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Hahahaha sahi kaha In exams ne bahut logo ke golden years barbad kiye h.
Please 'serve the society guys keep away' and give me honest opinion about my career. If you want to serve society, you don't need to be IAS. And if you are going to say further "With IAS I can 'serve the society' better", then that's another lie. Some people are serving the society better than IAS officers. Please, I am here for an honest opinion.
arey bro ...u want amenities..... less than 50 cities are metropolitan in india ..... that too according to population ....... so i told you ... whatever u have written in your very first comment is true ..... but to be an IAS is an pleasure of life in itself .......its not about to serve the society .......when you are better positioned with respect to authority then only you can serve for others ...... but see ..here its not a bed of roses to get selected in IAS ..... i m not having doubt over your intellect ..... but if u r not lucky it also involve mental suffering cost except financial cost (which might not be your problem but for many )..... so bro plan accordingly .... and if u choose IAS as an career ..... u will not be sad ...i m 100 % sure ..... if not 20 then you will get 17 out of 20 sufficient facilities .... u will be busy throughout your life .... that is beyond any pleasure that too with some satisfaction of serving some vulnerables ...if u feel like that . this is very frank n honest reply ....
I am in IT industry. In USA. Good job. Moreover, quality of life is advanced. This thought of preparing for IAS striked my mind and then I did some research. My friends, who are in now services suggest me that I should stay in private sector, and in USA. They say that we need to live at underdeveloped district places after selection where facilities of Metro cities may not be present, quality of life goes down, government system has its own flaws which bring up the frustration. And after watching this Gaurav's video I am not able to decide. Now I am confused. Please show me the path.
I have watched the video, my impression is that the only thing Gaurav finds interesting in his job is the opportunity that he can help poor people by providing some kind of justice. It is part of power he inherited along with his ias duty.
Everything else in the video sounds like he is disappointed. He is missing his amazing life back in Hong-Kong and now the job of asking villagers to make toilets isnt that interesting.
Conclusion: If you have strong EMPATHY, then IAS job is for you. Gaurav seems very genuine guy who has that empathy and will surely help the society in long run.
Thankfully, someone said it out loud at last... Oh! thank God for it. I'm truly relieved I'll have a good night's sleep today !! Thank you sir @TheBigDaddy
I totally, totally agree that Civil Services is just another job and CSE is just like any other exam and always say it to people. But people always have to knit this mysterious aura around Civil Services and CSE that a mental map of something distant and remote is created. Something like Shangri-La!
And one of the statement which truly irks me, (and many teachers say this too!) "The exam will select you itself if you will prove yourself worthy". No, it won't.
On hearing this or similar such statements, I always stroke my hand in air near my crotch and say, "BULLLLLLLL.....SHITTTTTTTTTTT"...
Something similar was said by an ex-chairman in an lecture organised by an institute where he emphasised on the point that the qualities for clearing this exam cannot be developed but should be already present in us. I don't quite agree with this notion either. I think different people see this in different ways. For some it is a job for some it is more than that. For some the motivation might be the job diversity & responsibility, for some it might be an incident which inspired them. Some leave this field after some years to join something else and some remain in this field even after scores and scores of transfers and punishment postings by masters. Different shades, different perspectives.
There is one point which everyone is missing in their responses-gauging the worth of a job or a position depends lot on the image a person carries within his/her mind about himself/herself.If that person thinks his/her potential to be far superior to be gratifying his/her intellectual capacity then being offered by this job or if he/she thinks with the same amount of hard work he/she would have presented himself/herself with the better prospects of making a comfortable life in some different field or be able to serve the nation in a better way that person can never remain satisfied. Thus,GA sir might have been thinking that his years of hard work and his brilliance is put to disgrace if he sees it in the light of his proficiency at academics while a person from a humble background(not expecting a lot from himself and has not experienced the glamorous lifestyle) might project this service to be more than just satisfying.So,guys its his personal opinion which differs from person to person.
Something similar was said by an ex-chairman in an lecture organised by an institute where he emphasised on the point that the qualities for clearing this exam cannot be developed but should be already present in us. I don't quite agree with this notion either.
I want to ask Mr. D.P. Aggarwal, "Did he found those 'other-wordly' qualities in Dr. Jitendra Gupta, IAS of Bihar cadre?" Afterall Dr. Gupta was selected under his watch in 2012.
I sometimes feel there should be a list of all corrupt Civil Servants and those who have been caught in unethical acts. For ex. in 2014, women trainees at SVPNPA, Hyderabad were caught scuffling with civilians in inebriated state!! An IPS in MP raped a girl for 6 months by duping her with a proposal of marriage !! Such cases come dozen a dime...
This list should be thrown in the face of anyone who comes up with stupid statements about 'mysteriousness' of Civil Services.
I think gaurav sir exaggerated also somewhat in his speech, because indians have tendency to do so, and also to vividly contrast between his pre and post ias life.
There is one point which everyone is missing in their responses-gauging the worth of a job or a position depends lot on the image a person carries within his/her mind about himself/herself.If that person thinks his/her potential to be far superior to be gratifying his/her intellectual capacity than being offered by this job or if he/she thinks with the same amount of hard work he/she would have presented himself/herself with the better prospects of making a comfortable life in some different field or be able to serve the nation in a better way that person can never remain satisfied. Thus,GA sir might have been thinking that his years of hard work and his brilliance is put to disgrace if he sees it in the light of his proficiency at academics while a person from a humble background(not expecting a lot from himself and has not experienced the glamorous lifestyle) might project this service to be more than just satisfying.So,guys its his personal opinion which differs from person to person.
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In exams ne bahut logo ke golden years barbad kiye h.
so i told you ... whatever u have written in your very first comment is true ..... but to be an IAS is an pleasure of life in itself .......its not about to serve the society .......when you are better positioned with respect to authority then only you can serve for others ...... but see ..here its not a bed of roses to get selected in IAS ..... i m not having doubt over your intellect ..... but if u r not lucky it also involve mental suffering cost except financial cost (which might not be your problem but for many )..... so bro plan accordingly .... and if u choose IAS as an career ..... u will not be sad ...i m 100 % sure ..... if not 20 then you will get 17 out of 20 sufficient facilities .... u will be busy throughout your life .... that is beyond any pleasure that too with some satisfaction of serving some vulnerables ...if u feel like that . this is very frank n honest reply ....
Everything else in the video sounds like he is disappointed. He is missing his amazing life back in Hong-Kong and now the job of asking villagers to make toilets isnt that interesting.
I totally, totally agree that Civil Services is just another job and CSE is just like any other exam and always say it to people. But people always have to knit this mysterious aura around Civil Services and CSE that a mental map of something distant and remote is created. Something like Shangri-La!
And one of the statement which truly irks me, (and many teachers say this too!) "The exam will select you itself if you will prove yourself worthy". No, it won't.
On hearing this or similar such statements, I always stroke my hand in air near my crotch and say, "BULLLLLLLL.....SHITTTTTTTTTTT"...
I think different people see this in different ways. For some it is a job for some it is more than that. For some the motivation might be the job diversity & responsibility, for some it might be an incident which inspired them. Some leave this field after some years to join something else and some remain in this field even after scores and scores of transfers and punishment postings by masters. Different shades, different perspectives.
I sometimes feel there should be a list of all corrupt Civil Servants and those who have been caught in unethical acts.
For ex. in 2014, women trainees at SVPNPA, Hyderabad were caught scuffling with civilians in inebriated state!! An IPS in MP raped a girl for 6 months by duping her with a proposal of marriage !! Such cases come dozen a dime...
This list should be thrown in the face of anyone who comes up with stupid statements about 'mysteriousness' of Civil Services.