Looking beyond the road ahead
It’s a tough road ahead but I need to look beyond. I just feel so good about the fact that I can finally graduate with a Ph.D. While working on my Ph.D. for past five years I have now forgotten why I started it. But I do know one thing that now I need to complete it and forge a new path.
One thing that is affecting my peace of mind is that I do not have a job right now. Perhaps I didn’t start looking for it, when it was the right time. When is the right time to start looking for a job? Most people tell me that this is not the right time to graduate because there are no jobs in the market right now. The condition may continue for a while. I don’t know what to make of this statement. Because when I look back into my life, I realize that I couldn’t even dream of doing what I am doing today. Living in an alien country and writing my dissertation. And my circumstances never deterred me from doing whatever I wanted to do with my life. I always believed that, there is always a way to get out of any situation. Yet, at times I have felt that I am limited by my circumstances. Hopefully something will work out.
I think right now what I need to concentrate on is completing my Ph.D. now that I can see the finishline. I have been working on it for past three years. It was an absolutely new topic for me about which I knew nothing but I was fascinated about it. So I researched and learnt. I have enjoyed most aspects of working on my dissertation. Whether it was writing the proposal, going to India to collect the data, living in USA experiencing the culture around me, meeting all the interesting people, building my online presence, becoming a facebook junkie, twitterer, blogger. I have enjoyed it all and I have learnt a lot at every stage.
But now I am at the most challenging stage, pulling it all together and finally writing it. Since the beginning of this year, I have tried to immerse myself in it and stay away from hanging out with friends. I have had moderate success in it. I am hoping that in the month of May, I will be more successful at it and I will finally have it written.
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Hi Priyanka,
I feel you are graduating at the right time in the right field. This is definitely true in the Indian context where in we add almost 10 million subs every month and target is to reach half a billion number in less than 2 years.
If you are interested in working in India, then I am sure you will find an excellent fit in the Operator space.
But as you also said, you should concentrate on completing this prestigious degree right now and need not worry about the job. An opportunity will automatically knock at your door soon.
Best of luck and God bless !
Hi Alok, Thank you so much for your kind comments and wishes. I hope what you say comes true.
Hi,
I am in similar position like yours but with a big difference ,in the sense, I am graduation with Masters degree.
I will like to think that the number of years and effort that you have put in will definitely pay off in the long run. I am sure you must have tackled 1 problem thoroughly in Ph.D and if you have known 1 thing well, you know pretty much everything well. Isn’t it?
I wish you luck and I will like to read your dissertation, it’s very interesting topic.
Thanks.
–Yo
Hi Yo, Thanks. Wish you luck too. Sure, when my dissertation is complete it will be online. So you can read it.
Thanks.
I will keep an eye on it. 
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