tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post3143824359058386169..comments2023-10-31T20:54:41.691+05:30Comments on Scratchpad of Life: Another View of Indian ITSujit Kumar Chakrabartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424095559961037990noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-7859292327310098392014-11-06T11:24:52.771+05:302014-11-06T11:24:52.771+05:30'going beyond the mundane' (writing algo/d...'going beyond the mundane' (writing algo/data structures in free time, doing hobby projects) comes with passion@job. We chose our job, not out of passion, but out of fear of unemployment. We lacked teacher/elder/role-models who influenced us to go after passion and in the process compromising the short term security of a job. Nor do I blame the earlier generation as they could not think in those lines in their cocoon of safe government jobs. 'Haalat hi kuchh aise the'.<br />We are not an extraordinarily dumb race. Nor are we extraordinarily smart. We (Indian) are as normal as the US folks. I broach US becuase I see that country as the fountainhead of most of the innovations. I like to believe that once we are financially more confident, once we are burnt by the curse of working without passion, we will start doing all the stuffs you wrote in your blog.<br />In fact, it has already started happening. The visible rise in the number of start-ups is one of the signs. I choose to stay optimistic as of now.<br /><br />PS: I realize that my comment is rife with gross generalizations. Sometimes though, generalization is difficult to resist.Sambaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114491344569211068noreply@blogger.com