By this time, I was pretty impressed by my managers at IBM, and wanted to be like them. Besides, I was a little peeved at the IIMs for not letting me through on my first attempt. So in July 1999, I finally joined
IIM Bangalore (Bangalore is closer to home than Ahmedabad.) Through it all, I never figured what I wanted to specialise in. I worked during the summer at
Lehman Brothers (Tokyo), an investment bank. But during my fifth term (at
London Business School), I figured finance wasn't for me. I like technology too much.