At Last... Hakuna Mataata

So... at last, everything seems inline for us. Us ??? wondering what it stands for ? Ohkay, it's for lots of us. To start with let me pump in the fact that all of 'us' have been placed now (means this evening). Back to the definition of 'us'... firstly it's for the fabulous 5 group of ours, Secondly it's for audio section's 4th yearites, thirdly it's for my mechanical group. In addition, kshitij Hindi-Ed is placed as well.
Myself first, it's NMDC- National Mineral Development Corporation... which most of the junta doesn't seem to know much about. Primary job being in Iron ore and diamond mining, I prefer telling diamond mining in general. Without much hullabaloo, 24th of March '09 turned out to be a special day for my life. Annoyed with the lack of opportunities as well as failures in mission JOB, I had decided not to put any effort this time. If all's decided by fate, let it be. I did it honestly and screwed my HR as worse as I could... though some tech stuff was good enough. But never mind, they selected those they had decided already, making me one more SARKARI employee out of thousands of recession hit IITians.
GAIL being the one to pickup most of my mates in the end becomes the favourite one - Ankit Gupta (my ex-roommate), Nikhilesh Mishra (the frustrated PJ King), Amresh Bedar (the future IAS), Ramesh Chand Bhupesh ( hamaara chhotu) all those I could wish for. More than their jobs, people seemed to be excited for the trips they had planned to have after selection. To be honest, this time spent waiting for some one to pick us up, we understood what getting a job really means. May be we won't feel this excitement had we got it easily in our first or second attempts. But who knows...
Some questions do click our minds... Is it all decided by fate n luck ? Do talent and knowledge mean nothing ? Is CG everything and Blah blah blah... Last question first, if CG meant everything, I could have got into THDC whr I had it max. So the answer is, yes CG is everything until a fate like mine comes your way :D As regards talent and knowledge, no one gives a fuck what you know about your course if it's a PSU. Though private sector companies do rarely see your TALENT. If you are a DR, rest assured to be picked up, again until u have a blown up luck line as mine n most 'f my frnds.

So is it just the fate ? What's the basis I am saying this on ? Let's see...

Karan Kukreja, mechanical, CG nearly 6.6... barred from the placement process after questioning the interviewer about their contract and opposing it. No one heard his plea of lifting up the ban, neither did he try much. nearly 3 months after the incident he re submits the request to lift the ban and by any means he does it successfully. The first company he faces is ONGC, package of 14 LPA. He screws his intervies like hell. the interviewers are searching a single technical question he could answer rightly. He forgets the result coming out of the room and within an hour he gets a call , 'Saale ho gaya tera'. He gave as wondered reaction as is possible on this planet... So... this is called Luck... a gr8 luck... a fucking solid luck... Saand ki Kismat.
Prashant Kumar, mechanical, CG above 7... tried countless companies, remained the highest CG candidate for nearly 3-4 companies, but unsuccessful. Every attempt he failed in, he'd say ,"I've ONGC stuck in my luck". I believed in his faith in ONGC, still feared something seeing the trend of the 'unexpecteds'. and on d day... WTF... he got what he aimed for from the very first day of placements and even hell more months before that. He gave his usual effort for one more interview and destiny maintained him as the DR1 (the highest CG candidate) for his favourite company. Don't you call that a monster luck ?

Anyways, finally all is well and I hope rest of our batchies get placed as well. For our group, it's real time for celebration, not that we didn't celebrate before this. But this feeling is different, something so relieving, so soothing, so exciting. Future Plans ? O yeah ofcourse MBA, IAS, IES, n etc. etc... for God's sake can we forget this all for some days ? Future plans today mean Goa/Nainitaal/Vaishnodevi/Darjeeling... and what not. Let's see which option wins. Length of this post is troubling me now. Let's close... with a feeling of happiness, contentedness, relief and lastly proud enough to leave the campus with something we atleast deserved.