The 'Why MBA' answer that I could never give

Half of Bangalore is made of Software Engineers. The other half are Auto-drivers. The latter earns better. Still every year, from every known and mostly unknown colleges of India, Lakhs and lakhs of engineers chuck their core branch, to become the IT face of India. They spend four years, designing a screw jack or drawing a circuit, but find it safe to sit and crack the 'first' company on campus. After all, it offers a chance to be in the Silicon Valley one day!

 But what is the life of a software Engineer? They get up in the morning after snoozing the alarm thrice. Wear the tie and I-Card with eyes half often, and rushes to the office. I personally know a couple of my friends who attend nature's call in the office, thanks to the world-class infrastructure of IT companies!

And slowly he realises that his life has been limited to coding or testing a useless application, eating with the same set of people in food-courts and watching a movie in the same theater on weekends. He is drinking  more coffee than water and has gained 10Kgs in last 2 years. Years go by, his salary crawls. People around his cubicle go onsite one-by-one and his Visa gets rejected every year. Even Ranjita, the girl from the corner cubicle with whom he used to go for coffee, got married last month. Santharaman Suryakevalam, who failed in the certification thrice, got better ratings than him because his manager's name was similar in length.

Frustrated with his life, one day he called his friend who works in a automobile company.

Software Engg : Yaar, I want to quit, this life sucks!

Friend             : What???

software Engg : I said, I want to quit.

Friend           : Centralized AC ki hawa khakar tumhara dimag kharab ho gaya hai, Yaha plant me breakdown hota hai to raat me 2 baje bhi jana padta hai.. Body se grease ki smell aati hai pure din! Tu mera resume bhi please forward karde apni company me.

Without saying anything, he just hangs up the call. Crows are black everywhere. His cell beeps. There is a new Message. "TIME Entrance scholarship test this Sunday. Avail upto 90% discount on course fee."