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At this point of time, I WAS certain that software industry IS not where I want TO BE. Neither the advertising agency. I wanted to practice this lifestyle and learn many things. So, I submitted my resignation in December 2013.

I mean - I was certain (at some stage of my past) that Software and Advertising are not the industries in which I would want to look myself in(in future).

So, the sentence in italics needs to be corrected accordingly.

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  • At this point in time, I was certain that neither the software industry nor advertising was where I wanted to be. Instead I wanted to practice a certain lifestyle and learn more things, hence I submitted my resignation in December 2013.
    – mplungjan
    Feb 5, 2017 at 8:29
  • Thank you. But, My own sentence "At this point in/of time, I was certain..." is sounding like "After that point in time, I was uncertain.." But, in reality, Submitting my resignation is a Right decision even today. Or can I write it this way? "By this time, I was certain that neither the software industry nor the advertising was where I wanted to be. Instead, I wanted to practice this lifestyle and learn more things. Hence, I submitted my resignation in December 2013.
    – Sivani
    Feb 5, 2017 at 9:46
  • I do not understand what you mean by "this lifestyle" Anyway: At that point in time, I realised that neither the software industry will convey that at that point it became clear
    – mplungjan
    Feb 5, 2017 at 10:16
  • Why are these phrases-"At this point in/of time", "By this time"- there? You wan to talk now about a decision you took in the past about your future. You are saying now: "I had been certain that I would have been neither in software nor in advertising industry. I had wanted the life style now I am in and learn many things. So, I submitted my resignation in December 2013"
    – mahmud k pukayoor
    Feb 5, 2017 at 10:33

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At this point of time, I WAS certain that software industry IS not where I want TO BE. Neither the advertising agency. I wanted to practice this lifestyle and learn many things. So, I submitted my resignation in December 2013.

You're mixing tenses here.

I think the correct version should be:

At that point in time, I was certain that neither the software industry, nor an advertising agency, was where I wanted to be.

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You then say that you "wanted to practice THIS..."... Which lifestyle?

So, you have to change it...

"I wanted to practice ... and learn many things; therefore, I submitted my resignation in December 2013."

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  • You need to drop that "not". (fixed now)
    – swbarnes2
    Feb 6, 2017 at 23:12
  • @swbarnes2 Good spot.
    – pookie
    Feb 6, 2017 at 23:15
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At this point in time, I was certain that the software industry was not where I would want to be [in the future].

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