Finally after working in software industry for 4 & 1/4 years (I know it sounds a lot, I could have gotten a five year memento in just 10 more months), I joined a Phd program in Jan 2011.
I am still not sure whether it was a good decision or bad, but I liked someone's lines:
"Everyday we decide to do something and we decide not to do something"....there is no point analyzing much.
Although I always had a dream to do Phd, I had never thought about it seriously and it is still an impulsive decision.
Somewhere in my heart, I have a dream of being a professor. I believe a good professor can have a big impact in the surrounding area. I believe that if we try, India can be best in Education Industry can have a Stanford. I just want to try my best to attain it, and I am happy to have a dream which may not be fulfilled in my life so that I will have something to motivate me till end.
A smaller reason is I also like to read. I am loving reading papers during my phd. I also like to discuss it with everyone who have enough patience to listen me :P. But, I know I am bad at writing, and I do not know about innovation. And I am not sure if I can come up with something of my own. But, I do not care about other stuff and enjoying my reading till now.
Another reason, which may seems stupid is, for me phd also seems like journey of making peace with myself in my life. I want to attain enough knowledge to accept myself and others the way they are and develop some patience. There are some people, who has peace on their face, who are so calm, seems they can handle everything peacefully without getting much frustrated. I just wanna to be like them. That does not mean that accept everything, but try their best to change it without frustrating.
For me, till now, phd seems to be a way to accept that even simple things are not that easy.
