Yes
I already became a senior when I turned 18 earlier this year.
But this is of real significance. Now I am feeling more free at the
same time, more responsible towards what I do. Be it studies or more
general things like controlling money flow out of wallet. I completed
one year out of four of my undergraduate studies in electronics
engineering. I am still a hobbyist and no professional engineer. I
play with IC's and few discreet components on breadboard now and then.
This generally includes timers, counters, single chip amplifiers,
transistors and distortion, motors, LED's, logic gates and
voltmeter(most essential one). Nothing serious about it yet. I just
watch voltages rise and drop as planned and never did serious study
like real circuit design and experimenting. Even in the summer
vacation I just took rest reading about interesting stuff like
human-computer interface, electroshock weapons, guitar effects, 3D
printing, exoskeleton and lucid dreaming but did not try to bring them
to life. Though learning is a prerequisite to do wonders we cannot
always keep on learning things forever. Its time to test and prove
that these are indeed possible to do by a layman(like me).
Every dog has his day and also every hotshot does. Well, so its time
to be a hotshot. Of course, one cannot become a hotshot overnight. It
needs pure perseverance and love towards what you do.I have been
blogging for almost four years and this really helped me to become
good at writing random stuff, also to drain all the feelings and cool
my mind. In addition, I started listening fusion music of bands like
Remember Shakti. It comprises of musicians having superhuman
creativity and speed that inspires my awe everyday.
Closing in, the place where I study is not really filled with
intellectual stimulation. There are very few people here who have an
open mind and guts to follow their passion. Many others just hangout
in the campus. We need more geeks in India now. I mean more real geeks
whose hearts ache when they find themselves fooling around aimlessly
or gaming more often.
Goutham
