History repeats itself! My belief in this adage has been strengthened today. What was to happen two years back, happens eventually while in the meantime I have nothing more to show except the time I have spent and the experience that I have gained here in IIT Bombay.

Two years back, there was this novice computer engineering student aspiring to earn a good job, who lands up in the city of Pune. Of the hundreds of software companies that had cropped up in the previous two years, he had just one in mind; a company he and his mates back in college looked at in awe, mostly for the money that it promised to its recruits. After undergoing a test and two rigorous inteviews testing him on every aspect of his technical knowledge, he finally managed to fulfill his ambition - Akshay Iyer had joined PSPL, Pune.

Cut to the present times, a computer science graduate, hoping to become a post-graduate, still no better than the novice computer engg student in every respect is sitting nervously on the edge of the sofa in the placement office, waiting for his turn to be called in to face the interview panel. In the evening, there was the same anxiety as he had felt two years back, the same uncertainty that was to turn into a pleasant happiness soon. The news trickled in slowly and history had repeated itself - Akshay Iyer got into PSPL again!

Yes, ironically with same salary that was being offered two years back, the same status in the member hierarchy in the company. Good or bad, I am not sure, but Akshay Iyer has managed to remain where he was two years back!