I am an IT guy, who people think get paid ‘in lacs’ for sitting in front of a computer and pressing a few keys. But the most important thing they forget is i do not get paid in lacs per month as they expect but over the period i get a couple of lacs, but i wont feverishly disagree on the second part of the comment.

Over the last year, i have worked on a few projects, but i have not really done much. A couple of years ago, i loved to spend time in front of computer reading articles, implementing them, learning new things, but now i spend most of my time reading article mainly sports related or watching movies and television series.

Somewhere down the line i have lost the fire within me. I have a few who come up with an excuse of lack of time for what they are not able to achieve. I believe in the contrary. There is no fault but yours. When you blame lack of time, it simply means that you have been too damn lazy to do what it takes to realize your dreams. I have and i know how it feels. I am probably the laziest guy you would ever come across. Ask my roomates and they would give a lecture on how lazy i am.(maybe i will get Adi to write a guest post here once his GMAT’s over.)

Over the course of the year, i have planned to learn quite a few languages and have failed massively in all. The only language i managed to learn something is probably Tamil and that too is very very bad, Oh and those who did not understand i actually wanted to learn Programming langs. I have heard and read enough about this from my friend Nithin (who blogs here) and Jaz ( who is the co-founder of Wowmakers) about my expertise in the many languages.

I have almost completed 2 years in a MNC and am truly fed up of working here. I feel suffocated and the lack of freedom and fun that i had while working for my previous employers(Foradian) has made me more and more insecure as each day passes.

Now that i have wasted a good part of almost 2 years of my life, i have 2 choices, both extremely difficult given that i am top class procrastinator and have almost never done anything in time. I can either continue doing the job i do, switch company, get a better package and work my ass off for no apparent satisfaction OR i can switch my job to something i had loved to do, and even though i may not get paid as high as i would if i stay in my current job, be happy and satisfied with my job.

The choice is obvious… is it not? What is your opinion? What do you think i should do at this juncture?