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The Risk that Transformed my Life

I had no right to be unhappy. I had been lucky enough to be selected by the top Software company in India to work for them as an engineer, in spite of the fact that I wasn't qualified to be an engineer. After working for Adobe Systems for 7 years, my career graph looked rather good. Not only had I grown at a steady pace and was leading some exciting projects, I had also received two awards and had filed for a patent. My manager was one of the best managers in the company and my team was very supportive. But I still wasn't "happy". A dear friend had once suggested that I should go away to a far-off place for some time, to take a break. And the thought lingered in my mind. With Adobe Friends at Sariska I wanted to write, and given a choice, would support myself with my writing. So I started looking for things I could do to make that possible and came across several post-graduate courses in Creative Writing in the UK and the US. Without giving it much thou