{"id":395,"date":"2004-05-03T02:17:05","date_gmt":"2004-05-03T07:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/hoanga\/2004\/05\/03\/slashdot-qa-session-with-indian-techie"},"modified":"2004-05-03T02:17:05","modified_gmt":"2004-05-03T07:17:05","slug":"slashdot-qa-session-with-indian-techies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hoanga\/2004\/05\/03\/slashdot-qa-session-with-indian-techies\/","title":{"rendered":"Slashdot Q&A session with Indian Techies"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Seems Slashdot<\/a> interviewed a bunchof
\n Indian techies and posted up their thoughts on India.\n <\/p>\n

\n There has been piles of articles that I’ve read regarding outsourcing
\n however most of it has been from the American side. THere have been
\n a few articles from Indians but most of them seem to have the corporate
\n veneer painted on the responses which makes it really hard to take
\n it that seriously. The American sideded ones have been thoughtful
\n however many of them truly lack any understanding of Indian culture
\n from the inside and it tells. How can I say that? Try spending time
\n abroad for longer than a vacation and you’ll start seeing things beneath
\n the veneer that you can only see as a tourist. There is no quick an
\n easy way to build a deeper understanding of a foreign country from the
\n outside. No matter HOW many books, stats, and facts you dig up.\n <\/p>\n

\n From my vantage point, I know very little of Indian culture and how
\n this IT offshoring\/outsourcing plays in a larger role of things except
\n hearsay.
\n
\n This Q&A session has been the useful for me as there are lots of daily life
\n questions salaries ranges, lifestyles, how much is the cost of living
\n and other things that you can relate to your own life (I hope).
\n This is really important as it puts the Indian offshoring “issue” into a
\n larger perspective.
\n
\n One of the things to ponder deeper is the money issue that pops up in the
\n Q&A. It seems that most of this boom is coming from outside foreign
\n sources which makes this economy very fragile in case those funding
\n sources dry up. It seems this is understood and many thoughts on how
\n to deal with this come to the foreground but nothing definitive.
\n However, considering having NO income versus getting shaky funding from
\n foreign sources. The foreign sources is infinitively better and at
\n least allows bootstrapping an industry rather than keeping it in
\n permanent incubation.\n <\/p>\n

\n Go read it yourself<\/a>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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