Decision Time
There are more than many analytical & heuristic models to resolve conflict between mutually exclusive alternatives, and i know some if not all of them. But when it comes to making a decision about the internship that i must undertake, these decision making techniques fail me. As i stated earlier now is the time to decide between two internship offers that i have.
I was dumbfounded on how to make up my mind. I weighed whether i go for the function i want to perform or the domain\industry i want to work in, i weighed the long term implications of being in these vastly different careers if these internships turn into full time jobs, i weighed the probability of my internship turning into a full time position, i weighed the future prospects of these companies, i weighed the full-time 6 figure salary in one to the leisure and work-life balance of the other and i finally weighed the future prospects of the industries in general that i will be part off by taking these internships and i weighed all of these again and still no answer.
I talked to my parents, as it was as if a curtain was lifted off my mind and I used the simplest decision making tool known to man. I listened to my heart and simply decided to take my first steps into working for a top 5 technology consulting firm.
