A Professional Challenge

I was working as a network engineer for reputed organisations in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida from 2010 to 2014. I was a hard working engineer. I worked on many different technologies and many crucial projects, even of Central Government during the period. During my tenure as an engineer I even workes 24 by 7. My profile was that of a network engineer and by that time I had qualified many professional certifications also related to the field of networking. My last job as an engineer was in 2014 where I was working for an organisation for 1 year contractual basis. My contract was over and I started searching for jobs in other organisations as network engineer.

But I was not aware what professional challenges I am going to face. While working as network engineer for many years, I became imperfect in many other fields of computer science where a person can find a job. And at that time jobs was available in other fields but not as network engineer. Sometimes I tried to be the part of those jobs but then they were offering me salary of a fresher. I had a family to take care so I did not choose those jobs. 

I started remaining depressed and mentally down when I was not finding jobs related to my field. I used to go to different industries everyday to submit my resume and ask them that they should give me job of a network engineer but most of the organisations refused. The tension of mind was intensifying. I used to look at my family members and think that what will happen if I remain jobless for a longer period of time. Who will feed them if I will not earn any money. Because of this tension gradually I started becoming sick and physically weak. My wife started worrying about me a lot. She tried to crack jokes in front of me to pacify me, but to no use. I was caught in the net of depression and negative thinking. 

Next day heartlessly, I thought that I should go to some organisation and randomly submit my resume. I did that and the HR over there told me to sit for a while with rest of the candidates who had also come for the interview of the same organisation. After half an hour, I heard the most destructive news. Unfortunately due to some kind of emergency at the managers house, the interview got cancelled. I felt that this was the end of my life. Already I was not getting any job opportunities since long and this time when this golden opportunity came, again it slipped of my hands. I was only thinking that what will I tell my wife who was eagerly waiting that now her fortune will take a turn.

I said down on share and start a looking at reaction of other people around me. Suddenly I saw two people discussing something. One of them was saying to another, "You see I have been facing this challenge since a very long time. But now I am completely fed up of this. I think there is no jobs for engineers in this city. But I am not a hopeless person, I am hard working person. If I am an engineer it doesn't mean that accept engineering I do not know any other thing in this world. I will try to find out that what other skills I am having and I will try to search for jobs in those fees. Because in these tuff times, having a job is the most crucial think for us." Listening to that optimistic person suddenly a new wave of energy started running in my mind. I was surprise that because of my tension I never thought in such a positive manner.

Going back home my decided that what other skills I am having on which I can work sincerely and get a better job. After deep thinking I decided that I can speak and write English perfectly. I started listening to last number of motivational speakers on YouTube for coming one week. I used to speak in front of mirror, record my own voice and then rectify again.I started meeting with people who used to speak in English to improve my English speaking skills. When I was confident that I have become knowledgeable enough I started my own YouTube channel making motivational videos every day.

I shared those videos on my social media accounts where number of people can see me. One day due to god's grace some organisation called me for the profile of a motivational speaker. Since I had worked hard on my skills, I was able to qualify the interview and get the desired job on a better salary. Returning home when I told this news to my wife everyone was happy in my family. And the biggest happiness for me was to see smile on their faces and nothing else.

This was the biggest challenge that I ever faced in my life that broke me completely from inside and made me mentally ill for a longer period of time. May God never bring such days in anyone's life.