Quoted with Truth!

"If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;.."
-Lines from Rudyard Kipling's poem If.
Its only under high pressure situations that you really know if you have got what it takes and the placement week was certainly a good test. A lot of unlikely candidates crumpled under the pressure and a lot of others showed just what they are made of.
Personally I think the week was a great leveller and the spirit shown by nearly the entire batch was phenomenal. It was also a unique experience for me since it was the first time I was in the job market.
To end this post a rather random quote from a Hindi movie: "Its so simple to be happy but it is so difficult to be simple." (Can you make a connection to the topic)

A new experience..a new phase

I am employed.
That is all I should say about my company since this is not meant to be a blog about my career. However, I want to share that experience of going through this whole placement process (which was a first for me.) It was a gruelling, hectic and for some people quite a tense time as they probably lost perspective. That made me realise that "its worthless to think you are worth less since often what you get is what you think you ought to get!"
If you think the role is good and you will love doing it, assume the best outcome and ask for an aggressive salary. It shows the employer that you are confident and capable of performing.
I guess the last week was a great experience and over the next few blogs I hope to share it with you but for now this quote (not an original), about life:
"Everyone dies but not everyone lives!"
Another very good one by the little master Sachin about his cricket (but I think very applicable to life):
"I know that no matter how I play (live) I won't be able to satify everyone so I just try to satisfy myself".