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Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) is an IAF veteran with experience in aviation, aviation management, recruitment and HR.He has commanded a frontline base in Jammu and Kashmir, served with the UN Peace Keeping Force in Congo and volunteered for tsunami relief operations. Today, he is a certified recruiter and personality assessor.... more
Aditya Question by Aditya on Feb 11, 2023Hindi
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Hi Nitin Sir, Myself completed B.Tech. (Mechatronics) and doing job from last 6 months. Somehow I realise that there is very slow in this line and I have started 1 year course of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. But due to recession in IT industry, Is it my right decision to choose this line. Please guide me. --Aditya

Ans: Experience and expertise never are a waste Aditya. Build up on your knowledge and the line to success will open up on its own. Lastly, don't worry too much about recession ...these are cyclic processes. Just follow your instinct and dreams.
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Girls reject me because I am not so tall and handsome. I am 41, single. I have a 9 to 6 job earning 12 lakhs per annum. I lost my dad and live with my mother. My younger sister is married and has two kids. Somehow I have not been lucky with online dating. Girls reject me beause I am average in looks and salary. I am 5 ft 1 inch. I don't have any special talent or passion. I have tried to take up singing, art, dance, gym but it's not working for me. I go to temples with my mom, I do social work on weekends to keep myself positive and busy. When it comes to dating and marriage, it is disappointing sometimes. I am afraid to express myself to girls now. I don't judge anyone but how do I find someone who understands me, beyond my looks and salary. My mother is 64, I also need a companion. Is it too much to expect?
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