Not PhD - that's for sure. I have seen the pros and cons of a PhD student's life here over the last month, and I don't think I am made for that kind of struggle. I am someone who needs a dynamic environment to grow in, and I am not sure a PhD program can afford me a good stage for honing my skills and developing my personality. Also, I believe in a world where new fields can spring up within a couple of years, it would help me to diversify myself as much as possible early on in my career. Till now I have had a look at an Electrical engineer's job (during my internship at Philips Electronics), the work ethics and nature of a job in IPR (during my internship at Pangea3), besides this experience at Cornell. I believe I have seen well, and I can be confident of the decision that I shall make).
I think I should go into a consulting job. Such jobs, as most of us know, offer excellent pay, challenging work and a steep learning curve. The catch in most such jobs though is long work hours and more often than not, lots of traveling on account of client responsibilities. Such a job may help me though in becoming a proficient speaker, and also help me to build strong contacts early on in my career. I believe it will give me the leverage to have a look at a professional life and then decide on long term plans. For a short term job, I believe such a job shall help me more than a technical job, as I get to diversify myself and also earn more.
And so it is - I have seriously started thinking about getting a good job. There are 10 steps in a planned out job hunt. This is stage 1 - Visualising the accomplishment.
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