Comments on: India’s Achilles Heel…? http://themoderatevoice.com/12041/indias-achilles-heel/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:29:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vittal http://themoderatevoice.com/12041/indias-achilles-heel/comment-page-1/#comment-71653 Vittal Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:29:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/business/12041/indias-achilles-heel/#comment-71653 Sure - they can tap into other countries. Here is the catch - the whole IT industry in India is built based on low cost labor. If they start hiring engineers at higher cost, the 'offshoring' will lose its attraction! In fact, you are already seeing Indian companies setting up shos in China for tapping their low cost engineers so they can keep this model going! Sure – they can tap into other countries. Here is the catch – the whole IT industry in India is built based on low cost labor. If they start hiring engineers at higher cost, the ‘offshoring’ will lose its attraction!
In fact, you are already seeing Indian companies setting up shos in China for tapping their low cost engineers so they can keep this model going!

]]> By: Jim Satterfield http://themoderatevoice.com/12041/indias-achilles-heel/comment-page-1/#comment-71376 Jim Satterfield Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:05:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/business/12041/indias-achilles-heel/#comment-71376 In the U.S. the definition of trained seems to be having exactly the correct skill set it takes to already know every software package that the company uses. The ability to program and learn any language doesn't count. Everything I've ever done with computers, which includes network management, programming, building and maintaining PCs has been self-taught. I can learn anything and in fact can teach myself anything so long as I've got a book and some time. But since I only have 25 years experience and an AS in CS I can't get a really good job in the field. In the U.S. the definition of trained seems to be having exactly the correct skill set it takes to already know every software package that the company uses. The ability to program and learn any language doesn’t count. Everything I’ve ever done with computers, which includes network management, programming, building and maintaining PCs has been self-taught. I can learn anything and in fact can teach myself anything so long as I’ve got a book and some time. But since I only have 25 years experience and an AS in CS I can’t get a really good job in the field.

]]> By: Michael van der Galiën http://themoderatevoice.com/12041/indias-achilles-heel/comment-page-1/#comment-71370 Michael van der Galiën Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:42:22 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/business/12041/indias-achilles-heel/#comment-71370 How about tapping into other countries? How about tapping into other countries?

]]> By: Vittal http://themoderatevoice.com/12041/indias-achilles-heel/comment-page-1/#comment-71344 Vittal Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:37:36 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/business/12041/indias-achilles-heel/#comment-71344 ‘Shortage of trained people’?? When was the last time these IT companies hired ‘trained people’ from Engineering Colleges? All these years, every engineer who joined these companies had to go thru a formal training before working on actual projects! Nobody was an exception! I think to call it a ‘shortage of trained people’ is slightly misleading. After being closely involved in this industry for 12 years, I think it is the shortage of "talented and bright Engineers". Back in 1997, these IT companies were recruiting Engineers in hundreds. These days, Infosys alone recruits more than 25000 engineers a year! Now add the demands from TCS, Wipro, IBM, Accenture, Satyam and other equally big players in the scene. By any calculation, it’s really hard to recruit so many thousands of ‘well qualified’ engineers every year in any country on this planet. In other words, India too is nearing its saturation point!! The IT companies can’t lower their standards by making compromise on the quality of engineers they hire. Remember, ‘majority’ of these 400,000 engineers come from relatively unknown institutions that lack god facilities and are below 'average'! ‘Shortage of trained people’?? When was the last time these IT companies hired ‘trained people’ from Engineering Colleges? All these years, every engineer who joined these companies had to go thru a formal training before working on actual projects! Nobody was an exception!

I think to call it a ‘shortage of trained people’ is slightly misleading. After being closely involved in this industry for 12 years, I think it is the shortage of “talented and bright Engineers”.

Back in 1997, these IT companies were recruiting Engineers in hundreds. These days, Infosys alone recruits more than 25000 engineers a year! Now add the demands from TCS, Wipro, IBM, Accenture, Satyam and other equally big players in the scene. By any calculation, it’s really hard to recruit so many thousands of ‘well qualified’ engineers every year in any country on this planet.

In other words, India too is nearing its saturation point!! The IT companies can’t lower their standards by making compromise on the quality of engineers they hire. Remember, ‘majority’ of these 400,000 engineers come from relatively unknown institutions that lack god facilities and are below ‘average’!

]]> By: Holly in Cincinnati http://themoderatevoice.com/12041/indias-achilles-heel/comment-page-1/#comment-71265 Holly in Cincinnati Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:44:51 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/business/12041/indias-achilles-heel/#comment-71265 Why, they might have to outsource work to the USA! Why, they might have to outsource work to the USA!

]]> By: Jim Satterfield http://themoderatevoice.com/12041/indias-achilles-heel/comment-page-1/#comment-71258 Jim Satterfield Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:13:43 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/business/12041/indias-achilles-heel/#comment-71258 Their other weakness is an atrocious infrastructure in most of the country. In industries that depend utterly on reliable power and communications they are spending huge amounts of their own funds that they don't have to spend in the U.S., Canada or Europe. Their other weakness is an atrocious infrastructure in most of the country. In industries that depend utterly on reliable power and communications they are spending huge amounts of their own funds that they don’t have to spend in the U.S., Canada or Europe.

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