As I fly back to Lucknow, reflecting on the two months passed by, just one song comes to the mind “Aankhon mein sapne liye ghar se hum chal to diye, jaane ye raahein ab le jayengi ki kahan…” though this seems to be slightly out of context, and some may feel that this song was appropriate when I was coming to Mumbai..but when you look deeper the song might just suit me…
I came to Mumbai on 6th April, with loads of apprehensions in my mind, apprehensions about my training, as it was my first entry into the corporate world. Had so many apprehensions, how will the office be, how would be the work environment be, and how would Mumbai be!! The welcome to Mumbai, so to say was not at all good, though most of us, still don’t like it much…but it was a learning experience.
Let me first talk about my office, as I guess that’s the place I would perhaps miss..though many times I might have cribbed about the work pressure and all. Reflecting back, I feel these two months have indeed taught me a lot..and I would gladly attribute a lot of it to my guide and mentor at office, who were there to guide me at all times… who actually made me understand how consultants work, what are the key drivers in consultancy and what are the skills you need for the same. Guess this is one of the major learning parts of the internship..leaving apart the gyaan part, I feel internships do add value..and I hope the other interns would agree with me! So to say, in these two months I have learned a lot!!
Talking about my perceptions I would say, one of the major thing about which my perception changed was that of a research project. At campus, everyone just wants a live project. When a company comes on campus, one of the most popular question is “Do you give a live project to work on during summers” This is mainly because everyone feels a research project is just about googling and copy – paste, and it might not be important for the company. But if you get a good project, it might be as good as a live project.
Hey one more thing..a consulting internship also makes you excel at making ppts…they are high above what one would make at campus..
So, guess that’s quite a lot about office and consulting…
Hmmm..talking about my stay at Mumbai..i guess no comments on the place to stay, have already said a lot…but one thing is sure, my Mumbai journey has been full of adventures! And of course the end also had to be adventurous..my friend had to catch a flight at 8.20, so we had planned to leave our place at around 6…we slept at 2.30 in the night and then there is a voice “Shit! Its 6.50” ..and all 3 of us were fully awake..in the next 12 minutes to be exact we were in the taxi with all the luggage, and in just 30 mins we were at the airport! So a journey which would have at least taken two hours normally was completed in less than 45 minutes..good speed!!
So, now time to bid adieu to Mumbai, back to home, and then back to college in a short while..At this juncture would like to Thank some friends who helped me sail through this journey
Time actually flies by, cant believe these two months are over, am going back to college and in the next 4 days I would be in the 2yr of my MBA and perhaps the last year of my education…but one never knows that what will happen next..where will I be working next year...perhaps I might have to come back to Mumbai..
Don’t know if ill miss these two months, but as of now no mood to go back to studies..so now back to some work and end of blogging time..
