On Wednesday 14 Jan 2009 3:48:12 pm Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > > given the present salary structure, the governent cannot afford to employ > > competent programmers. Max that NIC or CDAC pay is between 14-25K a > > month. The moment a person gets some experience, he leaves for the > > private sector. The max that NRC-FOSS pays for an engineering graduate is > > 14K and for a MSc is 18K - go figure. > > > > I know this is armchair advice, but I think govt. institutions have a > crucial difference from regular companies - they don't have a profit > motive. If you make a BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) and promote it > like crazy in the newspapers, I think there plenty of competent > programmers who are willing to give it a go even at the risk of lesser > salaries.
there are lots of idealistic people who are (or say they are) willing to work for lesser salaries. But 14K a month is too much of a drop for them. In three years I have found only *one* person who was willing to do so. (And he took a drop from 30K to 14K). A few others are around - but they have EMI burdens. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
