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by raghava 15y ago
>> crappy software is interface between CVS and desktop I know exactly what you are talking about. ;)
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by raghava 15y ago
>> now, they can demand more funds in the name of security Yes; sadly, this is what would happen. The authorities would demand and obtain more funds (and authority!) 'to counter the serious threats to websites that are part of cruci
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by raghava 15y ago
yes, it's just the subdomain
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by raghava 15y ago
>> Salary of developers in India usually less than $500 per month For $500, you won't get decent enough developers. >> you can hire rockstart developers for $1000 to $1500. Most of the 'rockstar' developers wouldn't want to
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by raghava 15y ago
> There’s no cost to become a developer. But there is, to submit (signed) apps? https://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_register&#38... says "Benefits include: Enroll in the webOS Developer program ($99/year; covers up t
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by raghava 15y ago
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/CaseStudy... (shoddy design of ppt, you have been warned!) Page 10 onwards, their system is described briefly. Another study published by IIM Ahmedabad. http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/public
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by raghava 15y ago
Am I the only one to think that it's time some asked the question, 'why are mediocre/sub-standard (and even non-programming) developers still being paid a good programmer's salary?' Am I wrong in thinking this way?
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by raghava 15y ago
> I don't think we lack creativity Yes, I am not saying that Indian's lack creativity. I am just saying that Indian societal/familial framework by large kills and curbs creativity, right from the tender age; and forces one to conform wi
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by raghava 15y ago
Culture does matter. In India, boasting about ranks/marks of one's kids is pretty much a cultural thing, everyone does that, with an enormous pride. This breeds a batch of kids who want marks and not the knowledge or understanding of things
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by raghava 15y ago
Oops! Should have mentioned it, as microarchitect said, it's per month .
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by raghava 15y ago
I was merely remarking upon the fact that your comment classified all Indians in one category, that of folks who mug up jargon, acronyms and definitions but are not really knowledgeable about the actual usage. However, let me assure you, no
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by raghava 15y ago
In India, usually people who could not land a plum corporate job would resort to teaching (UG level) and they are entrusted with the job of shaping the next batch of engineers/artists. Also, teaching as a job is not greatly rewarding financ
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by raghava 15y ago
> working with Indians Few Indians, you mean. (Though a majority of them would end up in that 'few' category)
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by raghava 15y ago
> work without pay (or for a reduced salary) One needs to take into account the social context when discussing India. If a guy does not earn, even if he is working on curing cancer or educating the poorest of poor, he is considered a bi
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by raghava 15y ago
Should I take that you mean to say all those not flying off to a foreign university due to various reasons of their own (a personal obligation, may be, or something like that) are not fit or worthy enough?
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by raghava 15y ago
> example is probably one of the exceptions. Precisely. I myself have seen many MBA types running around looking for 'developers who would strictly be employers only, to implement that cool idea (which usually is a clone of some famous
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by raghava 15y ago
> My teammates(4-5 yrs of experience) can not write code that will print a directory structure. Let them first get through fizz-buzz test, then we can talk of traversing a directory through code. For the uninitiated, one needs to unders
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by raghava 15y ago
I have this question for every proficient DVCS user. Would it scale? When I say scale, I refer to a codebase running into lakhs of sources with a minimum of 20 filetypes including binary types, and at anytime more than 30 active branches, w
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Ask HN: Any startups not based out of India but having developers in India?
2 points by raghava 16y ago|2 comments
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by raghava 16y ago
That nifty map-reduce block using awk-sort-uniq-xargs in the post is very smart! I forward http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/textproc.html to everyone who joins my team newly; though only a very few of them make use of it, it would help a lot!
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by raghava 16y ago
> drop, til, slice tac (to read a file in reverse line order), nl (numbering the lines), seq (somewhat like til), paste, join (merging), fold (wrapping text) to add a few more.
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by raghava 16y ago
> "you pay for what you get" And, you get what you pay for. ;)
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by raghava 16y ago
Very good points, put concisely & effectively. Outsourcing and it's impact on technical education in India is a topic that requires a post on it's own.
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by raghava 16y ago
Indian who finished Engg in CS (from a less known university) here, I can pretty much attest to the story. Some facts that I want to state are below. #1. Reason: Most of the folks joining (CS in) Engineering do so due to parental/societal p
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by raghava 16y ago
> risk aversion Yes. In the West, it's your ideas that fail; out in the East, it's you who fail. One word answer; culture.
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A sleek-looking job-board for folks on the other side of planet(jobs.hasgeek.in)
1 points by raghava 16y ago|0 comments
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by raghava 16y ago
Wait, University of Phoenix? Isn't it the same university associated with scams and sham degrees, am I wrong?
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by raghava 16y ago
> The rich have just as much right and a greater level of privilege to free speech, imho.
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by raghava 16y ago
> Alien vs. Predator. Few might prefer predator over alien for making efficient use of tools and gadgets than resorting to sheer brute strength. Confirmation bias at work? Am wondering how it works the other way. Non-technical founders
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by raghava 16y ago
Am not really surprised that this happens in India. On the contrary, I was expecting this to happen quite sometime before. Never underestimate the stupidity of Indian bureaucracy (inherited and modeled from the Soviets, rivals even Vogonic

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