That Education and Hard Work really pay off. To explain this I’ll share some part of my life story here.
In
school I was a decent student neither so bad nor so good, I would say
that I was just an average and that was actually not because I didn’t
have the caliber to study. I was just an average student because I chose
to be. At that time I had no clue what I wanted to do in my life and
thought education is not that important. Just look at Ambanis, Bill
Gates and other people who are really rich but are not well educated.
So
I always thought that education is of no use and my parents did not
have that kind of money to put me through a medical or engineering
degree so I didn’t study that hard but managed to get decent scores in
my high school and Junior college.
Another
thing that played role in my ignorance is that I was not guided
properly and I did not have any clue how to become an engineer, doctor,
lawyer, IAS, IPS or anything at all in life. I just thought you just
need to keep studying whatever is taught you in the college and get
whatever job you will get and spend the rest of your life like that.
Until
I had to drop out from my undergraduate program and work in a call
center for a good 10 or 12 months. After working for 11 months there I
saved all of my salaries and again took admission in BSc. Comp Science
and studied just to clear my exams not to compete or anything. After two
years in my undergrad, I got a little bit interested in coding and
started learning that all by myself.
I
got so interested in coding that I used to code 12 hours a day, I
started coding so much that my friends started to worry that I would
fail the exams cause I was not studying as much as I should have, I used
to eat, sleep rest, walk cause my body needed it not my mind. I was so
interested in coding that I used to take showers and eat my lunch at 5
PM or 6 PM in the evening.
But
as exams started coming closer I split the time in 50–50 and learned
coding for 6hours and studies around 4 hours. That hard work started
changing my life and the results started coming out. The first thing
that happened to me was I topped the entire class and immediately
professors and faculty members of college started recognizing me. I
become an immediate threat to other student and they got afraid that I
would surpass them which I did anyway. I got PPOs from three MNC’s but
still as I was interested in coding and I wanted to become a coder, not
some support guy or trainee or something.
While
I was learning to code I built an android app put it on live and
created my LinkedIn profile and applied for internships in few startups,
still, I thought that I won’t be able to get a job cause my DS and
Algorithms are not that strong so I chose to become an intern rather
than becoming a full-time employee and I thought I would do masters
after internship.
Soon after my application I got a call from one startup and they hired me as a Software Engineer despite
not having an engineering degree and I worked there to the best of my
ability and soon my BSc. results came out and again topped the class in
my final year as well.
I
was getting a pay raise every three months in my first company cause of
my performance. Fast forward almost 4 years I am making a good amount
of money to live a decent life and still considering higher education. I
have bought Play station, I have two mac book pros, one iPhone one Note
10 I bought some expensive shoes which I dreamed of when I was in
college. I have rented one apartment where I work as a freelance
software engineer. Because of my job I have visited two countries
already. Life has never been better than this to me.
ME IN BANGKOK
ME IN VIETNAM
So realizing that education and hard work won’t go unnoticed totally changed my life.
So
if you are in high school or still in college and studying I would
suggest you to explore all the horizons learn how to become an
astronaut, IAS, engineer or CEO of google. Learn how to get
scholarships, education loan and go for higher studies. Learn how to
finance your education if your parents can not afford it. Get the
highest degree in your field of study I guarantee you that your entire
life would change.
DO
NOT DROP OUT OF COLLEGE OR TAKE EDUCATION LIGHTLY CAUSE YOU HAVE NO
FREAKING IDEA HOW POWERFUL EDUCATION IS UNTIL YOU REALISE KEEP WORKING
HARD AND STUDYING.
Edit:-
I recently moved to Taiwan for a few years.
