From the Darkness of Depression to ABB: How One Teacher Changed Everything

“Shahul sir told me -- you are not a student here. You are an engineer. That changed everything.”

Malappuram, KeralaB.Tech Electronics & CommunicationtoABB India | 10 LPA

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Chapter 1

THE STRUGGLE

Where it all began

After graduating with a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication from a college in Malappuram, I spent two years applying for jobs. Two full years. I sent out over 300 applications. I attended 40+ interviews. I was rejected every single time. "Not enough practical skills." "We need someone with experience." "Your college is not in our preferred list."

After the 40th rejection, something inside me broke. I stopped leaving my room. I stopped eating properly. I would lie in bed and stare at the ceiling fan for hours. My mother would knock on the door, and I would pretend to be asleep. I was not sleeping. I was drowning. Depression is not sadness -- it is emptiness. It is the complete absence of hope.

Chapter 2

THE DISCOVERY

A light in the dark

My father, a retired school teacher, saw what was happening to me. Without telling me, he sold my mother's gold bangles -- the ones she had received at her wedding -- and paid for the EDWartens AEP course. When he told me, I felt ashamed. I felt angry. I felt loved. All at the same time.

Chapter 3

THE TRANSFORMATION

Becoming an engineer

The first week at EDWartens, I barely spoke. I sat in the back row and stared at my notebook. Then Shahul sir noticed me. He didn't ask me what was wrong. He didn't give me a motivational speech. He simply said, "Faisal, you are not a student here. You are an engineer. Start acting like one." Those words hit me like electricity.

Shahul sir became my personal mentor. He would call me in the evenings to check if I had completed my assignments. He would send me extra study materials. When I scored poorly on the first internal exam, he sat with me for three hours and went through every question I got wrong. Not as a teacher -- as a senior engineer guiding a junior.

Chapter 4

THE TRIUMPH

Victory at last

The hands-on training changed everything. When you are programming a PLC, there is no room for self-doubt. The logic either works or it doesn't. The motor either spins or it doesn't. There is a beautiful honesty in machines. They don't care about your college rank or your interview failures. They respond to correct programming. And I was programming correctly.

The Wartens UK CPD certification, the 14 PLC brands, the VR training, the SCADA projects -- all of it built me back up, piece by piece. When ABB India offered me Rs 10 LPA, the first thing I did was buy back my mother's gold bangles. The jeweler still had them. I paid full price plus interest.

When I placed those bangles in my mother's hands, she didn't say thank you. She just held my face and looked into my eyes. In that look, I saw everything -- the worry, the prayers, the sleepless nights, and finally, the relief. ABB gave me a job. EDWartens gave me my life back. Shahul sir gave me my dignity.

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