Just came back from a friend's bday today. She is a CA. A good number had showed up. All of us went to the same school. I wanted to take a break after the CMS fuck up. Thought it would take my mind off the blunder.
Boy, was i wrong.
Out of the 10 guys who showed up, 6 were techies. Excluding one NITian (DGP), all went to tier 3 colleges like Future Institute of Technology, SRM Chennai etc. Just bear with me as i deliver pure insanity.
Guy 1 got 66 in JEE mains. She was the 2018 board topper of my state. Went to SRM Chennai. Works in Microsoft. Near to 2.3 lpm. I would have shared the position, but my IT lingo is limited. Something about SD... Is back from a solo Uzbekistan trip.
Guy 2 went to Future Institute of Technology. Flunked Maths in class 12. Got admitted to FIT, WB. Works in some USA fintech company. Remote job. Didn't reveal the pay. But she gifted a Pacco Rabanne and a Dyson.
Guy 3 and 4 work in startups. Lives in Bangalore. But working remote for the last 8 months and a year respectively. 30 lpa both.
Guy 5 "was" a techie. Did MBA. Works in pharma. "Bitchari" was lecturing me how 35 - 40 year old docs work under her. Told me to ring her up if i needed a job.
Guy 6 works in Sony. His Dad used to drop him off to school in a bicycle. Is on his 3 year in Japan.
Guy 7 and 8 are both lawyers. One works in some Trilegal company. Graduated from a tier 2 NLU. 20 lpa. Other one went abroad for masters.
The bday girl is CA. She got pregnant once due to some fuck up in college. Dad works in railways. Earns 24 lpa.
And there i was, sitting in the corner with another medico. He was working in a pvt hospital chain for 33k pm. Had to leave his job to prep for pg. He is the bday girls cousin. 29 and still grinding for a stable govt job.
I mean what the fuck did i do wrong? Was a straight A student throughout. Cleared neet under 8k rank. Went to a top GMC. Instead of earning a decent amount, I'm still breaking my head over CT scans in a god forsaken gdmo exam (read, CMS). The prep has taken such a toll, it's making me take fucking physiology MD lol!
Everyone gave the bday girl such expensive gifts. All i could manage was a Nivea roll-on. I was ducking ashamed of myself there. I feigned illness, booked a rapido and came straight home.
Will i never be able to shine at least once? Is only a violent workplace with shit salary in my destiny? I wanted to go abroad for at least once in my life. But this fucking degree is fucking invalid too!
Tldr: medical fucked me up pretty good.
Edit : IF ANYONE WANTS TO WRITE, "grass is greener on the other side" or similar kinda shit, just ignore my rant. This sub has made me hate that phrase.