Fate

I do not know what fate really is. But some things that have happened seem quite coincidental and makes me wonder.

Recently, I have been undergoing several job interviews. Several of which were in different software engineering companies. But there was one that stood out, not because it was from a great company, no, it was from a patent law firm.

I am not sure if I mentioned it, but I currently have an express interest in Law and am entertaining the possibility of entering the field of Law, so when this opportunity came up I was very excited. There was, however, some apprehension due to the fact that I had also been accepted to start doing a post-graduate Juris Doctor (JD) degree at a really good university. On the one hand, I have been wanting to do this Law degree, but with the chance at entering an adjacent field this much faster, I could not help but leap at the opportunity without any real justification or consideration.

And so I went ahead with several interviews almost averaging two to three a week for around a month with several companies, patent company included. This was obviously quite stressful as having to prepare for each company and perform well enough in their coding challenges and behavioral tests becomes quite taxing, and left me with little time for myself.

Over the month, I felt my stress and work related anxiety decrease and it was glorious. I felt like I could be happy and be myself again, albeit being super busy with non-work related work.

One morning, I got a call, this was pertaining to the patent firm and I was ecstatic. I had passed the first few interviews moving toward the position. I had also received good news on the front of one of the tech companies I had applied to. And so it became a race between both companies to see which I would get an offer from first.

A few weeks had passed, and I become informed that due to the restrictions pertaining to office size, the patent firm had closed down the position due to a lack of availability of in house staff for training. I was crushed, but a little part of me was also relieved. Because you see, throughout the weeks, I had been conflicted in my decision to go for this position, on the one hand I wanted to go into this intellectual property space, but on the other I was also wanting to do the JD. I was so undecided until that moment. It also turned out that I had passed the final round interview with the other tech company, so I will be going through the process to accept that position and perhaps go to do university at the same time.

This whole twist of fate has made me question a lot of things. But I think I am better off of it.