He earns in dollars but spends in rupees

he most mysterious thing about education is that you never realise how it will help you.

When I was in school, my friends and I would say, how will trigonometry help me in life? What difference does it make if I don't know the capital of Brazil [ Images ]?

While it does not have a direct impact on your career if you don't know all this, the most important thing that education teaches you is how to learn.

• What's YOUR career story? Images ]. I always wanted to come back home.

  I convinced my boss about working from India -- it was not difficult, since she believed in working remotely.

  I came to India three years ago as a consultant working from home.

  I used my experience and contacts to slowly build a small firm called WebDev, Inc. with four employees doing software development for financial companies in the US.

  I making money in dollars, but spend in rupees. The grass definitely looks much greener on my side!

  This is Girish's story. What's your career story? The story of a young achiever

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