My previous article was about my beginning of a new Journey into a world which was new to me.

I started my journey in the IT world , keeping in mind that this is only a compromise and my dream to get into IIM , I need to live it daily.

The idea of going to a job, for all of us here, is financial independence. And yes it is!! You have a great deal of independence. You can spend on branded items which you craved for, since you were a teen, all of this can be realised with the money YOU earn.

But I was not interested in making money this way. I started looking back into this journey and asked myself why I need IIM or any other top b-school. Upon introspection I found the answer. I had always dreamt about having a company of my own, to be an employer and to achieve that dream I had to get into a good b-school, learn the nuances of management and find a good mentor who will help me realise my dream. I had no money to start a business on my own and this route seemed feasible.

Now I had a goal in my life and getting into a good b-school will be a milestone in that path to glory.

I started studying for CAT again but since I had very less time I had to work hard more. But the job world is different from your dream world. Here for the first time I became a victim of what is called ‘office politics.’ I was naive and didn’t know how to handle it. Meanwhile Oct 2010 came and I took up CAT just to keep in touch with it and I had no hopes of clearing it. Results were out and I got 45 percentile. Not bad , an improvement without studying.

Meanwhile the office politics started to disturb me a lot. Also the fact, that even if I quit, it wouldn’t make a difference to them, prompted me to quit my job and after 1 year in the IT world, I quit and decided to concentrate fully on my dream , a dream to become an employer.

I started studying at home for CAT and all other MBA entrance exams which are in India and prepared seriously. Exams commenced and in CAT 2011 I got ’75 percentile’ again improvement but not enough. The other exams I lost my mere 1 mark or 2 marks or 0.75 marks. I was getting nearer to my dream of getting into top B-school which was a milestone and which will take me to my dream of becoming an employer

Now what happened in my life? After third attempt did I give up and joined a local b-school? If not what did I do?

Read my finale story!!

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