Randomness

There is so much randomness in life.

We got cable tv in 2002. My dad wanted to watch the world cup. After the worldcup we continued to pay for cable. I watched Danny Murphy score a goal and fell in love with Liverpool. I did not even understand EPL. I wondered why are there two teams from Manchester playing.

I screwed up my JEE twice. First time I had a decent score in AIEEE and had got into a few NITs, including the one in my home state. I had a big ego. It was IIT or nothing. I dropped out. Got into the extended merit list. Depression. Could have just joined an NIT instead of wasting a year.

My BITSAT was going dogshit. I somehow managed to recover in the second half and do well in Physics and Chemistry. Ended up with a decent score. My first thought was to take Mechanical or Chemical in Pilani. I was could have not Chemical for sure, but would need to wait for a few more iterations to figure out if I could upgrade to Mechanical Engineering. If I had taken either of them, I would have probably joining some oil refinery in Assam. Living my life in some sleepy town.

I chose to do Computer Science in Goa instead. My sidey turned out to be one of those super startup enthu types. I got interested in startups thanks to him. While everyone was grinding for CAT/ GMAT, this guy left to do a fintech internship in Africa. I also decided to play the startup game, but failed. Never got a big outcome.

One of the smarter devs in my team at Directi applied to an Indonesian company. It was growing super fast. I got in.

It has been 5 years. A lot of my networth and career growth happened just because I decided to apply to Gojek on a whim.

Inspite of all the frameworks on life and career, most of my decisions were pretty unpredictable. And I must remember that.