Before reading this post, I request you to go through it's prequel here first to set the mood for the geeky-onslaught I am about to do. Also, the disclaimer in the prequel holds here too.
Last year, when I had wrote about the histrionics of the 4th-year lobby, I was not a part of it. I had witnessed it from the POV of a laid-back observer who used to think that this kind of transformation (pun intended) won't happen to him when he comes into his final year. I became a part of this frenzied world in my 5th year* and realized that this changeover is inevitable and can be justified. All other things remain unchanged - the focus always stays on 'how-to-do-it-efficiently' rather than 'how-to-do-it', the thought process and the never-ending procrastination. And the most important change that I've observed after becoming one of them is the ability to pick even whispers about what kind of questions a particular company has asked in other colleges. You can even listen it from miles, believe me.
But still, when an individual starts relating his algorithms and bit -patterns to something as simple as eating or locking his hostel room, he has lost it. Nothing can be justified then. It's like PAPPU (you-know-who) himself has come to reveal his true identity. Others start questioning the very purpose of their existence. So here I am revealing some of the deadliest, cannibalistic and slaying incidences that might make you opt for self-exile from this unearthly lobby.
- "Abe yaar wo kaunsa sign hota hai..jo sentence ke last me lagate hain..jisme neeche dot hota hai..abe NEGATION OPERATOR.." - The eBay guy. He was referring to exclamation sign. I know, see you in hell.
- "Unhone Vampire Diaries me itni stories daal di ki ab bahut sare threads ho gaye aur ab unse manage nahi ho raha. Main Git-hub ka term bolne wala tha par ruk gaya." His partner in crime - "tu FORK bolne wala tha par wo galat hai..tu BRANCH bolta to bhi galat hota.." - The MS guy. The producers must have told the actors on the set to rip their heart out for real after this.
- "Mujhe agar 1 week me wapas de doge paisa to de sakta hun udhaar..main Real-Time System hun..time constraints strictly follow karta hun.." - The EPIC guy. I dont think I need to say anything about ANNA.
- "Abe ispe to ye picture ekdum mast RENDER ho jati hai.." - The Amazon guy. Gone are those days when people used to say 'kya mast DIKH raha hai'.
- "Khana khane chal raha hai ki nahi..Its a boolean question. 1 ya 0 me answer de.." - The eBay guy again.
- "Lock to bas ek hi bar khulta hai..koi recursive lock to hai nahi ki baar-baar kholen.." - The eBay guy has scored a touchdown with this.
- "Ye guesthouse gol-gol kyun banaya hai..taki AKA aae aur nikal jaye..use mujhe pakadne ke liye FAST PTR hona padega.." - The Nvidia girl. She was referring to loop-detection in link-list. Goddddd!!!
- "Sab ladkiyon ko equally dekhna hota hai..normalization kar denge.." - The Arista guy. I wont be commenting on this. He is me.
- And a picture says a thousand words -
Despite going through all of this shit, we, IDD CSE09, bagged awesome jobs and are now struggling with thesis. No official lectures, no CTs, no endsems - life is great in last semester.
Here are the guys who, unknowingly, have created this written reality -
- Vaibhav Ahlawat - The eBay guy.
- Abhishek Singh - The MS guy.
- Pradeep Ch - The EPIC guy.
- Harshit Sharan - The Amazon guy.
- Kavita Gupta - The Nvidia girl.
- Ahirnish Pareek (me) - The Arista guy.
- Asheesh Janghu - The FB comment guy.
