At GoHatke, we respect Chetan Bhagat for his fantastic imagination. We truly do.
Author: Kriti Sen Sharma
Full-time engineer. Author of "The Creative Side Hustle". Founder and writer at GoHatke.com.
For ages, man has aspired to fly free like a bird. Through the unique story of his life and career, Mr. Vineet Pancchi has achieved that dream. [And because of this, it is extremely uncanny that ‘Pancchi‘ in Hindi means ‘bird’.] Now to the backstory of how I learned about Vineet’s career. Through Pallavi Barat Prabhu’s […]
GoHatke got a chance to speak with Chandoo, the creator of Chandoo.org — possibly the best resource for EXCEL in the world. We learned about the staggering revenue of his website. But most of all we were humbled by his modesty and down to earth nature. We had 2 burning questions for him, about how he managed a job and his website simultaneously, and about his childhood experiences. Read on and listen to the audio excerpts.
If you want to look beyond traditional careers after engineering, here’s a list of 10 unconventional (hatke) careers pursued by engineers.
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Chetan Bhagat – Author, Novelist
Now this story is the absolute master of all unconventional post-engineering careers. Chetan Bhagat became a household name with his bestselling book, Five Point Someone. Not only was it a great read – it was a book about life in an engineering college, and how the education system prefers stereotypes instead of innovative thinkers. The […]
Now this one is one of the most conventional careers among engineers – i.e. opening a tech startup. However only a handful dare to take the entrepreneurial route. Most remain content by doing jobs. Yet a big salute must go out to people who go that extra mile to “create jobs” instead. Aneesh Reddy and […]
Aniket Aga was one of the toppers in his batch of Electronics at IIT Kharagpur. That is no mean feat considering that many top All India Rankers of IIT-JEE join the Electronics department and competition is super-tough. So it was surprising when one of his favorite subjects during his B. Tech. was a subject called […]
Swapnil Kant Dixit (IIT Kharagpur, batch of 2005) was always unique in his thoughts and actions. While most students got stressed with exams, hostel duties, IIM/GRE applications – one would find Swapnil practicing for upcoming music / drama competitions… and winning them. After graduating with a B. Arch. degree, he joined/co-founded something completely unique – […]
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Devendra Purbiya – IIT-ian who clicks
Devendra Purbiya completed his engineering degree from IIT Kharagpur, and landed up with a highly prestigious (a.k.a. well paying) job. But there was an artist lurking within him, that hated sitting in front of a computer from 9 to 5. Devendra’s artistic skills had been visible in Kharagpur where he was always in the Design […]
Read about Debjeet Sen’s journey from Biotech Engineering to Master of Public Health. And how he is instrumental in creating global health policy which can save many lives in Africa.
Now this one is definitely one of the least probable careers after engineering — a film-maker. Now how does one pull that off? Without any formal training in the subject, or without any family backing in Bollywood, and especially when watching movies was strictly forbidden during his childhood, how did Arunabh pull this off? For […]
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Arnab Ray – India’s Top Blogger, Author
Arnab Ray graduated from Jadavpur University, did his Ph.D. at State University of New York at Stony Brook, and is currently a research scientist at University of Maryland. After working full-time in his day job, he comes back home and dons his superhero costume. He becomes ‘greatbong’. (greatbong.net is a blog maintained by Arnab Ray […]