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I also visited the campus for our annual event called t-nite and it surely was a great experience to see the new batch doing same all stupidities with high vigor as we did during our times . Few things just never change, like the red bricks of wimwi! Got to meet a number of my classmates and found that still few people are not clear about what career they are looking for! The general perception that IIM grads hop jobs just because of higher pay package is a farce. Have seen a number of classmates ready to switch to lower paying jobs just because they wanted a better job profile / company culture and money was the last criterion.

Now a days my IIM-A yahoo group gets its regular showering of marriage invitations from classmates and reminds me of my "happily single" status . Atleast I'm saved from the fact that my parents are also not thinking about getting me settled, unlike few of my classmates whose parents keep bombarding them with that dreaded question, "Betaa, jindagi mein settle kab hona hai? ".

Also I've realized how important a date can be, for me its 26th of each month (I get my salary on this date!) Having bought an apple-ipod and plans to buy a sony-vaio in near future, my empty bank account is even more desperate than me for next 26th of the month

But to summarize it all, it has been a good working experience (at least till now!) With all things going as per plan, after next seven months, I'll end up being an ASM (Area Sales Manager) with a complete or half state as my territory and monthly sales target of around 1.5 - 2 crores only, and I'll be still 23 years old then! So heavy burden on my young shoulders but after IIM-A, everything seems possible. With confidence and hope as my pillars of strength, lets see what future has in hold for me.

Signing off,

Anuj Arora.

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Anuj Arora,
IIM-Ahmedabad (Class of 2005),
Currently Assistant Manager in XYZ Company which has high expectations from its MBAs .

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