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Geneviève Masioni

What made you ignore those opportunities though? There must have been red flags. How can we know if the offer is also good enough? It’s important to not be arrogant but also to make sure we are valued correctly. Where’s the balance?

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SUCHINTAN DAS

Geneviève, I am currently a student and that time when those opportunities came in the university, I had my curriculum ongoing and thus my thinking at that moment was to focus on my studies and wait for the right time with the right skills to apply for the opportunities ( just thinking I am not skilled enough to apply for the role ).

But YES that only landed me in a bad situation because during that time very few fellows used to apply for those opportunities so competition was marginally less, and just like me other's were also preparing themselves with better skills and knowledge.

That's why when I started applying for the opportunities , the competition got high and tough . I regret my decision and learned this lesson as life is irreversible so those opportunities with such less competition would hardly come back.

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Geneviève Masioni

I understand. I would argue that you’re better equipped now; both in terms of skill set and life experience. So you should be able to compete with others on the tech market. We tend to forget that even if there are a lot of candidates for a job offer, most of them are not qualified. So the people we genuinely compete with for a role are a few dozens or even less. And to win against those people, prioritizing your skill set is not a bad strategy. It pays off very well in the long term. It leads to higher quality roles. If you only recently started your career, you will have a lot more opportunities coming your way! Good luck. 😁

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Geneviève Masioni

Also, interviewing is a skill in itself. Unfortunately there’s no better way to get good at it than to practice on the field.

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SUCHINTAN DAS • Edited

Thanks, Geneviève, yes you are right of course I am now a better version of myself and have acquired much more skills and knowledge. But I would like to point out that ignoring those opportunities was really not a good take in my life. And got to learn that you should always keep yourself open to opportunities and don't wait for the right moment. There will always be this thing in every exam of life that we feel, we could have done better no matter how much effort we put into it.

At least from college, I understood one major lesson The earlier you are the better you will achieve. Just a small example, Google Meet today date is mostly used for all meeting calls, but it would not have been into this market if they wouldn't release it during the pandemic. Just like Zoom and other services did, so time matters a lot, even in business if you release the right product at the right time it would succeed.

The same product was not successful pre-pandemic and will not be able to capture much in this post-pandemic.

So, yes with the same quality many things only work when the right time comes and if you miss that opportunity then no matter how better the quality is, it doesn't matter. You will not get the same opportunity again.