Small things
Assume all average and intelligent guys take to engineering, so who will take the responsibilities of becoming doctors, lawyers, applied sciences, economics etc. Problem here is not money we make being engineer, as the supply of engineers go up, salaries go down. We seriouly lack role models, we hardly hear a story of one becoming rags to riches, our role models are whom we see in ourselves, so when we become engineers, our younger siblings follow suit. now take USA, they all believe in American Dream, result, every 1 out of 100 americans is a millionaire.
Other is passion, we lack it seriously. We do BS followed by MS, we read what many others have read already, no improvement in knowledge levels of a nation (not personal level). So no intellectual knowledge is groomed. So we beg around for radars, figther flights, remember we are 100+ crores population, but can't even produce medicines our nation seriously needs. Without passion, companies and businesses can't be built.
Next is cretivity, this is long forgotten. I don't remember a single event in my life or seen others being creative of the USA grades. Our brains don't think beyond some blah blah C/C++ or hell. We take a solid stereotype life, even after studying at Berkeley univ. of Calif. We work for money and not for passion. We immensely believe that it is money, hence we become risk averse to settle at the lower end of value chain, doing some job, titles still allure us, like R&D engineer or technical lead.
As long as what we do is not addressing the needs of India, we barely depend on other countries because consumers are stationed there. That's a sad thing, but no person bells the cat, we want to be engineers to make some money, not to do some productive work to the development of our nation. We are value destructors and precisely chest thumpers because we fail to add any intellectual value or making headway in economy of the nation. I'm writing this to understand our inherent weakness, a starting point to make a leap if you don't fall prey to a vicious cycle of Indian life.
Other is passion, we lack it seriously. We do BS followed by MS, we read what many others have read already, no improvement in knowledge levels of a nation (not personal level). So no intellectual knowledge is groomed. So we beg around for radars, figther flights, remember we are 100+ crores population, but can't even produce medicines our nation seriously needs. Without passion, companies and businesses can't be built.
Next is cretivity, this is long forgotten. I don't remember a single event in my life or seen others being creative of the USA grades. Our brains don't think beyond some blah blah C/C++ or hell. We take a solid stereotype life, even after studying at Berkeley univ. of Calif. We work for money and not for passion. We immensely believe that it is money, hence we become risk averse to settle at the lower end of value chain, doing some job, titles still allure us, like R&D engineer or technical lead.
As long as what we do is not addressing the needs of India, we barely depend on other countries because consumers are stationed there. That's a sad thing, but no person bells the cat, we want to be engineers to make some money, not to do some productive work to the development of our nation. We are value destructors and precisely chest thumpers because we fail to add any intellectual value or making headway in economy of the nation. I'm writing this to understand our inherent weakness, a starting point to make a leap if you don't fall prey to a vicious cycle of Indian life.
4 Comments:
well said buddy, that was what i've been wondering all these years. y does evry1 wanna settle in some job(mostly IT jobs)y not som research, y not som business. even engg students of electronics n communications branch, r waiting out there for an IT job in satyam or infosys. they wanna earn a living...thats evrything 2 them. what they really lack is ATTITUDE. then again how much r they gonna earn thru an it job. they'r not gonna be millionaire's with what they earn there. they jus wanna earn a living...
Assumptions are not to be made just sitting in some A/C Cubicle, googling the topic.
The basic assumption that the average and bright students go for engineering doesn't seem to be a valid point as most of the bright students go for Medicine. Engineers are making to the picture for their number and salary.
I totally agree that we don't have an attitude.It could be because of our education which totally is on books, exams and numbers and no way relating to the real life. I still remember, when I asked one of the student of M.Tech, as what is the definition of voltage and current and the reply is perfect. But when asked about the current supply that he gets to his house, he turned black.
May be we need to understand life.
Easier said than done....!To do all what you mentioned one has to be bold risk taker (which is against conventional wisdom for most people,and conventional wisdom is not always correct).
I concur completely.
There is more to life than sex and money. We need to look for long term happiness. Being passionate enjoys a positive correlation with the outcome. It increases creativity.
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