I am a software engineer from Bangalore.I work for HP.I have enjoyed programming since my school days.I have always wanted to be a software developer.But I have just ended up maintaining some code written in your country nearly two decades ago.I will have to agree that I have very little knowledge of my product.I mostly solve the cases on the fly using a debugger.My counterparts in US each have more than 20 years of experience,but I hardly interact with them. All the interaction is done by my seniors,who also claim that the counterparts in US are not very co-operative with them.The US counterparts assign only that work to us which they would not like to do.There is another level of filteration in Bangalore by the senior members and a fresher like me gets the worst possible work.Most of the time I end up doing nothing and getting bored.So I read blogs like this one where you people think my country is the cause for all your problems.But on the other hand I feel,had I got a chance to work in US I could have contributed more in something that I love(programming). Before you blame us, understand that we have also studied the same courses and the same books.I agree that our system which produces thousands of engineers eyery year, most of whom have taken up IT just because the pay is much higher than other fields,must have compromised on quality.But we also require to get a chance.It is not our fault that the cost of living in our country is cheaper.It is very unfair of you people to blame our communication skills.We unlike you not only have to learn english but also the local provincial language(kannada in my case),the so called "national" language hindi, the language spoken at home (tamil in my case).But we try to do the best.There was a comment about Indian's adding new words to english.What is wrong with that? You all should also know what ill-effects IT has had in our country.A beautiful and peaceful city like Bangalore which was called the garden city has turned into a garbage city.You will get to see the worst traffic in the world here.The city has become over crowded as people from all over the country come and settle here.This has angered the locals here, who(just like you people)feel that outsiders come and take up their jobs(a great irony).There is huge disparity of incomes between those in IT and the rest.This has led to lot of unrest throughout the country.All this for being the back office of your country.
I would also like to warn the multinationals that exiting India and layoffs will not be as easy as in US.Our polititions will not allow that.Also the polititions will surely introduce caste based reservations in private sector(It is called vote bank politics in our country).This will reduce the quality of the work force further.
It appears to be such a waste of money.
A better option would be to buy a Creative zen vision w or archos 604 pmp.both cost the same as the apple tv(around 300$).Besides being a pmp both can do everything an apple tv can do.they support the popular divx and xvid formats.archos also supports h264 optionally.
If i am not wrong video ipod also has tv out function.Then why this seperate device?
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I am a software engineer from Bangalore.I work for HP.I have enjoyed programming since my school days.I have always wanted to be a software developer.But I have just ended up maintaining some code written in your country nearly two decades ago.I will have to agree that I have very little knowledge of my product.I mostly solve the cases on the fly using a debugger.My counterparts in US each have more than 20 years of experience ,but I hardly interact with them. All the interaction is done by my seniors,who also claim that the counterparts in US are not very co-operative with them.The US counterparts assign only that work to us which they would not like to do.There is another level of filteration in Bangalore by the senior members and a fresher like me gets the worst possible work.Most of the time I end up doing nothing and getting bored.So I read blogs like this one where you people think my country is the cause for all your problems.But on the other hand I feel ,had I got a chance to work in US I could have contributed more in something that I love(programming).
Before you blame us, understand that we have also studied the same courses and the same books.I agree that our system which produces thousands of engineers eyery year, most of whom have taken up IT just because the pay is much higher than other fields,must have compromised on quality.But we also require to get a chance.It is not our fault that the cost of living in our country is cheaper.It is very unfair of you people to blame our communication skills.We unlike you not only have to learn english but also the local provincial language(kannada in my case),the so called "national" language hindi, the language spoken at home (tamil in my case).But we try to do the best.There was a comment about Indian's adding new words to english.What is wrong with that?
You all should also know what ill-effects IT has had in our country.A beautiful and peaceful city like Bangalore which was called the garden city has turned into a garbage city.You will get to see the worst traffic in the world here.The city has become over crowded as people from all over the country come and settle here.This has angered the locals here, who(just like you people)feel that outsiders come and take up their jobs(a great irony).There is huge disparity of incomes between those in IT and the rest.This has led to lot of unrest throughout the country.All this for being the back office of your country.
I would also like to warn the multinationals that exiting India and layoffs will not be as easy as in US.Our polititions will not allow that.Also the polititions will surely introduce caste based reservations in private sector(It is called vote bank politics in our country).This will reduce the quality of the work force further.
It appears to be such a waste of money. A better option would be to buy a Creative zen vision w or archos 604 pmp.both cost the same as the apple tv(around 300$).Besides being a pmp both can do everything an apple tv can do.they support the popular divx and xvid formats.archos also supports h264 optionally. If i am not wrong video ipod also has tv out function.Then why this seperate device?