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Let me take another viewpoint where everyone is too biased to the idea that the parents put the clamps on their kids. I am an engineering undergrad and honestly

Let me take another viewpoint where everyone is too biased to the idea that the parents put the clamps on their kids. I am an engineering undergrad and honestly, the kids doing Tier-3 Engineering won't be even slightly better off if they weren't. For the simplest reason, for 90% of people there is a no sense of purpose in life except settling for a 20K income and have a well settled family of four. I see no sign of passion, creativity in 9 out of 10 people. For the remaining "one", there is no stopping them to what they want to become. People want to shrug off their shoulders blaming they were forced to do engg.. without knowing what would they be doing if not it.

ganarajpr 13y ago
You are absolutely right. But this is a problem and the sooner we fix this ( is it possible? ) the better it will be for India ( or any other country for that matter with a similiar population ) . There are a few things that I think requires serious change in India : 1. We need to develop a culture that supports, encourages and rewards innovation - which means we need to develop a startup culture that is akin to US. We should make it damn easy for people to start companies in India (Hopefully you are listening Mr.Modi and Mr. Manmohan Singh ). So far all I have heard is that its hard. With a labor force like ours we can surely go far ahead. 2. The second part ( and the part that is addressed by this blog post ) is training or bringing this large labor force to a level that is usable by the companies that are thus created. This is a much harder problem but perhaps there is a way this too can be disrupted and changed. Changing the mentality of people towards something is not really that easy. But considering how people flock towards all those Indian Idol, Saregama etc.. maybe something similar ( I dont know what that is ) might help.
dkarl 13y ago
For the simplest reason, for 90% of people there is a no sense of purpose in life except settling for a 20K income and have a well settled family of four. FWIW, I see a lot of competent people in the United States with this mindset (different numbers, but the same mindset.) They work hard in college and learn what they're supposed to, and after college they keep up with the technologies required for their work. They are rarely superstar coders, but they are competent and productive. People like that end up exactly where society guides them. In the U.S., the society turns them into valuable professionals; in India, apparently the outcome is not so good.

ganarajpr 13y ago

You are absolutely right. But this is a problem and the sooner we fix this ( is it possible? ) the better it will be for India ( or any other country for that matter with a similiar population ) . There are a few things that I think requires serious change in India : 1. We need to develop a culture that supports, encourages and rewards innovation - which means we need to develop a startup culture that is akin to US. We should make it damn easy for people to start companies in India (Hopefully you are listening Mr.Modi and Mr. Manmohan Singh ). So far all I have heard is that its hard. With a labor force like ours we can surely go far ahead. 2. The second part ( and the part that is addressed by this blog post ) is training or bringing this large labor force to a level that is usable by the companies that are thus created. This is a much harder problem but perhaps there is a way this too can be disrupted and changed. Changing the mentality of people towards something is not really that easy. But considering how people flock towards all those Indian Idol, Saregama etc.. maybe something similar ( I dont know what that is ) might help.

dkarl 13y ago

For the simplest reason, for 90% of people there is a no sense of purpose in life except settling for a 20K income and have a well settled family of four. FWIW, I see a lot of competent people in the United States with this mindset (different numbers, but the same mindset.) They work hard in college and learn what they're supposed to, and after college they keep up with the technologies required for their work. They are rarely superstar coders, but they are competent and productive. People like that end up exactly where society guides them. In the U.S., the society turns them into valuable professionals; in India, apparently the outcome is not so good.