My First Smartphone: The Moment Everything Started

I come from a simple, decent family.
Till 8th class, we didn’t even have a smartphone mobile phone at home.

Then one day, I got my first smartphone as a gift. And trust me - that moment felt like I unlocked a new level of life. With that phone came the internet. And with internet came a whole new world.

Back then, internet wasn’t cheap. So whenever I found any hotspot or free WiFi, I used to grab it like a survival instinct. Even those small 1GB or 2GB recharges felt like gold.

And slowly, I became that guy in my society:

• the guy who can find any movie

• the guy who can download any song

• the guy who knows all PSP Android games

• the guy who’ll fix your phone

• the guy who loves exploring tech nobody talks about

Technology wasn’t my subject, It was my playground.

No Guidance, Just Curiosity

After 10th, I scored well — especially in maths. But when it came to choosing a path, I had absolutely no guidance. No one in my entire family had ever completed graduation. My parents had studied only till primary school, so like most students in small towns, I had to figure things out on my own.

Me and two of my close friends — all good in Maths — finally decided to take Science (Maths) in 11th. Not because we had a plan, but simply because it felt like the “right” thing to do.

No roadmap.
No mentorship.
Just curiosity and a little bit of self-belief.

12th turned out to be a complete game-changer. I got my first 4G smartphone, and with Jio’s cheap internet, it felt like I suddenly had superpowers. The internet, which once felt rare and expensive, now felt unlimited. And I became unstoppable.

That’s when I truly went into full tech-explorer mode — rooting phones, installing custom ROMs, learning small bits of coding, understanding how Android works, even peeking into the basics of the dark web. I wasn’t studying tech from a textbook.

I was living it, experimenting with it, breaking things and fixing them again, just because I loved it.

COVID & My First Step Into Programming

After 12th, COVID hit.
The world slowed down, classes shifted online, streets went silent — but for some reason, my curiosity didn’t stop with everything else.

One day, sitting at home with too much free time and zero idea about the future, I thought:

“Chal programming try karte hain.”

So I picked up Python. For a while, everything felt new and exciting… then slowly, the excitement faded. I got bored. And eventually, I stopped.

But something strange happened — even after quitting, the idea didn’t leave me. Somewhere in the back of my mind, one thought kept repeating:

“I want to do B.Tech CSE.
Programming is something I want in my life.”

And honestly, I think quitting once made me even more sure of what I actually wanted.
Sometimes stepping away shows you the direction more clearly than moving forward.

JEE Main: Zero Coaching, Fully Self-Study

I first heard about the JEE Main exam from one of my friends. Honestly, I didn’t even know what it really was at that time — just that it sounded like one of those big, scary exams only “toppers” attempt. But still, all of us decided to give it a try. No perfect plan, no coaching, nothing fancy. Just three confused students with a little ambition and a lot of hope.

We prepared the only way we knew: through self-study.
YouTube videos, NCERT books, late-night grinding, and thousands of doubts in between. There were days when everything felt easy and days when nothing made sense. But we kept going.

My family may be semi-literate, but they are incredibly sensible. They trusted me fully, supported every decision I made, and never once questioned why I wanted to take a harder path.

Finally, I appeared for JEE Main.
My marks weren’t extraordinary - but they were decent.
Decent enough to earn me a fee-waiver seat.

And that one moment changed everything.

It felt like life was giving me a chance, a doorway to step into the world I had always been curious about. Without thinking twice, I grabbed that opportunity.

And that’s how I finally stepped into B.Tech CSE - not by luck, not by a perfect plan, but by curiosity, self-learning, and a lot of small decisions that led me here.

Looking Back — Everything Makes Sense Now

When I look back:

• A kid with no smartphone till 8th

• Became the tech guy of his area

• Explored phones, internet, rooting, coding

• Fought with lack of guidance

• Prepared for JEE on his own

• Earned a seat in CSE

• Started his real tech journey

Everything connects.

Choosing B.Tech CSE wasn’t a planned decision.
It was a natural result of years of curiosity, struggle, and small opportunities that changed my path.

And honestly?

I’m proud of where I started.
I’m excited about where I’m heading.
This is just the beginning.