Debugging Life

 Writing this from my macbook. Those who don't know, the keyboard and touchpad stopped working a month ago and was using my old dell inspiron.. but somehow i thought of charging the mac before taking it to apple store, and boom it started working... saved a couple hundred dollars *sighs*.. i believe it was some software (driver) bug. Anyway just 2 months left before i breathe in india. I'm excited. Also, been rigorously solving leetcode (DS, Algo and SQL). Bought premium membership for an year... Also, have to complete udacity nanodegree before it charges me for this month... aaaaarrrrghhhh... Gearing up for full time job interviews. Well, you see. I'm sure I'll get a job even if I don't prepare with strategy. But I have great expectations from myself.. (my parents are hopeless for me. they don't expect much from me ;__;).  Targetting Mckinsey, JP Morgan, or Bloomberg specifically. But will suffice with fortune 250... Well, Unum falls under the category. But jus...

 So, the initial days of co-op were somewhat chilled. I surely had work to do, but I used to complete it within 3-4 hours everyday and had plenty of time in my hand to relax. But lately, work has been crazy. Not kidding, I literally glance 2-3 times at the clock. At 8:30 in the office, then accidentally when my eyes gaze the wrist, BOOM!! It's 12:30... (and I rush to the mess where I had to pickup my lunch at 12:20!!). Then again I gulp down whatever Unum offers in 5 minutes and gaze at my laptop screen. And after a while, BOOM!!! Again it's 4:45!!! Being a busy bee. Working with Ryan, Chamin, James has been fun though. And meetings have increased exponentially. Also, my fear of dealing with long SQL queries has vanished and now I can write/debug them like piece of a cake... (given that I know the ER diagram). Well, because the moodle db in our prod has like countless tables, with tons of datapoints which can be used for analysis and reporting. Also, currently working on defini...

Been MIA on this blog for almost four weeks. Apologies. But A LOT has happened during this time. Went out with a couple of people, made lot of trips to Boston, Acadia again, read a lot of interesting things, finally got Homo Deus, bought a plant (I am thinking of naming it Hazel Grace), and decorated my room with series lights. Will write about all of it. I was very busy with office work these days. Since I will start making machine learning models seriously, I'll have to more responsible towards my work. Because as of now, it was restricted to data analysis, reporting, viz, database querying,etc. But now things are getting serious. So I decided to have a life outside of work to avoid burnout. Went out with H. Found out that she had lived in Italy and Ireland during her exchange semester, and now works as a transfer specialist in Portland. We talked a lot about alchemy, religion, existential crisis, travel, pets (almost everything). Initially we planned on watching the Green Knight...

Today while returning from the office, a very very strange yet memorable instance occurred in my life. I wonder if life's gifting me adventures and stories to narrate, haha. Grateful for everything though! So, it was around 4:58 PM and I was standing at the bus stop waiting for the bus to drop me off at Downtown Portland. But then idk why a black car was passing by and I felt the urge to look at the driver. Well, I did not budge my hands a bit but stared at the driver. I know for a fact that my stare is intimidating for most people. So, the driver stopped by and offered me a ride to Downtown. I agreed! And boom!!! I pseudo-hitchhiked :) We shared many things on the way to Monument Square. I came to know that he's from Canada and works as a part time chef and an IT consultant!! VERY COOOOOOL!! Has also stayed in San Francisco, NYC, as well as Boston. To which I told about myself that I have stayed in Indore, Boston and now Portland. Then we discussed about some politics, a littl...

A lot has happened in the last month. Personal investments, emotional growth, my try at philanthropy, and intellectual growth. I'll tell you everything here. First and the foremost, I helped an old man (maybe in mid 60s) walk by helping him with his prosthethic leg. He is an underprivileged man living in Bihar; and after watching the video of him walking gave me utmost satisfaction. That yes, whatever work I'm doing is going to make a huge impact in coming years. Moreover, coming to emotional growth - I learned to be comfortable with myself. Which is the title of this post. There are so many amazing realizations that I stumble upon, only and only when I'm away from everything. I try not to speak a single word for days at stretch (well unless it's an office meeting). This helps me sit with my thoughts and ponder upon them. The best thing that I've learned lately. Coming to personal investments, started building my portfolio. Invested pretty heavy amount in stocks, ET...

Yesterday was a crazy day at work. Honestly, I am not able to comprehend how the time at office passes by. It's a lot of things to learn. And it is worth it when Ryan tells that he likes the dashboards and insights. Also, when I was coming home from the office, it started to rain all of a sudden. Thing to be noted is that I am used to sudden rains, because uhhh you know, Boston. But, it never rained like cats and dogs, or I shall rephrase it as - I never saw it rain like cats and dogs in the states. But yesterday it did. Maybe due to vicinity with the ocean. And it reminded me of the rainy mornings in Medicaps. How we all used to go to the 'first year' block for our R programming lectures. The whole environment used to be grey-ish. No sunlight. And then everyone used to sit together and just talk throughout the lecture. Well, primarily because who the hell wants to study on rainy days even if we sit inside?! And after that lecture, a couple of more in the CS block. And then...

Today is Friday, and I opted to work from home. So, its a bit relaxed for me. Or is it? Does it happen to you that whenever you're having ample of time in your hand, you don't necessarily want to make it ultra productive, but you don't want to waste it either..? (Today is one such day, so in order to avoid anxiety, I have to work today... maybe study something or listen to a good podcast to say the least) Also, even though I have said this earlier, but I am obsessing over people who have pursued an MBA after their MS. The Fuqua passouts, Booth passouts, Haas passouts, Harvard BS, Wharton, Sloan, Tuck, Kellogg, Ross passouts.... maaaaannnn I soooo want to join these schools. These schools sculpt global corporate sharks, young turks leading projects of millions and billions!! What else? In Portland, I am spending most of my days in silence. Literally not speaking a word to anybody for 15-18 hours straight... Strangely, I like this. Just me, my thoughts, books, internet, food ...