[Ilugc] [JOB][OT] Ruby on Rails freshers
- From: arun289@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Venkataswamy)
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:49:06 +0530
[Seriously Off topic]!
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Vamsee Kanakala <vkanakala at gmail.com>wrote:
I think this thread can be safely marked OT now, but it's still quite
interesting :). As for the medium-scale core engineering companies, I
think slowly, they too are reviving. I'm not an economist, nor I want to
sound too optimistic, but just want to point out the other aspect of the
so called evils of the "IT revolution". The middle class (real or not)
is demanding more hardware and buying up stuff - housing, cars, etc.
The irony is the fact that cars are still affordable because the salaries,
compensations given to Auto sector employees / sub contractors / OEM
suppliers are low (compared to IT). Increase this to IT norms and cars will
become automatically much more expensive and will become unfordable to the
middle class yet again. That's the reason why there has to be inclusive,
sustainable growth (I have started to get a feeling that this is
an oxymoron). This might not be possible at all because it is a vicious
cycle we have ended up in. Growth of one sector should not be at the expense
of the other.
Luckily, we seem to have policy makers who are slightly sane - thanks to
the 120% percent duty on auto imports, we seem to have a reasonably good
domestic auto industry that's looking for all kinds of engineering, not
just IT.
Yes, this is correct. But the import duties have been like this for decades.
Growth in the auto sector has happened only in the last 15 years. It was a
sustained effort by the state government of Tamil Nadu to get the auto
majors in. This is awesome. However corrupt either of the two major parties
are, they did something which created a revolution. Giving employment to
hundreds of thousands. I don't really care about corruption if it leads to
progress.
Hopefully, we can hope for better policy makers in the future,
who're not just looking to line their pockets. As an orthogonal point, I
would also like to point out the irony of lashing out at corruption in
politics, where in everyday life we are just as happy to break/bend the
rules for our own gain.
I agree. Corruption almost always works to our benefit. I don't understand
why people get worked up when they look at major scams. It's very
hypocritical. It's a matter of scale. A drive from my office to home in
Chennai shows me that almost all road users violate all laws and have zero
discipline and don't care about any etiquette on the road. From BMWs to
TVS50s - people don't care to even stop for red signal. Politicians are
after all the same people.
I think the real issue (like you pointed out) is not whether IT is
destroying a generation of intelligent youngsters who have varied
interests (who tend to be pushed into IT thanks to social pressures) -
but as a society, will we have the courage to look at ourselves and
point out the hypocrisy of chasing dollars above all else (and making
our kids do the same). I can only hope, the current generation of
disgruntled IT employee-parents will realise that more money didn't give
them real happiness they cared about, and will encourage their kids not
to make the same mistake. Perhaps, it has to get worse before it gets
better. That's my hope :).
Well said. I hope people realise this.
regards,
Arun
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