Being in IT industry for more than half a decade has sure taught me a lot of things. Not the least of them is that I just don't like it. Well, this is quite an unqualified statement and I intend to qualify it later in some other post. For now, lets take it literally to preserve its sting. There are many reasons for it, trying to list a few of them. Now, the reasons might as well apply to other professions, but I won't worry about it now. No more disclaimers, here is the list:
1. Java developers are so common in India, that we should declare Java as our national language.
2. No-one seems happy or satisfied with his work
3. Almost everyone has already attempted or intends to attempt CAT [that doesn't include me ;-)], so most (not all) of the people in technology are those who were lazy (to attempt cat) or incompetent (to qualify for an mba)
4. We all take ourselves (and our work) too seriously
5. All of us want to settle in the US or some foreign nation as long as it is not Zimbabwe.
6. White skin is always revered, because either they are clients or the revenue earners (people on client side) or the owners of the company
7. We are always worried about our next change
8. Most of us have a dim opinion about others in the community as is evident in this post
9. Most of us are ppp - poop producing programmers and we claim so, only that we exclude ourselves while making this comment
10. The maximum time spent by us in the office is on outlook
1. Java developers are so common in India, that we should declare Java as our national language.
2. No-one seems happy or satisfied with his work
3. Almost everyone has already attempted or intends to attempt CAT [that doesn't include me ;-)], so most (not all) of the people in technology are those who were lazy (to attempt cat) or incompetent (to qualify for an mba)
4. We all take ourselves (and our work) too seriously
5. All of us want to settle in the US or some foreign nation as long as it is not Zimbabwe.
6. White skin is always revered, because either they are clients or the revenue earners (people on client side) or the owners of the company
7. We are always worried about our next change
8. Most of us have a dim opinion about others in the community as is evident in this post
9. Most of us are ppp - poop producing programmers and we claim so, only that we exclude ourselves while making this comment
10. The maximum time spent by us in the office is on outlook
So funny and so true :)
1. Java developers are so common in India, that we should declare Java as our national language.
>> I doubt if it's just India. However, for anyone interested in numbers.. checkout http://www.langpop.com/
2. No-one seems happy or satisfied with his work....
>> Why are they looking for happy-ness and satisfaction in the first place. I can understand when Scientists, Artists, Sportsmen, Businessmen, Engineers work for H&S; laborers, prostitutes and IT staff probably belong to the other side.
3. Almost everyone has already attempted or intends to attempt CAT [that doesn't include me ;-)], so most (not all) of the people in technology are those who were lazy (to attempt cat) or incompetent (to qualify for an mba)
>> This one I believe is most probably, too India specific.
4. We all take ourselves (and our work) too seriously
>> Did not understand the "ourselves" part -- again, is it something specific to Indians?
5. All of us want to settle in the US or some foreign nation as long as it is not Zimbabwe.
>> Actually, I'd generalize it further --- "all of us want to settle in a country where there are mostly fair skinned people" (I feel our mindset assumes that this takes care of the economic part)
6. White skin is always revered, because either they are clients or the revenue earners (people on client side) or the owners of the company
>> Wow! I responded to #5 even before I read #6. Again, it's more to do with our national character than IT.
7. We are always worried about our next change
>> Rephrase -- We, and more than us our relatives and so called friends....
8. Most of us have a dim opinion about others in the community as is evident in this post
>> and very low self esteem for ourselves...
9. Most of us are ppp - poop producing programmers and we claim so, only that we exclude ourselves while making this comment
>> Yes. this is the one I agree 100%
10. The maximum time spent by us in the office is on outlook
>> ummm.. not sure. depends on who it is..
--->> IM for some people, if their IM communications in Office are measured in bytes, and bandwidth charged from them, their Salaries may end up being negative.
--->> Matrimonial sites?
--->> Searching for *.avi on the corporate LAN
--->> on the phone?
--->> Reading your blog and making useless comments