[Trigger Warning] What's something you worked your ass off but still couldn't get it?
Sorry if this question bring bad memories
Was talking to friend, and they described their time prepping for JEE, got decent ranks but couldn't get IIT (got other reputed colleges) Everything but IIT. They have done fairly well for themselves, probably would have been on similar path had they got IIT admission, but that wound somehow never healed
Wanted to get into MBB post undergrad It just felt like the best first job
Made it to the final interview, but it didn't happen Doesn't hurt anymore in retrospect but :)
I don't relate to your MBB dream, but reading that but :) in the end hurt like shit Hope you are stronger now!
I wanted to become a grand master in competitive programming. I was able to reach 2400 on LeetCode and red on GeeksForGeeks, but not on the elite websites.
I am still trying but sometimes I feel demotivated too so thought of sharing it
there are colours on GFG too? never knew that.
Hey guys, just letting everyone know I haven’t given up. It’s just hard to focus on it now sometimes because of life but I still try to do a few problems every week to not lose touch !
It’s just I feel low sometimes because of other life factors but sometimes I feel great too !
2 things:
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To get into a researcher role in Uni of Maryland. I really tried man and cleared the exams then the reality of finances at home came into existence. I had to give up on that dream.
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Possible relationship with someone again tried my level best but one day I realised I'm trying so hard to convince someone to like me and everytime I was getting ghosted. So I kept that thought on hold and rest is history right now I'm focusing completely on my career and gym that's pretty much it.
I know it's not like the end of world but damn man makes me wonder had it both happened life would have been in a different trajectory.
IIT, but I truly enjoyed that stage, gained a lot of life experience, and had a great deal of mastery over all of my senses.
Didn’t get into the college I wanted in the US grad school, had to compromise colleges despite good grades, GRE etc
Didn’t get into any of the top 10 jobs I wanted to take after college, had to compromise because of financial pressure with a very low paying job, stuck to it for the grind and learning for quite some years
Took the plunge, Started up my own venture with a lot of hope and ambition, put in 30 months of hard work, was lucky to get an amazing team, amazing seed investor, bad timing, couldn’t raise another round of funding to survive, post covid was not a great time for the market I was building, stuck to it for 6 months more but to eventually call it a day. Shut shop, burnt almost all savings. Back to square 1 where I was when I finished college.
Last 7 odd years have just been trying, praying, things initially aligning but eventually falling flat. But learnt a ton. Don’t think I had a linear track of building right skills to show on resume, but learnt a ton about life, people management, patience, finance, and few more life skills that I hope will pay off sometime later.
Still feel life has so much opportunities around me and I’m somehow not finding the right door. Anyways, something MS Dhoni said has always stuck to me, Trust in process and results will come eventually.
So funny that I had a similar answer as you and while I was reading it I thought about the "trust the process" quote.
On a relationship 🥲
Put a lot of effort on it then on some random day she started ghosting me ... And today it's two months past that day it still hurts
This is temporary. U need to come up with real haunting memories
IIT for be as well. But hey, it's free character development.