On 09/13/2014 01:27 PM, Asif Jamadar wrote:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-Indias-top-IT-firms/articleshow/41535783.cms<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/jobs/Python-is-still-greek-to-Indias-top-IT-firms/articleshow/41535783.cms>
NEW DELHI: Recently, one of India's top software companies was faced with
quandary. It had won a $200 million (Rs 1,200 crore) contract to develop an app
store for a large US bank, but did not have adequate numbers of programmers who
could write code in Python, the language most suited for the job. Eventually,
it paid thrice the billing rate to a group of freelance Python programmers in
the US. And learned a valuable lesson about the importance of a language named
after the British television comedy series Monty Python.
I'd like to know which company this `one of India's top software
companies` is. Sounds like they don't network enough to find out the
Python developers in India.
For a nation regarded as a software programming powerhouse, the episode has
salutary lessons. While skills in traditional computer languages meant for
stitching software applications and maintaining large mainframe computers are a
strength, ignoring Python could prove to be a costly mistake.
"Because companies like
Infosys<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infosys-technologies-ltd/stocks/companyid-10960.cms>
and TCS prefer proprietary languages like Java or dot NET most students think of these as an
option in college. That is the reason you don't get good quality talent in the industry to work
with us in Python," said Jofin Joseph, cofounder and chief operating officer of
Profoundis, a Kochi-based technology startup which has been struggling for about a year to hire
young Python programmers.
Checked out the social network profiles of Profoundis, they are almost
non-existent. They don't attend any events at all. I wonder how they are
trying to hire Python programmers. That might tell us why they are
struggling.
Anyway, other points about big companies working with Java and as a
result colleges teaching only those, is true. It's become a circle.
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