Comments on: ‘NO to IIM Bangalore’ – Manas Garg! http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/ Things I talk over Coffee... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:23:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kiran http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-18018 Kiran Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:44:24 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-18018 @Manas a very bold step indeed!!! Even I was perplexed with what next. thanks for just giving a brief idea about IIMs not a place to be if they are techie freaks. :) @Sundar: Thanks a lot for this useful info great going dude... hope to see many of these... @Manas a very bold step indeed!!!
Even I was perplexed with what next. thanks for just giving a brief idea about IIMs not a place to be if they are techie freaks. :)

@Sundar: Thanks a lot for this useful info
great going dude… hope to see many of these…

]]> By: shruthy http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-12678 shruthy Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:52:57 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-12678 Complete honesty made you to take wise decession and this article is truly a eye opener to all of us More of interview with Manas would help a lot of us :) wish you loads of luck and a bright future Complete honesty made you to take wise decession and this article is truly a eye opener to all of us

More of interview with Manas would help a lot of us :)

wish you loads of luck and a bright future

]]> By: Vodka http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-12380 Vodka Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:24:19 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-12380 Well... the story is presented in a way that creates a shock-value. Consider these factors... * Say 0.1 percent or so of all college graduates would be placed in microsoft in campus placements. * Moneywise too one would be roughly the same after two years. Additionally one would be paid at microsoft... So i think it was a pretty natural decision... depends on the person actually. Well… the story is presented in a way that creates a shock-value. Consider these factors…

* Say 0.1 percent or so of all college graduates would be placed in microsoft in campus placements.

* Moneywise too one would be roughly the same after two years. Additionally one would be paid at microsoft…

So i think it was a pretty natural decision… depends on the person actually.

]]> By: Nitin Isloorkar http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-2507 Nitin Isloorkar Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:01:16 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-2507 Ah Sanjay, I think you're being a little too harsh on Manas here... There is a long gap between attention deficit and cracking the CAT (and knowing Manas a little, I can surely vouch that he's got nothing of the sort). What seems irrational to you was a very tough decision he must have had to make, and I would have done the same if I were him. As for the rest, well most students from our college atleast, who go to the IIM's write the CAT after taking a couple of the dream campus jobs. Aren't they wasting resources and depriving other candidates? Anyway, no one writes CAT just to show off dude. And I agree with Ram. JEE and UPSC are (or were) far far tougher exams than CAT. Ah Sanjay, I think you’re being a little too harsh on Manas here… There is a long gap between attention deficit and cracking the CAT (and knowing Manas a little, I can surely vouch that he’s got nothing of the sort). What seems irrational to you was a very tough decision he must have had to make, and I would have done the same if I were him. As for the rest, well most students from our college atleast, who go to the IIM’s write the CAT after taking a couple of the dream campus jobs. Aren’t they wasting resources and depriving other candidates? Anyway, no one writes CAT just to show off dude. And I agree with Ram. JEE and UPSC are (or were) far far tougher exams than CAT.

]]> By: Sanjay http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Sanjay Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:06:26 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-1513 well,while i appreciate mg's clarity-i find it quite irrational on his part to reject the call ! Does he & so called techies realise that where the main prob is ? Its the attention deficit complex that kids like mg have,wasting not only resources for no reason,but also depriving other serious candidates, who cudev made their lives !for what,just to show off? leme remind him,if entrepreneurship is his call,he should look no further but Suhas gopinath from b'lore,the worlds youngest entrepreneur(globals inc).comeon friends,first this,get substance & mind over matter ) well,while i appreciate mg’s clarity-i find it quite irrational on his part to reject the call ! Does he & so called techies realise that where the main prob is ? Its the attention deficit complex that kids like mg have,wasting not only resources for no reason,but also depriving other serious candidates, who cudev made their lives !for what,just to show off? leme remind him,if entrepreneurship is his call,he should look no further but Suhas gopinath from b’lore,the worlds youngest entrepreneur(globals inc).comeon friends,first this,get substance & mind over matter )

]]> By: Aravind http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Aravind Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:12:34 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-1418 THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

]]> By: me http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 me Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:04:00 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-1270 done done

]]> By: Nikhil Narayanan http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Nikhil Narayanan Thu, 22 May 2008 17:29:41 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-891 Hey! I do not think skipping an IIM interview needs this much coverage. Had Manas converted the call and then rejected it, well...may be a small mention could have been fine;but this is ridiculous attention. We see so many IIM grads quitting placements , that is worth covering. Not this trivial incident. Hey!
I do not think skipping an IIM interview needs this much coverage.
Had Manas converted the call and then rejected it, well…may be a small mention could have been fine;but this is ridiculous attention.

We see so many IIM grads quitting placements , that is worth covering. Not this trivial incident.

]]> By: Do people reject offers from IIM’s? at Blogbharti http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Do people reject offers from IIM’s? at Blogbharti Thu, 22 May 2008 11:29:42 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-889 [...] interviews one such person- Manas Garg at Coffee with [...] [...] interviews one such person- Manas Garg at Coffee with [...]

]]> By: Giridhar http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Giridhar Sun, 18 May 2008 15:06:08 +0000 http://coffeewithsundar.com/no-to-iim-bangalore-manas-garg/#comment-870 My 2 cents on your comments Manas * It is not a do-or-die situation for me as yet. I can always go do an MBA later if i want to. Why hurry things up? I’m all of 22 years old. You are perfectly right on this point, The average age of grads in US B-schools is around 26-28 yrs, so its safe to say you are still too young and not yet at a point in your career where you feel the need for an MBA. If your true ambition is to be an Entrepreneur (as is mine) i am sure you will be walking down the MBA path soon. Sadly, many people pursue an MBA for all the wrong reasons, many of these people get weeded out during the interview process and the rest manage to find their true calling in the course of their MBA :) Ask the Musician from IIMA - Gaurav Dagaonkar, who recently released his first album "College Days" All the best in your future endeavors -Giridhar NITT, EEE Kandu, 2004 passout Joining IIMB this year. My 2 cents on your comments Manas

* It is not a do-or-die situation for me as yet. I can always go do an MBA later if i want to. Why hurry things up? I’m all of 22 years old.

You are perfectly right on this point, The average age of grads in US B-schools is around 26-28 yrs, so its safe to say you are still too young and not yet at a point in your career where you feel the need for an MBA. If your true ambition is to be an Entrepreneur (as is mine) i am sure you will be walking down the MBA path soon.

Sadly, many people pursue an MBA for all the wrong reasons, many of these people get weeded out during the interview process and the rest manage to find their true calling in the course of their MBA :) Ask the Musician from IIMA – Gaurav Dagaonkar, who recently released his first album “College Days”

All the best in your future endeavors

-Giridhar
NITT, EEE Kandu, 2004 passout
Joining IIMB this year.

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