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thanks for the replies guys, But I live in India. I am thinking of learning Ruby and Rails. what do you guys think?

by crysis 16y ago

sgt 16y ago
Go for it.
YuriNiyazov 16y ago
It seems like people from your area do very well on elance.com and rentacoder.com Why don't you check it out and see what kinds of projects dominate, and learn those technologies.
- cookiecaper 16y ago
  Note that they do well because they charge seriously low-ball rates. The wages are probably good after the currency conversion compared to what's available in India, but don't go in expecting to find any decent-paying jobs. This might be a good short-term fix, but I wouldn't expect it to provide stable income for 5-6 years anyway, and the income will probably not be very good, especially since you will be competing with other offshore'd developers. Practically the only reason anyone uses offshore coders is because they cost 1/3 what American coders cost.
  - gregpilling 16y ago
    The original poster is from India, not America.
    - cookiecaper 16y ago
      I'm aware; I was working under the assumption that he'd want decent wages even though he is India because 1) he has expensive medical things to pay for and 2) because he wants a stable income for 5-6 years, seemingly something salaried or professional-level. You don't usually get those kind of rates on Elance et al. I wanted to point out that it would be especially hard to him to get good rates on these sites, since if someone is willing to pay a respectable wage, they usually don't want to use an offshore developer.
rajasaur 16y ago
Knowing something specific in QA (Load/Automation testing) can get you a good job in most of the IT services in India. Please dont join a training institute that will teach you that because you are just going to end up paying the training institutes and not getting much in return (including the "guaranteed" job placements). Id also recommend attending some tech events -- Chennai Geeks (http://blog.chennaigeeks.com/ http://blog.chennaigeeks.com/) or ilugc (http://www.ilugc.in/ http://www.ilugc.in/). You will get a chance to meet people who have startups and would be ready to take your services, maybe for a lesser salary than what you get at big SIs. But what you learn there will definitely help you in the future. Good luck!
andrea_ITA 16y ago
Hi, You could consider Aricent as a company to apply for; Alot of european compnies are outsourcing to Aricent most of software and firmware development. I work for one of the largest mobile equipment provider; i was a firmware developer and now i was forced to switch to another kind of activity because all the development activity was given to Aricent. Hurry up, maybe in few years all this activty will move somewhere else in the world.
bhattisatish 16y ago
Join a bigger outsourcing companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro or HCL. There are jobs galore for people of all skill's in these places. If you have some knowledge on automation and scripting for the automation testing it will help your job search very well.
bartman 16y ago
Maybe the Indian "hackernews" can help you too: http://hackerstreet.in/ http://hackerstreet.in/
tapp 16y ago
Where in India?
- crysis 16y ago
  Maharashtra, Nashik.
  - seoexpert200 16y ago
    Downloadbuyer is giving away £5,000 in Free software this month at http://www.downloadbuyer.com http://www.downloadbuyer.com
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pdelgallego 16y ago
Drop me a line if you need help learning Ruby, or Rails. I will be glad to help you.
- crysis 16y ago
  sent you a mail. please check when you get free time.
  - pdelgallego 16y ago
    I had answer your email.

thanks for the replies guys, But I live in India. I am thinking of learning Ruby and Rails. what do you guys think?

by crysis 16y ago

thanks for the replies guys, But I live in India. I am thinking of learning Ruby and Rails. what do you guys think?

sgt 16y ago

Go for it.

YuriNiyazov 16y ago

It seems like people from your area do very well on elance.com and rentacoder.com Why don't you check it out and see what kinds of projects dominate, and learn those technologies.

cookiecaper 16y ago
Note that they do well because they charge seriously low-ball rates. The wages are probably good after the currency conversion compared to what's available in India, but don't go in expecting to find any decent-paying jobs. This might be a good short-term fix, but I wouldn't expect it to provide stable income for 5-6 years anyway, and the income will probably not be very good, especially since you will be competing with other offshore'd developers. Practically the only reason anyone uses offshore coders is because they cost 1/3 what American coders cost.
- gregpilling 16y ago
  The original poster is from India, not America.
  - cookiecaper 16y ago
    I'm aware; I was working under the assumption that he'd want decent wages even though he is India because 1) he has expensive medical things to pay for and 2) because he wants a stable income for 5-6 years, seemingly something salaried or professional-level. You don't usually get those kind of rates on Elance et al. I wanted to point out that it would be especially hard to him to get good rates on these sites, since if someone is willing to pay a respectable wage, they usually don't want to use an offshore developer.

rajasaur 16y ago

Knowing something specific in QA (Load/Automation testing) can get you a good job in most of the IT services in India. Please dont join a training institute that will teach you that because you are just going to end up paying the training institutes and not getting much in return (including the "guaranteed" job placements). Id also recommend attending some tech events -- Chennai Geeks (http://blog.chennaigeeks.com/ http://blog.chennaigeeks.com/) or ilugc (http://www.ilugc.in/ http://www.ilugc.in/). You will get a chance to meet people who have startups and would be ready to take your services, maybe for a lesser salary than what you get at big SIs. But what you learn there will definitely help you in the future. Good luck!

andrea_ITA 16y ago

Hi, You could consider Aricent as a company to apply for; Alot of european compnies are outsourcing to Aricent most of software and firmware development. I work for one of the largest mobile equipment provider; i was a firmware developer and now i was forced to switch to another kind of activity because all the development activity was given to Aricent. Hurry up, maybe in few years all this activty will move somewhere else in the world.

bhattisatish 16y ago

Join a bigger outsourcing companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro or HCL. There are jobs galore for people of all skill's in these places. If you have some knowledge on automation and scripting for the automation testing it will help your job search very well.

bartman 16y ago

Maybe the Indian "hackernews" can help you too: http://hackerstreet.in/ http://hackerstreet.in/

tapp 16y ago

Where in India?

crysis 16y ago
Maharashtra, Nashik.
- seoexpert200 16y ago
  Downloadbuyer is giving away £5,000 in Free software this month at http://www.downloadbuyer.com http://www.downloadbuyer.com

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pdelgallego 16y ago

Drop me a line if you need help learning Ruby, or Rails. I will be glad to help you.

crysis 16y ago
sent you a mail. please check when you get free time.
- pdelgallego 16y ago
  I had answer your email.