So it's been about a month since I landed in the US. University of Colorado. Graduate Studies. Masters in Computer Science. Hoping to specialize in Artificial Intelligence. Insert Other Fancy Words Here. All Starting With Capital Letters.
Looking beyond that, I have my first career fair tomorrow, I have my assignments due and I need to turn off the stove. It's now that I decide to make a blog entry. Since I don't have much time anyway, I need get back to more productive work before the guilt of procrastinating becomes to much to bear.
This post will be rambling, trying hard to be philosophical. So I came to do an MS from Bangalore, leaving a cushy job and good people behind. Why though? What makes it worth it?
So apparently I'm attracted to this abstract concept called RESEARCH. I honestly don't think I know what it is. It's the name I give to the void inside me, the discontent. The feeling that I'm not living up to my potential. So when I start doing "research" I'll be content and life will be completely satisfying.
I've given corporate life a shot, in the best of working environments no less. It wasn't satisfying. The college environment is what I love. Everyone's so smart, there are people great at everything. Corporate life, in all modesty makes you complacent. You aren't stretching. Maybe I'm too idealistic.
I know I can't be in college forever, I'll have to go out. "Research" is not going to be a bed of roses either. This whole passion thing is overrated. I definitely know that I enjoy college more than corporate life. While the social life isn't as good, it's something I really don't pay too much attention to.
So why am I here? I really didn't think much beyond the much better education system here. The urge to stand out has never been stronger and all I have no idea what I need to do.
So apparently I'm attracted to this abstract concept called RESEARCH. I honestly don't think I know what it is. It's the name I give to the void inside me, the discontent. The feeling that I'm not living up to my potential. So when I start doing "research" I'll be content and life will be completely satisfying.
I've given corporate life a shot, in the best of working environments no less. It wasn't satisfying. The college environment is what I love. Everyone's so smart, there are people great at everything. Corporate life, in all modesty makes you complacent. You aren't stretching. Maybe I'm too idealistic.
I know I can't be in college forever, I'll have to go out. "Research" is not going to be a bed of roses either. This whole passion thing is overrated. I definitely know that I enjoy college more than corporate life. While the social life isn't as good, it's something I really don't pay too much attention to.
So why am I here? I really didn't think much beyond the much better education system here. The urge to stand out has never been stronger and all I have no idea what I need to do.
