Once I had an interview with an MNC for a job. a natural thing after studying for so many years. Life has taken me through so many routes, so many paths and even banged me on a black wall at times. The course of life has always been unpredictable. Honestly speaking i have even enjoyed the element of surprise it has given me throughout the journey. Yes i have always loved my life and for the action packed and intriguing life i have had i would like to thank the director. Coming back to the interview, there was something said by the interviewer that struck me particularly.
He said considering the number of women who survive in the field, only ambitious one's survive and i can see that ambition in your eyes. Ambitious ??? me?? well yes i should say. but the question is since when? i don't know. being an engineer was a course of life the family and society had imposed upon me. I did enjoy the neck breaking freedom of a government engineering college and the world of machines and chemicals. but again at the end of the day, i do remember a girl who did want to be a house wife. who wanted to take care of a home that she could call hers. to wait for her man to return from a days work, to take care of his needs. to be a good and simple mom. when did the priorities change from being a home maker to making a home? from being the dependent daughter and wife to an independent employer?
I didn't study to get a job. if so i would have taken up an IT job that came my way immediately after b tech. i studied because i enjoyed it. i loved what i was doing. so i never wanted to work because i studied. I was always an independent soul. independence was so important to me that i couldn't even think of a day passing by when i have to depend upon anybody. it is from this thirst of independence the idea of financial independence came i believe.
A financially independent employed woman had a lot more opportunities than a simple home- maker.
He said considering the number of women who survive in the field, only ambitious one's survive and i can see that ambition in your eyes. Ambitious ??? me?? well yes i should say. but the question is since when? i don't know. being an engineer was a course of life the family and society had imposed upon me. I did enjoy the neck breaking freedom of a government engineering college and the world of machines and chemicals. but again at the end of the day, i do remember a girl who did want to be a house wife. who wanted to take care of a home that she could call hers. to wait for her man to return from a days work, to take care of his needs. to be a good and simple mom. when did the priorities change from being a home maker to making a home? from being the dependent daughter and wife to an independent employer?
I didn't study to get a job. if so i would have taken up an IT job that came my way immediately after b tech. i studied because i enjoyed it. i loved what i was doing. so i never wanted to work because i studied. I was always an independent soul. independence was so important to me that i couldn't even think of a day passing by when i have to depend upon anybody. it is from this thirst of independence the idea of financial independence came i believe.
A financially independent employed woman had a lot more opportunities than a simple home- maker.
