"Ingenuity is perhaps the name of the game, but what is more important is sustaining momentum"
During our first year course at SPJIMR, there was a sudden announcement of a "Practical Workshop"; just before i assume that it was just another run-of-the-mill stuff such as a guest-lecture or something.. the following instructions followed
Students are requested to take not more than Rs 50/- and access to mobile phones would be restricted; you would have to dedicate an entire day for the work-shop
Things were getting interesting. When we all assembled at 3 PM, the task was laid out as follows
During our first year course at SPJIMR, there was a sudden announcement of a "Practical Workshop"; just before i assume that it was just another run-of-the-mill stuff such as a guest-lecture or something.. the following instructions followed
Students are requested to take not more than Rs 50/- and access to mobile phones would be restricted; you would have to dedicate an entire day for the work-shop
Things were getting interesting. When we all assembled at 3 PM, the task was laid out as follows
GO OUT AND EARN MONEY..... (be back by 10 pm)
Crisp as a 500 Rupee note, we all got up and left the campus (after enduring the initial shock)... not knowing what to do and with a zest to explore Mumbai i thought of Plan A
PLAN A : Go over to Gateway of India, rent a Camera and try to earn money.
Almost all my other plans were replete with "Go to
Settling with my friends we decided to go over to MacDonald to see if we can get some job for 5 Hours... only to return back after speaking to the head of MacDonald in Mumbai who mentioned the two facts (Sunday and no-temporary employment).
Just as we were to lose hope, i just saw a huge building which housed many training institutes.... The three of us decided to pitch in individually, but just as we were destined all of us ended in front of the one last company in which we had not been rejected by "STG" which offers red-hat Linux training.
Maybe it was utter desperation or pure conviction that showed in our eyes, as i made a pitch of technical competence (I myself was a red-hat certified) the manager relented and gave us an entire batch to train on both technical and skill-building.
The rest of the day was perhaps a bit too magical, we started off with a half hour long session but instead kept an entire class in rapture for 2 hours (even the manager and their instructor joined in on the fun)
Of course we also did earn our tution fee.. but i guess nothing really encompasses the experience we had interacting with all these students and making ourselves seem worthwhile to others.
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