I think about this constantly and am outwardly angry at the current gig system evolving here turning a generation of smart capable people into drivers and delivery people, who are overworked and underpaid.
You don't need college degrees and English to collect data, to work on problems, to solve things, to map, to monitor, to build companies and opportunities. You need a bit of money, a lot of trust, and genuine interest. I am frustrated with this dashboard, platform bullshit, where everyone is willing to sink millions of dollars into tech but not into training and hiring people and giving them jobs. Because giving people gainful, stable, consistent employment with benefits and good wages isn't sustainable. Well that is what works, that's what creates good customer service and products, good implementation, and a healthier populace that has time and energy to create more ideas, products and solve problems. I don't know the answer it's a huge issue. I find it a good start to see the Pune groups plan and also the work of multiple other people and groups throughout the country who have been working for years on education and skill building. We were approached by a community college outside Chennai (my cousin works there) about doing data skill building with their students (no one there has an education level after 8th standard). But it fell through because i didn't have time and also we had to line up employers. But it seemed promising especially for data clean up. Converting pdfs now don't require much programming knowledge, the college does basic computer and english training with the students. We could do a few simple data clean up modules and work with a few students to get their skill level up. But I didn't have time to get employers who will hire them right away which was a requirement by the college before we worked with them. Maybe we can look into it more next year. Nisha On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Nikhil VJ <[email protected]> wrote: > That's pretty much my line of thinking when drawing up projects on our > chapter's wiki : > https://github.com/datameet-pune/datameet-pune.github.io/wiki > > On 9/20/17, Dilip Damle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Fellow Datameeters, > > This is more of a post about my feelings rather than related to Data. > > > > We are talking about reducing Job opportunities, Unemployment and > > frustrated youth. > > > > But I am confused. > > > > Every time I do anything, any work, I go anywhere I see the world full of > > job opportunities in India. > > > > Every pothole needs to be filled that is a Job. > > > > Everything dirty needs to be cleaned. > > > > Coming to our domain > > > > Every map that does not exist needs to be made. > > > > Every data that is not cleaned needs to be cleaned and verified. > > > > > > So very is the problem .... I wish you people share your thoughts. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Dilip Damle > > > > -- > > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "datameet" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > -- > Cheers, > Nikhil VJ > +91-966-583-1250 > Pune / Mandangad, India > DataMeet Pune chapter <https://datameet-pune.github.io/> > Self-designed learner at Swaraj University <http://www.swarajuniversity. > org> > Blog <http://nikhilsheth.blogspot.in> > Contribute <https://www.instamojo.com/@nikhilvj/> > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Nisha Thompson DataMeet.org [email protected] skype: nishaqt mobile: 962-061-2245 -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
