Jefy Jean Anuja Gladis

Jefy Jean Anuja GladisAug 3, 2026

𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗜'𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆. 3 August 2016 - Ten years ago today, I walked into engineering college with a heavy heart. I wasn't excited... I was ashamed deep within... I was carrying one thought in my mind - "I couldn't get into IIT." After preparing so hard for IIT JEE, and not clearing JEE Advanced, I felt like a big failure..I felt like I couldn´t disappoint my Parents more... If someone had told that 18-year-old girl: "𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸..." ✳️ You'll get into Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad ISM Dhanbad. ✳️You'll work at a Maharatna PSU. ✳️You'll study at Cornell University. ✳️You'll move to Germany. ✳️You'll represent a German engineering company at international exhibitions. ..I would have thought, "That's impossible." because, I was that stupid kid ( I must admit.. 😅) who thought the only path to success for an engineering student is through an IIT or NIT... That´s the way students of my time were PROGRAMMED back then.. Back then, I believed one exam would decide my entire life. Today, I know Life is rarely shaped by one result. It gives you multiple chances It is shaped by what you do after that setback. The opportunities you say yes to. The people you meet. The skills you keep building. The courage to keep moving, even when things don't go according to plan. There's a quote by Steve Jobs that makes even more sense to me today than it did when I first heard it: "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward." Looking back now, every "failure," every unexpected detour, and every opportunity became a dot. Not getting into IIT after Class 12 led me to another engineering college. I joined TKM College of Engineering, Kerala, which gave me the roots and lessons that shaped the rest of my career. I am deeply grateful to my professors at TKM for shaping my foundation and for the guidance that quietly built the base of my entire career. That journey eventually led me to IIT ISM Dhanbad. From there came Coal India, Cornell University, Germany, and a career I couldn't even imagine at 18. None of those dots made sense when I was living them. But today, they form a picture I'm grateful for. So if you're someone who didn't get into your dream college, didn't clear your dream exam, or feel like you're already behind... Please remember this: One rejection is a chapter,not your entire story. Keep going.... One day, you'll look back and realize the dots were connecting all along.

Jefy Jean Anuja GladisJul 31, 2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. Trivandrum to Cornell wasn't a straight line. LinkedIn is where I started making sense of it in public. When I graduated, I wasn't trying to build a personal brand. I was just trying to figure out my career. I started as a process engineer at Coal India.got early exposure to real plant operations, and thought that was the shape my career would take. Then I took the leap: Master's in Chemical Engineering at Cornell's Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, backed by the JN Tata Endowment and Gift Scholarship. Somewhere along the way, I started writing about what I was learning, not because I had a strategy, but because I had questions I wanted to think through out loud. 📌 What actually changed because of it → Writing regularly forced me to actually understand concepts well enough to explain them simply → It became a public record of my learning curve from plant engineer to Cornell to industrial sales in Germany → It opened conversations with people I'd never have met through a resume alone Of course, I made mistakes. For a long time, I wrote what I thought people wanted to read. They got some engagement. But they never felt like me. The moment I started writing about chemical engineering, manufacturing, process industries, and the things I was genuinely learning... ...everything became easier. I didn't have to search for content. I just had to pay attention to my own work. One more mistake? Whenever work became hectic, LinkedIn was the first thing I stopped. Ironically, those busy seasons gave me the best stories to tell. If there's one thing this journey has taught me, it's this: Engineers do incredible work. But most of that work stays inside meetings, plants, reports, and project folders. People can't appreciate work they never get to see. Your degree gets you into the room. Your experiences build your expertise. But sharing those experiences is what helps people remember you. If you've been thinking about posting on LinkedIn but keep telling yourself, "I don't have anything worth sharing." Maybe that's exactly where you should begin. Your degree gives you knowledge. What you choose to do with it in public is a different skill entirely and it's one nobody teaches you in engineering school. 💡 If you're an engineer who's thought about posting but hasn't started, what's actually stopping you?

Jefy Jean Anuja GladisAug 6, 2026

“You make posting consistently in LinkedIn look easy.” I hear this quite often, and it always makes me smile. Because from the outside, people only see the finished post. They do not see the half-written drafts sitting in my notes for weeks. The ideas typed quickly after work before I forget them. Or the amount of time I can spend changing an opening paragraph that still does not sound like me. There are weekends when writing comes naturally. There are also weekends when I would rather close my laptop and do absolutely nothing. And I do not always feel confident before publishing. Some posts receive far less attention than I expected. Some ideas that seemed interesting in my head do not translate well on the page. Occasionally, I read something back and wonder whether I have anything useful left to say. But I have learned not to judge the entire process by the response to one post. The real value has come gradually. People begin to recognise the subjects I care about.... Conversations continue beyond the comment section.... Someone remembers an idea I shared months ago.... An introduction, enquiry or opportunity comes from a person I did not even know was reading. That is what keeps me writing. Not the expectation that every post will perform well, but the knowledge that each one adds a small piece to how people understand my work and what I stand for. Consistency still does not feel easy. I have simply stopped waiting for it to feel easy before doing it. What is one habit you are still trying to become more consistent with?