2020: A Year Full of Learnings
What a hell of a ride the last year has been! The emotional rollercoaster that (literally) took me places I could only dream of. 2020 sure was a time with uncertainty, chaos, and anxiety surrounding us. A whirlwind of unanticipated events, realizations, musings, and (emotional) struggles chased me throughout the year. Hence, 2020 was also full of retrospection, self-discoveries, and introspection. Torn between a juxtapose of so many things happening around and yet nothing happening at all, something that worked for me was wading through the year one day at a time. Few noteworthy lessons learned from the global experience of the pandemic were never to take living for granted and holding on to hope when the world seems upside down. My significant achievement in the last year includes graduating with a M aster’s in Computer Science from San Jose State University by successfully defending my master’s thesis . This opened an avenue of sear...