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95% Engineers in India Unfit For Software Development Jobs: Report (gadgetsnow.com)

Posted by msmash on from the meanwhile,-in-India dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Talent shortage is acute in the IT and data science ecosystem in India with a survey claiming that 95 percent of engineers in the country are not fit to take up software development jobs. According to a study by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, only 4.77 percent candidates can write the correct logic for a programme -- a minimum requirement for any programming job. Over 36,000 engineering students form IT related branches of over 500 colleges took Automata -- a Machine Learning based assessment of software development skills -- and over 2/3 could not even write code that compiles.

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  1. I have a dream by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that we can discuss the abysmal skills of your average Indian IT worker, without being branded a racist, or using excessive PC language.

    1. Re:I have a dream by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you don't like using excessive PC language maybe you could try excessive Mac language?

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    2. Re:I have a dream by Billy+the+Mountain · · Score: 5, Funny

      Irony: Like Goldy or Silvery but made of iron.

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