Thursday, May 29, 2008

The Indian IT Industry

History of growth, some statistics.
Business Model - Low-cost High-volume, bodyshopping.
Talent Availability in India
--> Why Engineering is a popular choice? Social reasons?
--> What kind of people join IT industry?
--> How come non-IT trained folks dream of joining IT?
Manager -- feudal lord -- poor skills -- higher status!
Why everyone wants to become a Manager in the end?
IT Companies Hiring Strategy
--> Hire best available talent in India, put to worst use!
--> Large-scale hiring -- in 1000s
What kind of work is done here? The Roadside-Mechanic Analogy.
Indian Education System
--> Importance to memory
--> Producing minds which are more like storage space than an analytical thinker.
The Human Resources Department
--> Dysfunctional
--> Farmer Analogy

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