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Into the mind of the Fighter

We come across many interviews of toppers. But here's the thing, most of them are the interviews of people with Ranks 1-10 with advice that are hard to follow and implement. What about the people who have good ranks and never come to limelight. I will bring to you insight into the lives of the common people who faced highest of oddities and hardships and have still managed to outshine others. Friends, today is my 1st attempt at doing this. I will bring forward the struggle of my dear friend Souvik Tarafdar, whom I know since my JU days. Known for his never give up attitude in class, Souvik was one of the very few people to get placed by campus recruitment. Souvik is an ex-engineer from L&T. Following are the excerpts from an exclusive interview with Souvik. The entire interview is unedited and I sincerely thank Souvik for letting me ask questions... Q)  Souvik, I have known you from a long time, As a classmate, I have always admired your grittiness and never give up attitu
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GATE over.... What now?

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So, you have appeared for GATE.. your first most important exam in engineering. If you are a CAT person, this post is probably not for you. This is mainly for the freshers graduating this year or others who have solely prepared a year for GATE. By this time, you must have checked and rechecked your marks countless times and you've calculated your marks and eagerly awaiting the results. Everyday a sense of anxiety grips you as you think about the result day, " Will I able to cross the line" or " Bad luck will shroud me once again "... By now, you have a premonition about your score and rank... In this blog, I will give you certain guidance as to what you can do for each set of ranks(assuming you are unreserved) .... :) Rank 1-200 : Your hard work has paid off... Congratulations sir. You have surely made your way to the top-notch PSUs like IOCL, ONGC, PGCIL,etc... Or if you want to be in the academics... The best institutes of the nation like IIT Bombay, Madra
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Took Civil Engineering as your Graduation Subject..? Congrats on your government job

So You have taken Civil Engineering as your subject for graduation and you are wondering about your future. We don't even know why we choose a subject after JEE. Lets face it, we just solved the most intricate of problems of physics, chemistry and maths and now we choose a subject around which our entire lives are supposed to rotate, without knowing much about the subject. You enter your college and seniors be like "There is no placement in civil", " Tera life toh gaya (Your life is ruined)" and you are thinking why did I even choose civil engineering as a career. Worse, if you are in IIT or in a reputed government engineering college, you are feeling yourself behind after hearing the packages of your fellow peers from CSE, Mechanical, Electronics and Electrical, etc. The same happened with me when I used to study in Jadavpur University in civil engineering department. In 2015, when I passed out, Amazon had just recruited CSE students  ( I don't remember
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