Just accept it as your grandma..'s innocent query. Take pride in being the torchbearer. This is just becuase of generation/knowledge gap. Please don't forget that you are representing a region where there are people for whom
having a look at a computer is a distant dream. Cheer it up guys ... Chitta Baruah bhaskar barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some more statements from our enlightened Assamese which gets me mad: Oh so you want to study fashion designing but why do you want to be a tailor ? Oh so you want to do mass communication but why do you want to be a cameraman ? Oh so you stood 2nd in the exams ? what a pity ,we thought you would be first.( Dosent matter if the guy/lady's own children are bad in studies) Oh so you want to study hotel manangement but why do you want to be a cook ? So just chill coz our NE guys are doing good everywhere: in software, in BPO, in aviation ,in hotel mamagement etc etc. No need to explain to dumbos.Everyjob is important but we Assamese do not understand the value of work & think that some work are below our dignity. --- Gitanjali Hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Very true Saumar, It's indeed a gargantuan task to explain the difference to such people. I have committed the Himalayan blunder quite a couple of times. The moment you end up describing about the multi-national company (MNC) you are working for, pat comes the response....Ohhh!!...I get it. A BPO!! (like hell he/she knows..may not even know the full form, leave alone the what it stands for! You wince, but valiantly keep a straight face! He/she continues nonetheless...) It is really sad that you people in MNCs have to talk to clients all through the night!?...You try once, you repeat twice, thrice, trying to get it straight again, ultimately you sagely bob your head and echo...yes, sometimes..especially when I can't get any sleep! "When you can't beat them, join them"... is what most of us end up doing. Regards, Gitanjali Hazarika PS: Infosys is a helluva company guys. Great work. Show them your skills. Let them taste the power of Assamese talent. Congratulations once more. May your tribe increase. ========================================= saumar deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Call Centres and the Software Industry are two different things; it's pity people still don't want to know the difference. :) Regards, Saumar ps: Congrats to all who made it to Infosys... it's an incredible company. mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Read "one [EMAIL PROTECTED] call center" and then decide on your IT future! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3145 Mukul Mahanta
