The PaGaLGuY UnderDogs Team 2012


@FSOG said:
audio kar lenge chalo fir try.......be I am unsure abt it
12-15 ko manage karna chap hota hain but frankly yesterday it was chaos

@[350021:raven_007] meets to bahut attend kar lin..par confy 1 bhi nhi kari hai ab tak...mujhe bhi lagta tha ki audio hota hoga....waisa kya discuss kiya...thoda idhar bhi gyaan baaton

@FSOG said:
audio kar lenge chalo fir try.......be I am unsure abt it
@raven_007 said:
12-15 ko manage karna chap hota hain but frankly yesterday it was chaos
Mera mic kharab hai bhaiyyon, agar sabke paas functional mic hai toh desh bahot aage badh gaya hai. :splat:
@anupam001 said: @raven_007 meets to bahut attend kar lin..par confy 1 bhi nhi kari hai ab tak...mujhe bhi lagta tha ki audio hota hoga....waisa kya discuss kiya...thoda idhar bhi gyaan baaton
kal st mein ;)..... on a serious note we had a lot of aggenda..yesterday but went nowhere in middle.... 😛 it was going fast and imagine 15 of us typing together..how fast your window will move

i am in for everything but i just felt that audio chat can be better... text chat is fine with me...

Hello everyone... It feels great to be a part of UDT 😃 Late post k liye maafi .. ghar aya hua hun toh khub matar gashti chal rahi.. 😛 ...


waise I am Ashish Biyani ... GEM (General Engineer Male) hun.. 😛 Kolkata wasi working in Bangy... 3rd attempt hoga.... extra-curriculars certi wagara kuch nahi hai.. bus CAT phodna hi sahara ek acche B-School k sapne ka...

Prep kuch khaas chal nahi rahi... bt ab soch liya hai ki next 2 months my only and only priority will be CAT.. Lets all promise ourselves to give our 100% from now on... We all can surely make it big then..

And hamare kaptaan mast insaan hai... toh bakar ka mahaul bhi hamesha hi bana rahega.. 😃 And I personally also invite all UDTians... Non-UDTians... to be active here... Motivation.. preparation .. bakar jo bhi karni ho.. I am always up for it.. 😃


@Omkarp said:
Mera mic kharab hai bhaiyyon, agar sabke paas functional mic hai toh desh bahot aage badh gaya hai.
mobile ka hain headset?
@raven_007 said:
kal st mein ..... on a serious note we had a lot of aggenda..yesterday but went nowhere in middle.... it was going fast and imagine 15 of us typing together..how fast your window will move
See, ek bande ko moderate karne kaho, preferably captain. Agenda saamne rakho, aur specific order every person will sing their song. The moderator will make sure that no two people go off on tangent topics at the same time.

No interruptions, aise kuch ground rules bana sakte hai..

wahi me soch rha tha...ki koi agenda hota hai ki sirf bakar hoti hai... @[584040:FSOG] apni pehli confy ka kya agenda rakhna hai

btw when is the confy :P:P

@raven_007 said:
mobile ka hain headset?
Hain, lekin yaar raat main my parents sleep in the same room. I have so many reasons to not have an audio confy you have no clue. 😛 :P

Hmm, ye moderation wala, I would've tried in the KDT confy lekin main team ka nahi hu, toh out of line hota nahi toh last year, ek MMDT confy main I lost my cool and took charge asking people to stop and let the person who spoke on a subject relevant to the agenda go on.

Luckily tabhi koi God-level diggaj nahi the.
@Omkarp said:
See, ek bande ko moderate karne kaho, preferably captain. Agenda saamne rakho, aur specific order every person will sing their song. The moderator will make sure that no two people go off on tangent topics at the same time.No interruptions, aise kuch ground rules bana sakte hai..
@anupam001 said: wahi me soch rha tha...ki koi agenda hota hai ki sirf bakar hoti hai... @FSOG apni pehli confy ka kya agenda rakhna hai
kaptaan se moderate karwaoge..........to samajh jao.....confy kahan jaegi............

Debjit kaha hai?......haazir karo usko yahan
@Omkarp said:
Hain, lekin yaar raat main my parents sleep in the same room. I have so many reasons to not have an audio confy you have no clue. Hmm, ye moderation wala, I would've tried in the KDT confy lekin main team ka nahi hu, toh out of line hota nahi toh last year, ek MMDT confy main I lost my cool and took charge asking people to stop and let the person who spoke on a subject relevant to the agenda go on.Luckily tabhi koi God-level diggaj nahi the.
to group chat hi rakhte hain...routine way and may be ek order maintain rakhte hain...wo apne upar hai...agenda batao bas kya hoga :P
@FSOG said:
kaptaan se moderate karwaoge..........to samajh jao.....confy kahan jaegi............
Debjit kaha hai?......haazir karo usko yahan
Dekho yaar team main sab smart hai. If we lay down the rules and decide to abide by them, moderator khaali titular hoga.

Agenda aur rules preset karo, bas koi infraction hota hai toh politely roko usko, not the person, the infraction kyunki koi kisika baap nahi hai. :P
@raven_007 said: btw when is the confy
sat night rakhte hain....sab honge baaki logon se bhi poocho
@anupam001 said:
sat night rakhte hain....sab honge baaki logon se bhi poocho
Saturday Night + 1.

And I can lay down the rules if you want. Faltu kaamon main expertise hai. :P
It seems a lot of 'intro' posts have been made while I was out of home in the evening...

So I'm also joining the bandwagon... :P

Those who know me from the close quarters, know how the 'Underdog' tags suit me very aptly..Don't want to reveal everything on a public forum,but I think you'll understand it clearly from my story...

Profile:

10th- 90% (WB Board)
12th- 85.7% (WB Board)
B.E(CSE)- 79.80% (Jadavpur University)
Work-ex: Cognizant (15 months as of 31.8.2012)

As I hail from a vernacular background, to face the challenge of CAT(read VA) was one of the most daunting tasks for me. But I still made the decision to go for MBA right from the third year.
I could have opted for an M.Tech as JU has the legacy of churning out several GATE top 10/20/30s every year. Could have prepared myself better for the campus placements. But I did virtually nothing apart from preparing for CAT.The only goal for me in the final year was to crack CAT. As expected, I wasted the opportunity to get placed at the many of the most famous software giants and had to end up with an IT service organization. The problem was not just the ostensible lack of preparation for placement interviews. There were other issues as well. At that time,I was quite an introvert person with mediocre communication skills and I never realized to which extent I need to improve on my soft skills.

The effect of getting rejected from the interviews of Adobe,Citrix,SAP,HP R&D;, CDOT etc. in the campus placements certainly didn't go well. I was in a depression for most of the final year and then came CAT. I was sensing from the very beginning that nothing good was going to happen. Whatever I was trying, I was finding only failures.

CAT wasn't an exception. Managed a modest 97.58 percentile and got calls from IIM-S,SP Jain & MDI. And the soft-skill part was still there to do the damage. Got a straight reject form SPJain(Fin) & managed WLs in MDI and IIM-S. But IIM-S WL didn't convert. However,MDI-HR did send me admission offer on which I had absolutely no interest.

Joined Cognizant & again started preparing for CAT last year with more vigor.Started to visit PG regularly and got selected in KDT. I had the hope,the optimism which was missing last to last year.

But the result-it was still the same. A shock came on CAT result day when I found I could manage just 65.62 in VALR which virtually ruined everything. Had 99.46 in QADI and a 96.80 overall but it was far from fetching ANY call.
The elusive luck deceived again in XAT as I got 97.36 with a 76.23 in DM section.To sum it up- no XL-BM,HR calls as well.

Back in Feb-March this year,I was thinking what I should do next. I was a serious dilemma about whether I should go for the journey once again where a process called normalization can get better of anyone. I used to do one thing to find solace/motivation/inspiration: visit UDT '11 thread everyday.

And now I am again back with the very same goal in mind which has been eluding me for last two years-CAT. A selection in UDT is indeed a morale boost but the pressure to perform is no less than previous years. Ultimately,none will bother to ask my mock scores after Jan 8,2013.
This year, the approach would be a bit different. I have some back-up plans in my mind(not sure how much they are worthy as back-up plans but still....Also have started working on the soft skills seriously).Somewhere this vicious loop should stop.

PS: I know it has become a very lengthy post. I know very few would care to read the entire post. Sorry puys. Got a bit emotional while recollecting some incidents.

Chill maar :)

Regarding the confy thing:


It would be great if we can have it on Saturday night. May have to go hometown on Sunday,where I wont have the net connection.

quote korte bhoi peye gelam debjit but yes i know how it feels bad sacrificing things for something which you love. if you don't get that it hurts.. it pains....

was talking with captain ji in the morning...
backup plans are there for me as well...but i share my floor in office with one of the udt members and he says--"yaar 3 baar kharap nahi ho sakta"

fingers crossed

a bit early and may be start at 10.... kal raat obdhi jege aj choriechi saradin 😛