your career is your choice

‘Your  Career  is  your  Choice’  -­‐Arjun  R  Pillai  

The  average  person  spends  an  accumulated  total  of  

10.3  years  of  Bme  at  work.  

Have  you  seriously  thought  about  your  career?  

‘If  you  don’t  know  where  you  are  going,  any  road  will  get  you  there’  -­‐Lewis  Carroll  

Pacing  your  Career  in  phases  

Acquire  Skills  

Figure  out  your  passion  

Try  different  things  

Try  different  things  

Volunteer/Intern   Travel   Read  /

Write  Fall  in  Love  (may  be)  

Gartner  Hype  Cycle  

Power  of  Smartphones  

IST  is  NOT  Indian  ‘Stretchable’  Time  

Learn  to  Say,  ‘No’  

‘I've  missed  more  than  9000  shots  in  my  career.  I've  lost  almost  300  games.  26  Bmes,  I've  been  trusted  to  take  the  game  winning  shot  &  

missed’  

‘The  Story  of  an  Idiot’  

Founded  a  Company  at  24  

Travelled  5  conBnents  &  ~25  ciBes  

Grew  Team  

from  4  to  15+    

Volunteer  on  4  global  commi_ee  

Found  What  I  

want  to  do  with  my  

life  

‘You  have  a  unique  opportunity  to  change  the  world.  Whether  you  want  to  choose  it  or  not  is  upto  

you’      

Arjun  R  Pillai  rarjunpillai@gmail.com  

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