miserable i would prefer to be miserable sitting in a mercedes rather than getting dusty on the road . all this might seem 
to you all but think hard and you'll see it isn't .
so to sum up an MBA isn't meant to fetch us happiness .. if your definition of being cosy has mostly to do with the materialistic aspect then certainly it'll help you better .
best of luck to all
ha ha ha .. nice thread.
I think i can better explain this. i went through this phase.
First year of my job was so cool. i had nothing to do except browsing through millions of web pages,
watching countless movies and roaming around. I had that peaceful life without much thinking or worrying about my future. It was good and then after few months not more than six i started to realize there is something missing in my life.Then i started searching for that missing piece.
Now, here i'm, preparing for mba, reading The Hindu( i never did before), pagalguy everyday , getting lowscores and blaming myself for not studying, weekend classes,2-4 aimcats/simcats a week, late night movies on weekends( classes in the evening ), detailed discussions about preparation, Banglore study group( lol ).what a pace .. what a life .. miserable and interesting .. i like it this way.
if you want your future the way you want .. you've to work in that direction .. family and personal life is not a separate entity in life .. it's just in itself.
The summary of this passage is " you either do it or don't but never doubt what you're doing ".
I'm done .. lol
~raju
It is not that I am intented to do personal discussions but the fact is one can have a normal life even after hectic life if some conditions are there .My cousin's husband works in an IT firm , work hours are hectic (infinitely) to say the least (he is a non engineer and a BCA) , he earns around 70k per month .But they are very happy , the wife (my didi) does not work , she moves with her husband wherever he goes .Now they have a beautiful kid and they are heaving pretty normal and balanced life, now the entire scenario would have changed if didi would have worked , may be things may not go as they are going now. so u know the issue is "the changing status of indian women who wants her to be represented in the workplace " , which is not as easy as a male , otherwise only a man working sdo not have to worry much about work life issues , hectic jobs etc
I don't know what rosy life after MBA is supposed to mean. I assume nobody is so naive to think that any company will pay you just bcoz you have decided to join it.
Its not that your workload will decrease after doing your MBA but yes it will become more productive for you.
For the same 10-12 hrs that most of you must be putting in your job currently you would be earning at least 2-3 time more.
I must add there is far more to MBA than just the salary aspect. For me the best part is the opportunity for networking with the best minds in corporate world.
Now, here i'm, preparing for mba, reading The Hindu( i never did before), pagalguy everyday , getting lowscores and blaming myself for not studying, weekend classes,2-4 aimcats/simcats a week, late night movies on weekends( classes in the evening ), detailed discussions about preparation, Banglore study group( lol ).what a pace .. what a life .. miserable and interesting .. i like it this way.
~raju
this is what i intend to say..... most of us are just running another race.......right now we just have a narrow view....our sole aim is to reach the 'coveted' institute.....but as u know college life never remains forever.....what after that...??.....i mean all that mocks,preparation,scores,exams,discussions,etc seems exciting right now......but how do we know that whether the kind of life post mba is what we really wanted to live or not.....?? it might happen that it may not turn out in the way we wanted to be or had imagined to be......??
i guess all mba does is it places ur career on a fast track.....it does good to your professional life......as for personal life.....a software engineer may be having a more rocking life......or a psu employee may be leading a more enjoyable life......so mba from a top tier institute is good for those who are self driven and are really ambitious is life........
waise bhi real happiness lies in small things........what makes u more happy .....having a dinner with a bunch of ur old friends or having a whiskey with ur boss....??
Hello friends
A few cents from my side,d cut throat competition n d desire to rise higher n higher has spared almost none of d professions .my dad is a doctor n its a kind of a profession dat almost every Indian parents dreams of their wards even before d kid has learnt to spell diagnostics .i hardly see him in a day, sparing d dinner time at 9 coz of his multiple associations wid various hospitals n round d clock kind of job. d competition in his field is so high dat he cant afford to lay back. d same is true wid almost all profession . people in d IT sector either dont have a 9 to 5 kind of a job, wid d project manager roaming across d globe wid randomly changing his local time n my regular schedule, life is never on a monotonous track. wats more d pressure brings office home wid late night assignments n wat not. in d present scenario I think other den opening a shop n being a lecturer/teacher there isnt any profession dat gives u dat 5 to 9 job n d whole evening for u to teach ur kids algebra n get groceries 4 ur wife.
D idea is 2 live, life in dese bits 2 d maximum, u off course have ur weekends, n some added holidays, being managers we will excel not only in managing our fields, but also our holidays n lives. Wats more a few year of association n u see realistic contribution 2 ur work field ,u will have a liking for it wid passion ruling over ur monotony.
N by d time u spent some 7-8yrs in d organization, n u become an asset for dem, bend d rules a little 2 suit ur self.(but yeah only a little)
So conclusion drawn-no point envying oder professions ,we all would be slogging some way or d oder, only to finish strong