Mind the Gap
When I look at my nearly 7 year old daughter’s upcoming academic year, I have to say I feel for more senior parents and later adolescents worried about a below par academic year.
But it shouldn’t be so. 1/7
When I look at my nearly 7 year old daughter’s upcoming academic year, I have to say I feel for more senior parents and later adolescents worried about a below par academic year.
But it shouldn’t be so. 1/7
https://twitter.com/Arby_K/status/1393755644935692289
Many view a gap in your academic life or in career negatively. But in a year which has forced career breaks due to pandemic induced lockdowns, it has become a common occurrence. Hopefully, this will finally normalize such breaks. ( hbr.org/2021/04/compan… ) 2/7
I had taken two years off during my academic life and both years have been important in shaping my future. I had a year off after school in which I took up a computer course at NIIT that helped me land my first job after graduation. 3/7
The second time was after graduation in Business Administration while doing the whole MBA entrance rejig, when I spent the first time on my own outside my home state and on my first job as a programmer. 4/7
Taking a break should be fine, so long as you make use of it positively. The past year has also been a break for me, as I spend more time with daughter, while wife taught at college. 5/7
So, here’s to normalizing the gaps in the CV. 6/7
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