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If you are looking to stay on and work in India, it's probably a good idea to go out looking for people and companies doing interesting work. I'm sure there are

by revorad 16y ago

If you are looking to stay on and work in India, it's probably a good idea to go out looking for people and companies doing interesting work. I'm sure there are some. Where are you based? I hear there is a good startup scene in Bangalore. I know at least one friend who's recently moved there to set up his startup. I can put you in touch with him. I've even seen some incubator programs (being touted as "India's YCombinator"): http://www.iaccelerator.org http://www.iaccelerator.org http://themorpheus.com/ http://themorpheus.com/ http://www.paisa.com http://www.paisa.com, based in Pune, is an interesting company and I think they are working with some interesting technologies too. I exchanged email with one of their founders recently and they sound like fun people. This old thread might be useful - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=54085 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=54085 Feel free to drop me an email.

r0h4n 16y ago
M in my first year, and since you know how Indian Universities work, I wont be able to leave my city. I am based in Maharashtra, Aurangabad. It is very close to pune. But as of now i am freelancing in my city a bit (mostly web development). As i said, currently i need some help with deciding whether to get deep into development or go with the admin/planning n management of infrastructure stuff (cause i love that). And since most Dev jobs in India are monkey jobs.
- revorad 16y ago
  Don't be so disheartened already man! You are passionate and proactive, use that to your benefit. Most jobs may be bad, but you are good enough to avoid most jobs and go for the few good ones. Just hop on the bus to Pune, meet some people and get started. Maybe, you can start working remotely? Or commute once a week? Don't decide between dev and admin purely based on opinion and speculation. It's probably best to try both out and see which you like more. Edit: Don't just rely on asking HN. Rely more on asking local people around you. Beware the danger of using HN as an excuse for not taking real action.
- amitshah 16y ago
  You're way off mark -- there are a lot of products companies in India doing development -- real development. Add to that a few services companies that have scope for development too.

by revorad 16y ago

r0h4n 16y ago

M in my first year, and since you know how Indian Universities work, I wont be able to leave my city. I am based in Maharashtra, Aurangabad. It is very close to pune. But as of now i am freelancing in my city a bit (mostly web development). As i said, currently i need some help with deciding whether to get deep into development or go with the admin/planning n management of infrastructure stuff (cause i love that). And since most Dev jobs in India are monkey jobs.

revorad 16y ago
Don't be so disheartened already man! You are passionate and proactive, use that to your benefit. Most jobs may be bad, but you are good enough to avoid most jobs and go for the few good ones. Just hop on the bus to Pune, meet some people and get started. Maybe, you can start working remotely? Or commute once a week? Don't decide between dev and admin purely based on opinion and speculation. It's probably best to try both out and see which you like more. Edit: Don't just rely on asking HN. Rely more on asking local people around you. Beware the danger of using HN as an excuse for not taking real action.
amitshah 16y ago
You're way off mark -- there are a lot of products companies in India doing development -- real development. Add to that a few services companies that have scope for development too.