It all started way back in college, when I first came to know about Business Administration and thought how cool of a profession it would be, to make decisions that could build/run a company or help a nation by predicting its growth and stuff. Without any second thoughts I decided to take CAT, the Indian way to live my dream.
With its history and the intro given at the coaching center, which I rarely visit, I knew CAT would not be a piece of cake. But in my final year I took the exam and scored 87 percentile, which was pretty decent considering the fact that I did not prepare as such except attending classes which ofcourse was irregular. I started feeling good and kinda over-confident I would say, retrospecting now. :D
Next comes my Job with Infosys. Well to be honest you are not expected to do a lot of work but as and when you do stuff and sail through some tough situations you start to build up a reputation and expectations. Now what I have in hand is far better and important than something that is faaar away. Yes I did not give up on CAT and MBA, but I had started taking my profession seriously because of which I started to spend more hours at office and sometimes weekends. Not everyone in a team gives their 100%. Some has to put in more to balance it out sometimes.
Years went on, I have taken CAT thrice since and I am still with Infosys :P Well I would say I was not sincere with my preparations. At a level deep inside my head, I had this thing like I can’t put in more time and effort for prep but I still would like an admission into IIMs if not FMS. Yeah, FMS was my dream school.
On the other hand, I have been keeping myself busy at work. My professional life has been pretty decent and rewarding. I worked at this foreign country for a while at a client location. People at higher level in my management know my name (which is very imp in corporate world) and they think I have potential and they can count on me. But...