Amazing Class...

We had an awesome marketing class today, with participation pouring in from the students. The class was on demand forecasting and the students came up with some innovative ideas to fit a curve to the given data and use it for predictions. The teacher also did an excellent job in directing the course of the discussion. His statements in hindsight just seemed to be common sense. After a while it seemed that there was no insight gained during the class. A further thought made me revise my opinion. There are some who disagree with me but I think Marketing as a course is just a lot of common sense which often gets missed out.
What's more important is the fact that the case method of study followed here does force people (sometimes) to grapple with real issues and deal with situations where there is unavailability of data and a high degree of uncertainty...
Whatever it does, it certainly makes one think logically and systematically through a problem, which will be of great use when we enter the real world...

Proud to be a WIMWIAn
Sitan

I know what I do this summer...

I will be working with the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of Citibank this summer... Whew! It is a real relief when the summer placements process got over...The tension inside the faccha pool (that is where all the first year students are asked to assemble) hits you like something solid! Seeing the anxiety on the faces of some of the best and brightest in the country really makes me wonder about the system. What is it about Day Zero jobs that makes people go ballistic, trying to rush headlong into areas they (often) know very little about? Is it the money? Is it the prestige? Is it the glamour? I think it might be a mix of all the above three. But anyway, is this process not just another step in a long career and more importantly, a longer life?
I know many of my batchmates will not agree if I say that the summers/final placements process does not really matter in the long run. On a personal note, I would like to be in a job that at least keeps my sense of self worth intact and helps me lead a balanced life with work and fun mixed in ample measure. I myself got placed in Day One and many feel that those who do not get Day Zero placements will try to console themselves saying it does not matter really... but believe me, I have heard reports from some of my seniors about the nightmarish work hours they had in I-Banks and the immense pressure trading jobs put on them. Pressure is good till a limit, because it brings out the best in you, but an overdose is not really healthy. Then again, it is just my view (which by the way, matches with the lazy outlook I have on life in general :-))
Life is long and is to be enjoyed well...Why waste it trying to think about competing with others. I compete with myself and try to my job better every time. That is more than enough for me.

Logging off
Sitan

The hottest winter I have ever experienced

The title of this blog has absolutely nothing to do with the weather (which is Gorgeous, by the way, at least by South Indian standards) . It is summer placement season here and things are literally heating up on campus. Life is becoming more and more hectic as the funda sessions start pouring in from Placecom here. Moreover there is a lot of muggin to do before the summers start.

That's all for now...really don't feel like blogging now
Sitan