Uncle Sam has done IT !! He can do anything to save itself. And this time its the Indian IT sector that is at the receiving end. So what will be the future of IT in India - Does it mean that there will be less outsourcing, less jobs ?
We feel great by working for the American's and earn from their outsourced low end jobs. They feel that they (Americans) should do the high end work and leave the pitty work for us to do, and we take it all happily. But what will happen now ??
While pondering on this issue we also need to ask ourselves -
Except for the few. I really appreciate the work done at our version of NASA , the ISRO( we say it that way only and not NASA - american version of ISRO). But still we have a long way to go.
Even though we are known to have brains, the west lead in innovation and technology. So what are we best at ?? I am attaching a small write up by my sister which does explain the situation a little bit.
""And sometimes I wonder about the future of India where the entire system of education is so screwed up. Every year our education system churns out an assembly of so-called perfect products. The primary education kills the curiosity, the secondary butchers the creativity, the senior secondary wipes out any desire left to learn, the graduation compromises the strength of character, and the post graduation adds the perfect cherry on the perfect cake giving the false sense of maturity and overestimation of self-worth to the already rusted brains, closed minds and distorted personalities. In a span of 20-24 years, the society and our education system converts the kids into a machine that is a part of the herd with no clue about where they are and where they want to be. The few thinking minds and fewer thought leaders have a direct and unfavorable impact on the development of our society and its future.""
So we are the followers, the direction seekers and not the dirfection givers. For our IT industry to survive, we wil have to step up the ladder and enter the research area, we need to be product oriented rather than service oriented country. We need to give software products to the world and not just services , only there lies the hope, else IT will all fall.
We feel great by working for the American's and earn from their outsourced low end jobs. They feel that they (Americans) should do the high end work and leave the pitty work for us to do, and we take it all happily. But what will happen now ??
While pondering on this issue we also need to ask ourselves -
- Till when will we continue to depend on Uncle Sam ??
- Why can't it reverse ?
Except for the few. I really appreciate the work done at our version of NASA , the ISRO( we say it that way only and not NASA - american version of ISRO). But still we have a long way to go.
Even though we are known to have brains, the west lead in innovation and technology. So what are we best at ?? I am attaching a small write up by my sister which does explain the situation a little bit.
""And sometimes I wonder about the future of India where the entire system of education is so screwed up. Every year our education system churns out an assembly of so-called perfect products. The primary education kills the curiosity, the secondary butchers the creativity, the senior secondary wipes out any desire left to learn, the graduation compromises the strength of character, and the post graduation adds the perfect cherry on the perfect cake giving the false sense of maturity and overestimation of self-worth to the already rusted brains, closed minds and distorted personalities. In a span of 20-24 years, the society and our education system converts the kids into a machine that is a part of the herd with no clue about where they are and where they want to be. The few thinking minds and fewer thought leaders have a direct and unfavorable impact on the development of our society and its future.""
So we are the followers, the direction seekers and not the dirfection givers. For our IT industry to survive, we wil have to step up the ladder and enter the research area, we need to be product oriented rather than service oriented country. We need to give software products to the world and not just services , only there lies the hope, else IT will all fall.
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