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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The people of MDG were amazing back then, and they’re amazing now. It did even
I came to you with some simple expectations about academics too. I love electronics and computers and I had hoped that the curriculum would intrigue me a lot more than it did. The courses were a hit-and-miss, I really loved some courses, and more often than not because of the teacher than the subject itself. Not that I’m complaining, having such a structure gave me a lot of independence to do my own work in the directions that I wanted to take. The magic was that it wouldn’t have worked if I didn’t have the guidance that I had, and it wouldn’t have worked if the courses were more demanding, yet it did, right there in the perfect centre. Exams were always stupid, and will continue to be, so I have little to say for them. They were what they were. The best thing about the exams was that we had a ritual that after the end of the sleepless nights of exams, me and my friends would go out for heavy servings of pizza and coke, and then sleep the day off. Absolute bliss.
The end of the second year was surprisingly productive. After binging TV shows for days on end, I was suddenly doing an internship, a GSoC and preparing for the intern season. I had some amazing months in Bangalore working with some of my seniors, partying and eating out every kind of cruising I could find. I did miss you a bit during that time, and once I was back on campus, you really did punish me for not spending that much time practicing for the intern season. But it paid off and I did get one intern, and was in a great space by the end of 2019. We had so much time back then, so many long night walks to remember.
The end of the second year was surprisingly productive. After binging TV shows for days on end, I was suddenly doing an internship, a GSoC and preparing for the intern season. I had some amazing months in Bangalore working with some of my seniors, partying and eating out every kind of cuisine I could find. I did miss you a bit during that time, and once I was back on campus, you really did punish me for not spending that much time practicing for the intern season. But it paid off and I did get one intern, and was in a great space by the end of 2019. We had so much time back then, so many long night walks to remember.
Then came 2020 with surprises, a pandemic, and unexpected goodbyes. It started out as a short break for us, but it kept on extending, to the point where I lost hopes of seeing you again for a long time. I really did miss you, and I hope you missed all of us too. By the end of the third year, my internship got cancelled and there were little hopes of us getting back to you. From then on started a long journey, wishing to get back to you, but knowing the chances were slimming down as the time went on. With the rejection software development gave me, I went on to try research for a couple of months, where I eventually realized that I had to go back to development. A couple more months for placement preparation kept me occupied, and suddenly it was 2021, with declining cases of the pandemic, a job offer, and a head full of hope.