Perks of being an Engineer :D

As someone who has spent the last 4 years of the beginning of my adult life learning to become an engineer, I guess it’s time I shared the quirky ,well known and funny perks of being one .

Before I vent out my opinions ,let me remind my dear readers that I respect and in fact love the marvels and technological innovations engineers can bring about and I am proud to be an engineer *yeah I am one :D atlast! * and I myself have smart focused engineer buddies who will sure create wonders( in short this just for fun) .

Perk 1: Your career isn’t restricted; you needn’t become an engineer after all! Haven’t we seen enough and more engineers venture out into so many different arenas like Arvind Kejriwal into politics, Chetan Bhagat into writing , Alfred Hitchcock into direction and production, Scott Adams into creating the cartoon Dilbert .So all my engineer friends out there who had so many more different wishes and ambitions I guess engineering is like the inflatable swim ring which is there to keep us buoyant in case we don’t do so well in our other aspirations. Long live the versatility Engineering offers us ;)

Perk 2 : 4 years for introspection : Trust me this is linked to the previous one ,but c’mon you have chosen engineering for reasons only we know (I still wonder what is that powerful force which made the Indian society get obsessed with Engineers or Doctors and force their kids to become one!!)  This gives you 4 long years to either develop interest in actual engineering or delve into various other passions like photography, entrepreneurship, event planning and so on. The best part is by the end of 4 years you will be a graduate and most probably have a clear outlook what you want in life and what you don’t want! Thank you engineering for the clarity you give us!

*Perk 3: Your temperament will be raised by the time you graduate(True story :D) .Yeah whether its surviving on bad food constantly( Best training ground –Hostel mess) , preparing for exams in 1 night (You would still ace with such preparation ),writing the most nonsensical gibberish and still scoring well (My Professional ethics paper was one such piece, it has the most hypothetical heartwarming ethical stories as examples), surviving the most enlightening lectures :P ,*sarcasm oozing out* you would have had  professors who are awesome as well as the not so good ones (I am being way too kind by not using other adjectives :P),filling up your answer sheets with your  well  perfected  art of creative story writing ( At least one answer in my paper would be  my  self professed technological creation, I pity my staff really! ).I am not quite sure how all of this will help you but I am sure it will (optimism another gem you inculcate ;) ). Engineering is after all a skill acquisition platform.

Perk 4: You will be left without choice, but to learn to live economically :D ! This was my basic way of surviving for a month :

Day 1- 10 : Yaaay! Dad’s credited money! Eat out, hang out, plan trips for the next month, and many other plans. (Oops I forgot , make the never enduring resolution to plan and spend :P)

Day 11- 20 : Alert! You don’t have much of your pocket money left! Hardly Rs 250 left from the 1000.You start cutting down. Try liking the mess food *sigh*, public buses and what not!

Day 20-30 : Trips planned during the first days are postponed due to insufficient funds, Search all my jean pockets for some long forgotten money, *sharing is caring* and making friends treat you :P   and in short even the dhaba walla gives you a pathetic look when he sees you counting all the possible change you collected from the gang of friends you went to eat with to pay the bill!:P

So this does teach you a lot and you learn to live more frugally :D.

Perk 5:This ones for students who are pursuing MBA after your engineering. We all know that an almost instant bond is formed with your new friends who are engineers, it’s basically because all of us understand concepts the same way and get confused for the same subjects: D !That’s when Commerce students rescue us J*our very own saviors’ ;) *

*P.S – My dear undergrad College authorities do not take any of this seriously: D, my graduation isn’t over yet so I guess you understand! *sheepish smile*

Now these are few of my observations and experiences from my engineering years J I am sure my engineering readers will have even more valuable ones, do share them and those who are  not engineers read and have a good laugh ;) and those who are laugh and relive those memories :D.

So Happy New Year folksJ Havee an awesome 2014 and I will continue writing do read and enjoy them!
As  always Stay Happy and Keep that Smile on J