09/01/2026
Many life changed today because it was NSU convocation day. While everyone was busy uploading graduation photos with captions like “Alhamdulillah, the journey ends”, I was busy scrolling my gallery and found an old photo. Memory unlocked. Trauma resumed.
Six years ago, me and my friend Habib met in ENG103. I was from CSE, he was from BBA. We met at 8 no. gate. I was smoking, as usual, trying to look like I know what life is. Habib came and asked for a lighter. That’s how all meaningful NSU friendships start.
Then the most sacred NSU conversation began:
“Tomake to amar ENG103 course e dekhsi.”
“Tumi ki section 10?”
“Vai course koyta niso?”
“Faculty bhalo pore nai.”
“NSU te eto pera ken?”
Mind you, this was our first quiz. But we had to pretend like “amio NSU te pori” to each other. That’s how we bonded.
From third semester onwards, I made it my life mission to remind Habib how hard CSE is. Four calculus courses. Differential equations. Discrete math. Data structures. Algorithms. Two physics courses for no reason. Bla bla bla.
Meanwhile BBA? Easy life. Memorizing slides. Maybe learning Microsoft Word if you major in MIS. At best, some advanced Excel formulas.
I used to tell him, “Amrai future e ei Word, Excel banabo.”
We CSE people are born brilliant. That’s why we study CSE, EEE. Others study BBA.
Habib finished BBA in less than 11 semesters. I took 13. Ekta kufa semester chilo. Shob faculty baje. Tai shob course drop dite hoise. Guess what? MTM er kase MAT130 o oi semesterei porsilo.
Today, Habib is a territory manager at BAT. Prottek mashe cigarette beche 6-digit earning. Huge profit share. No brain effort. No thinking. No coding. Just targets, vibes, and corporate confidence.
Meanwhile me? Unemployed for first 6 months. Then joined a software company as a junior software engineer. Salary: 32k after 1.5 years. Currently planning a company switch with the ambitious dream of touching 40k.
- Tanvir, BSc. Don’t do CSE.
'Huemans of NSU'