‘You might leave UPSC, it won’t ever leave you’: Ex-aspirant shares haunting preparation tale, ‘failed, don’t know…’
In the past, the OPSC’s way to the Civil Service, or the UPSC’s examination turned into a long, painful battle, failure, job rejection and existential crisis.
Sharing his experience in Anonymous Sharing Platform Reddit, the user Socrates_08 His story began with Stark implementation. “Almost everything is done for a career. I’m there where I started everything. “
On 26, the user shared his postgraduate studies and journalism. He is interested in international relations and geopolitics, in 2020 he decided to take over what they were calling for “The most difficult test in the world.” Upsc.
For years but no result
The first attempt at 2021 ended in failure. “2021 – Failed in advance,” he said, explaining how he was unable to pass the ancestor’s exam.
Unclear, he tried again in 2022. “2022 – Failed in advance.”
By 2023, the mental and emotional number of repetitive failure was with it. Just a month before passenger transportation he went out. “Because of anxiety, low trust and burn,” he explained.
He had passed three years, and he said he had no degree that directly helped employment.
“I have been more despaired to leave the house and start earning after I had the three most open and youth years of my life.”
Reality check. The labor market also does not welcome
He appealed to digital marketing, a prosperous field with an opportunity, or the Internet said. Benefits claim that with online courses and a little effort, everyone can land stable work.
But the transition to corporate work from UPSC preparation was not easy for him.
“I thought.
He provided a paid media internship in the agency only to remove work within two months. “I left work due to the lack of performance marketing skills.”
The new feature came during the operation of the middle level in the form of work practice, offering 5,000 a day for daily work.
Despite the low salary, he worked on the rating list, writing and advertising diagrams. His boss were satisfied. The colleague assured him. “I don’t know about others, but you will change.” However, he also suggested that opportunity.
Panic attacks and depression
One month of work hunting gave zero interview calls. Restoration combined with its ends of its past heights takes heavy on his mental health.
A step forward. PR and affected marketing
He was promoted to move forward, he again moved to Delhi for the work interviews. The proposals, however, were disappointing.
At the moment, he thought to resume the preparation of the UPSC, but the mind of a huge curriculum was frightened.
After the month’s rejection he reached his friend for help. He sent him to the PR agency. He joined, although recognizing PR was not his strong suit.
He managed to cleanse the feedback of the thigh collaborations within a month. His director was impressed, giving him a full responsibility for the domain.
However, his salary was barely. When the agency suggested him to keep him as a full-time teacher for another two months, he decided to look for elsewhere.
In the next two months, he has applied to more than 40 jobs and has been able to transfer 25,000 Rs per month.
The elephant in the room. Upsc is still pursuing her
Despite the stability, the regrets of the UPSC’s failure still remain. He compared his work for a dream that drove him in time. “I still think I haven’t found my goal, and whatever I do, keeping myself busy until I find.”
The post was resonated with many, a mixture of concern, reflection and solidarity among readers.
One user confessed: “All this scares me at the age of 23. Another user offered confidence, saying: “It’s good to feel like this. Completely good. But you should not look back on your current job.