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India today and tomorrow: A reality check for young IT professionals
Author: Rajesh Shetty
President, Suggestica and Chairman, iPolipo
What is being (conveniently) ignored is that a large majority of India’s knowledge workers have ‘stopped’ using their knowledge. They’ve put their minds and careers on auto-pilot.
Why? All large software projects need people who can perform intelligent but mechanical tasks. These people are well-paid and kept happy for their work. Don’t get me wrong. They are a very important part of the configuration, and they are required for this Information Technology boom to continue. However, people need to think about the future and not just today’s successes.
If you want to kill your career, you just have to engage yourself in ‘commodity’ work and be over-compensated. Think about it. Since it is ‘commodity’ work, you won’t need to use your brain. You’ll be happy with your pay check, and you will offer few complaints in the short-term. You will get stuck in a rut, but you probably won’t realize it until it is too late. Your lifestyle will have changed to fit your current compensation. Yet no other company will pay so much for your rote accomplishments and empty experiences.
Personal growth plans require investments for the future. If you are an IT professional, please try to answer these questions honestly for yourself. Then, determine if you need to make any changes in your life and career.
Reality check questions:
* Is it easier for someone else (in another country) to do what I am doing today?
* If I follow what everyone is doing, I will end up where everyone is going. Will I be happy with that destination?
* Why do I think that my current experience will be relevant in the future?
* Do I have the right balance between “flawless delivery today” and “investment for future capacity?”
* Am I really in-charge of my career?
* Am I proud of working for my company and is my company proud that I am working for them?
* Am I wearing golden handcuffs and get over-compensated for ‘commodity’ work?
Today’s young professionals are India’s future. Those who are part of the software boom must take a serious look at their careers now. A person’s career typically spans over 40 years, and young professionals sometimes forget that what they do early in their careers is the foundation for their future growth.
One thing is certain. You will pay the price. Either you invest in the future now, or pay a much higher price later.
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My name is Mrs. Mary David, The Branch Manager of a Financial Institution. I am a Ghanaian married with 3 kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$7,500,000.00 Dollars. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit last year (i.e. 2010 financial year). I have already submitted an annual report for that year to my head office in Accra-Ghana as I have watched with keen interest as they will never know of this excess. I have since, placed this amount of US$7,500,000.00 Dollars on an Escrow Coded account without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to avoid trace.
As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on my behalf. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 60% would be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account.
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3: I agree excellent analysis, but I wonder how many of these complacent highly talented
souls will actually read this important post and take heed?
What is being identified here is the need for a large social structure, a business model, where continuous innovation can take place while the compensations remain competitive.
Paul T.D. Katchings
B2BVPartners.com
What is being identified here is the need for a large social structure, a business model, where continuous innovation can take place while the compensations remain competitive.
Paul T.D. Katchings
B2BVPartners.com
4: Brilliant analysis, I guess the author is suggesting to keep your focus on creativity
and quality than the focus on money consciousness. I fully agree with him ,
continuous creative process is way to remain healthy wealthy and happy. This is true
as individual , community ,state ,nation or universe in general.
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