Engineering graduate declared “parkour champion” after switching to BCS
Engineering is often deemed as the cesspool of depression where students from all courses of life converge and graduate to pursue careers in anything but engineering. No matter what careers paths they end up taking, engineering students in Bangladesh don't forget to rub their academic success in BBA students' faces.
However, after Shadman Sakib, a graduate from Plassey University of Engineering and Technology (PUET), shifted to Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) after bullying BCS aspirants for years, he has been named the parkour champion of the year by The Office fans of Bangladesh.
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"After I got into PUET, my first job was to put it on my life events and milk my institutional pride for some social media points," said Shadman after his victory in the parkour championship.
"Soon, classes started and everyone moved on from the traumatic admission season and admission rankings, and focused on building up their careers by utilising whatever opportunities they could find. But not me, no sir! I wasn't going to let my glory fade away this soon. Every time I came across a student from any private university, I treated them the same way their faculty members treat them – with utter disrespect and dismay focused on demolishing any self-respect they have left," he said. Read More…