From failure to success: Even after breaking a dream like IIT, if you work hard and have the right mindset, big dreams can be fulfilled. The story of Amit Dutta is giving this lesson, which is becoming increasingly viral on social media. Amit, a tier-II college student, could not crack the IIT entrance exam in 2018. His classmates were celebrating their admission in IIT, while Amit was studying in a campus whose name most people do not know. But he did not give up and decided to make himself an engineer whose credit no college could take.
Failed to get admission in IIT. I saw my classmates announcing admissions into IITs, while I was sitting on a campus that most people had never even heard of.’ Recalling that period, he further said, ‘But I took a decision which changed everything. I stopped mourning the college I didn’t get admission into and started on the path of becoming an engineer for which no college can take credit.’
Microsoft’s rejection became the turning point
Amit recalled another disappointment he faced while interviewing for a Microsoft internship in 2021. He said, ‘I prepared for weeks and gave my all, but I was rejected. That rejection broke me from within, but at the same time made me strong again. He further said that he decided to try again with even more determination. His dedication paid off in 2022 when he got a full-time job at Google. He wrote, ‘I could have relaxed, most people do so, but in my mind there was a burden as big as that rejection letter from that IIT.’ Over the next two years, he focused on skills development and advancement, which led him to opportunities such as international business trips to Singapore and travel to several countries. He said, ‘The boy who could not get admission in IIT was now solving problems in different continents.’
Transfer to London and then success
The turning point in Amit’s life came when Meta approached him for a position in their London office. “Six rounds of interviews, the toughest interviews of my life, and I passed all six rounds,” Dutta said. Eventually, he moved to London on a salary of ₹1.7 crore, a feat he once considered impossible. He wrote, ‘I moved to London with a salary of Rs 1.7 crore, from a second-tier college no one had even heard of, to a life I couldn’t have imagined in 2018.’
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