one of the biggest issues people who graduate from premier institutes (IIT, BITS, etc) struggle with is knowing that they have an intellectual edge over others. it's hard to accept that they can be "average" because their entire self worth is based on being better than others.
speaking as a BITSian who later went on to get a PhD myself, i often feel i'm not good enough if i'm not accomplishing a new milestone. but beyond a point, accomplishing new milestones comes at massive personal cost - lack of work/life balance, mental health.
@tech_sista 'intellectual edge' because you pass an entrance exam? it's just that, u passed the entrance exam!
@tech_sista what's the point of this statement - "they have an intellectual edge over others"?
@tech_sista naye dost banayein(arts wale). yeh entitlement jate-jate jati hai. kabhi 10 saal, kabhi poori zindagi.
As a BITSIAN myself. Intellectual edge can take you only so far, but it can cap you on my levels if it is not combined with emotional intelligence and discipline. Someone with less intellect but greater discipline and persistence will beat the intellectual person hands down. At the end of the day intellect can only accelerate your learning. Can’t save you from the harsh realities of the world which contains all kind of people.
@tech_sista Intellectual edge ?? Try trading markets with that mindset I dare you.. bae