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Anonymous 7 As another year has drawn to a close, its time for some introspection. On the work front, the year started on a great note with our company going live with a TV Ad Campaign, and I got to witness from close quarters the planning associated with such a campaign and the (big) numbers involved with it. Post this, I was unable to crack an IJP for APM role because of some shortcomings at my end and a few misunderstandings from theirs. However just a little while post this, I got shifted against my will to the category team as an ACM. In my short stint here, I learned quite a lot and was finally thankful for the opportunity provided. However, not all was good with respect to my future plans as even a decent percentile in my 3rd attempt proved to be futile. Down but not out, I decided to go for one final attempt (?) by putting in my papers for the first time come October when I could no longer find it possible to manage my job and studies at the same time. I am thankful to my ...

Anonymous 4 2017 was the best year of my life!                                                                                                   It gave me all the wonderful things that life has to offer and also dished out a few which will keep haunting and comforting me while lulling me to sleep in their lap at twilight (yeah, disturbed sleep cycle). Do we really have control over things? (+) What makes things happen? How do we gauge which situations require immediate action, and which ones time will take care of? Do some things just have a way of happening? And other things not? Kindly pardon me for the heaviness. A rather thoughtful thought in the context of the last question was shared with me recently. Rephrased, it s...

Anonymous 1 Scored decently after a few attempts and desperation. Moved out of the job on a very optimistic note and came out of a low phase. Published a couple of books, received encouraging response. Moved to a new city and made a fresh and awesome start. Got amazing opportunities professionally, academically and socially. Made great great great friends, partied insanely and traveled around a lot. Things have been too perfect. All of this is like a dream I don't want to end. Anonymous 2 This year started on an okayish note since I was in the middle of applying for my MBA in the US. I was extremely apprehensive about applying to all the colleges as my score wasn't great and the application fee for each college was too much. But somewhere I still wanted to give it a try. This year since I was at home I developed a very unique relationship with myself. I fell in love with myself. I started enjoying my own company and dependency on external factors for happiness red...

Thank you, everyone, who sent in their beautiful year reviews. I say it every year but it really means a lot to me. It's only because of you, this tradition of mine has continued into the eighth year. Every year, the post name contains a phrase that's been important to me that year. As this year ends, I feel a wave of gratitude sweeping over me. I can't thank enough my parents, my friends, my university and this city. In the last year's review, I had expressed optimism that this would be a great year and had a few wishes, primarily of becoming a better engineer. It gives me immense satisfaction that I scored on both the points. 2017 was one of the best years in the last few years. There's so much to remember about this year - the hard-work at Columbia, the night-outs in Butler Library, the memories made in New York, travels to California and Philadelphia, the infinitely stressful job-hunting phase in the last semester - this is a forward-looking post where I wr...