From the 'I' in "IT" to the one in "IIT"

Back to the Summer of 2005..The days when I Started to get a feel of What IT is ..."Get up @ Odd times..Sleep @ Odd Times"..I got my first job offer in an IT company..I gave my CAT,XAT and JMET in 2004..i didnt fair well in all and was forced to join..The 22 months I spent there were one of the best..Get up @ 8 am..got to office @ 10am..no tension finish ur work by 7pm..play TT after work( During Work hrs also sometimes :)).. enjoy life..and get back to home in the 9pm shuttle.. All that the work demanded of me was..read the spec..write some Asm prog..verifiy modules..training freshers... and done..thats it..no STUDYING !!!!! and the most important of all no EXAMS...
Then the big thing happened...I gave the same exams in 2006..i converted IIT kharagpur B School..aka..VGSOM..Yipee!!! I was going to do my post graduation , MBA -> A Future CEO in the making!!..Had great dreams .Back to Skool!! College and shud i say anything more it was a B school..everyone knows about the life one has in a B school....June 29th 2007, i was relieved from my work...July 25th was nearing..the registration date for all PGs @ IIT Kgp..
What I wasnt prepared was for the big things waiting in queue in front of me..Studies,assignments, placements..from no tension.i started become tensed..have i made the right decision.?? the most imp thing CAN I GET BACK TO STUDIES ? Whts the ROI?
I got answers to all..but the question that was unanswered was Can I study? Write exams? I thought, i could!!!
Classes started...
What followed was a series of nightmares..the very first week we had a quiz in Marketing and i got 5/20...It was a week and i could not define it!! Crazy it is!..I knew what it was ..but i cudnt study,cudnt remember what I studied a few days back.. i was like Surya in Ghajini ( Not Physically only Mentally)..Temporary memory loss..in fact it was permanent..i put in hours to study but couldn't concentrate..cudnt stay awake late night for completing my assignments..got used to typing could write properly..my hands starting giving up..i was lost in a dark world.. i was feeling the pain of being an IT prof..Wht it has done to me!!..
The worst part was when exams came..i felt burnt out.. i couldnt write for 3 hours...Hand started aching, head ache..and fever to make things worse..i felt weak..my USP's were only Browsing, chatting , forwarding mails as in the case of any IT prof..
Well all these experiences in the first sem ..hope will lead to a better rather a more energetic second sem ahead..
and a piece of advice to all those who wanna do PG after an IT job...Be fit !!!! and never lose the touch of studies..I know how hard it is to be back to sleep with books without being able to study them....

Hats off to all u guys who r able to study with work exp!!!!..

From Information Tech to Institute of Technology the transformation was amazing and has taught me a lot of lessons..