[Ilugc] Interview of Linus Torvalds; He Also Speaks Of Sad Situation Of India
- From: knura9@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Khan)
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 13:47:47 +0530
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Girish Venkatachalam
<girishvenkatachalam at gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting discussion this.
Agree. I was offline for a few days and I am catching up.
Quality of students are a function of the starting pay and the brand of the
?company. I found good students in a Ford fresher batch and guess what,
?they were wearing T-shirts. Even girls.
While this may be generally true, IMO it is the mind set of these
youngsters that is more important. Regardless of how bright and
sharp they are, most seek jobs in the "big" names and end up doing
mundane stuf v/s working @ small companies and really learning a lot
of stuff in a short period of time.
The primary reason cited a by a few I have discussed this factor - so
that their parents can brag my son/daughter works @ so and so place,
this in turn feeds secondary factors like marriage prospects etc.
I really don't think Indian engineering talent is in any way inferior
to Western talent.
Totally agree - what I see missing is the application of mind. What
I also see missing is the doggedness to dive deep in a subject matter
and achieve some level of expertise. They know the stuff but don't
know how to put 2 and 2 and perhaps get 5 out of it :)
The difference lies in focus and passion for continuing on and on and on.
The crux - is the mind set and lack of passion to excel in your chosen
field. I have come across youngsters chasing certifications right
after graduation. They think a RHCE and/or CCNA will get them some
extra bucks but at the same time are not willing to invest time in
gaining practical experience - self study [1], internship or working
at start ups.
You won't get skills in 5 or 7 years. It takes more than 15 years.
I differ. A person with passion and the right mind set can achieve
enough expertise in a subject matter within 2-5 years.
[1] Example - basic networking can be practiced using Virtual Box VMs
but I have not come across any student who has taken the initiative to
do so.
-- Arun Khan
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