10 Things Every Guy Goes Through After An MBA

 10 Things Every Guy Goes Through After An MBA

Love them, hate them, hire them, marry them – there’s no running away from the fact that MBAs rule. Today, it is one of the most sought-after and envied professions, and why shouldn’t it be, the perks are limitless, after all. But life is not exactly cakewalk after MBA as the world would have us believe. It has its ups and down, perks and quirks. 

Here are 10 things that every guy experiences after an MBA. 

1. You Suddenly Become A Sought-After Groom

This happens as soon as you manage to bag a seat in a B-school. All the chachis and mamis of the house can’t stop flaunting you in front of their neighbours and distant relatives. And when the marriage offers start pouring in, you realize how much your degree has added to your matrimonial value. 

2. You Are Expected To Pay Up At Every Dinner Party

“Beta, ab toh tu MBA ho gaya hai, daaru toh tu hi pilaega.” is what you often hear from friends and family. Congratulations, you have arrived. An MBA sure brings a higher package, but the world doesn’t give a fuck about the unbelievable loan you took from the bank and are still paying the EMIs. And when it comes to expectations, family and relatives are not far behind. 

3. The Job Offers Are Definitely More Lucrative

Oh come on, that’s a given. Your salary package suddenly shoots up to the sun. You are suddenly this big fancy guy who the companies are dying to hire. 

4. Your Boss Expects You To Be A Magician

But the downside of the high demand and higher package is that you are expected to be a magician and turn the fate of the company overnight. There’s nothing a hotshot MBA can’t do. Even if the company is going down in the pits, you are expected to just wave your magic wand and get it back on track. Chart out ground-breaking strategies, impress the clients, basically sweep everybody off their feet with your genius. Not everybody has the patience to see that long-term strategies and ideas take time to show results. 

5. The Ones Who Didn’t/Couldn’t Do An MBA Start Envying You

If an MBA earned you coquettish glances from girls in your neighbourhood, or a barrage of ‘rishtas’, it also brought in envious vibes from all the men who couldn’t do it. That close friend in college who didn’t clear CAT, or that colleague whose salary is half than yours; don’t be surprised if you don’t find them too friendly. 

6. Your Friends Who Did Not Go For An MBA Have More Experience Than You

Your friends are well into the industry and know it like the back of their hands. For you, it’s like starting from scratch again. You have to understand the industry as a fresher. And the irony that you are at a high post and expected to deliver results overnight makes it all the more challenging. 

7. You Realize You Have Left Your Core Subject Far Behind

If you are an engineer, then an MBA spells goodbye to your core subject. Your job will involve nothing even remotely related to engineering – your first love. While spending hours in meetings, you realize you’d love nothing more than customizing your dear bike or working on that new code.  

8. And People Be Like, “Arre, Why Don’t You Start Your Own Venture Now?” 

This is the first thing every Tom, Dick and Harry will ask you at a party. Suddenly, the whole world expects you to come up with a game-changing idea that will revolutionize the industry and get you on the cover of a business magazine. Otherwise, you are just an ordinary MBA. 

9. Thanks To B-Schooling, You Get Into The Habit Of Using Corporate Jargons 

A few months into the job, you tell your friends how you need to maintain a ‘work-life balance’, and the first thing they do is laugh at your usage of words. You try to explain to them how there has been a ‘paradigm shift’ in your routine, and the sound of the laughter doubles up. Those two years of B-schooling have definitely polished your language skills, and that is a good habit hard to kick off. 

10. You Are Accused Of Having Chosen The Conventional Path By The ‘Arty’ Types 

There is a category of people who hate the corporate world, and their numbers are growing. In their part of the world, it is fashionable to diss MBAs. “Oh you are an MBA? Typical!” is the usual remark of condescension. You might be drop-dead handsome; you might be well-read, but you are a slave of the rat race. So, get aside mister, they say.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Work In A Start-Up At Least Once In Your Life

 10 Reasons Why You Should Work In A Start-Up At Least Once In Your Life

It is, no doubt, a great opportunity to be placed in a reputed corporate job, but what no one tells you about corporate jobs is that they are uncomfortably quiet and have a restrictive scope of work. Moreover, if you a clumsy night owl, showing up at work at 9 AM in shiny formals is next to impossible. So if any of these problems bother you as well, maybe you should consider working for a startup. Here are a few reasons why you must work in a startup at least once in your life:

1. Great Responsibility, Greater Opportunities

With great power comes great responsibility, and with great responsibility comes great opportunities. As there are lesser people in a startup, there are greater responsibilities on each one of them, and while you might have to work really hard, the result will totally be worth it.

2. No Office Politics

One of the biggest problems in the corporate world is the office politics. It is a waste of time and energy; not to forget various instances when the credit is taken away from those who deserve it. However, you’ll encounter no such problem in a startup, for everyone knows each other’s work.

3. Wider Spectrum Of Work

Again, since there are lesser people, there are no specific departments of work. Anybody could be doing any job. There is a large variety of things that go into building an enterprise, and you could be a part of any of those and learn a lot more than you would in a corporate job.

4. Learn Resource Management

Since there is so much work to be done, chances are that you wouldn’t have enough funds to be extravagant with your resources. There is a possibility that an employee would end up washing the dishes and there wouldn’t be a proper place to have your lunch in, but this frugality will teach you to adjust and build stronger bonds with your colleagues.

5. Trustworthy Colleagues

Speaking of colleagues, one of the many good things about being in a startup is that you tend to build a very strong bond with your colleagues. While co-workers at a corporate job tend to be competitive and self-centered, people at a startup spend more time together and because they are less in number, form closer bonds.

6. Faster Growth

Startups might not pay you well initially, but there is a lot of scope for growth. There is obviously a risk involved regarding whether the startup will work well or not, but that can be overcome by sheer hard work. Once your startup begins to do well, sky is the limit.

7. Exponential Increase In Confidence

As you learn so much by being a part of an entrepreneurial venture, it adds to your confidence and capability like nothing else. You are not only skilled at own your job, but you now know how everything else works as well. Earlier you would have just known how the cog in a machine moves, but now, you know the working of the entire machine.

8. No Unnecessary Rules

like mentioned above, you could be a night owl, a messy slob or someone who likes to work with loud music on. Startups have no problems with such things, as long as you can deliver what is expected of you.

9. Increased Passion For Your Work

The more you learn, the more you grow, and the more passionate you become. When you work for a startup, you get attached to your job. The more passionate you become about your work, the more is your ability to do your job well and utilize your potential.

10. Learning From The Best

When you work closely with entrepreneurs, you learn a lot more than just the technical aspect of your own job. You learn how to solve problems using an innovative approach and to believe in your dreams, no matter what.  Working with such professionals contributes infinitely to your growth both professionally and personally.

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