A Technical Downfall

Yes, it also happened in my life, and no, I am not trying to gain sympathy here. Since I am sharing my journey, I believe this part also deserves to be written in the journey section. But yeah, the downfall wasn't really that big and it did not affect my mental health at any point, lol. I was doing fine and I am still normal—that is just how my mindset is, actually xD.

After I completed my 10th grade, I decided to opt for the Commerce field instead of Science (to all my non-Indian readers, it means opting for business, accounting, and economics instead of computer science and engineering—a complete detachment from the technical field). As for why I did that when I was really into computers? It was because of constant events that got piled up and led to that decision: constant discouragement from my parents to study anything beyond the school syllabus, and my weakness in the Mathematics subject—which was a very basic requirement for studying engineering in the future. I wasn't really ready to crack JEE exams in the coming 2 years, so I thought to save myself first, and then my career.

So, as time passed, in class 11th, I was still studying about computers despite having opted for commerce and I also opted for Informatics Practices as extra subject so I still had some opportunity learn stuffs, but progress was going slow and slowly I started losing my interest. Slowly, as time progressed, I deleted my GitHub account and all the scripts I had written (Windows debloat scripts, and some Windows and Linux automation scripts). I removed Linux, started using only Windows 10 (though I debloated it), and used my phone (I had a Moto G 2013 at that time with a custom ROM installed). I left everything behind until the year 2018 arrived, when I got into class 12th. I focused on my studies because I had to score well, and I did not come back into this field soon enough.