On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Vamsee Kanakala <[email protected]>wrote:
> Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > >> What we need are experienced people who want to take a sabbatical. >> >> > > Perhaps that's where the answer lies for both Shuveb's question and yours. > Perhaps an organization like NRC-FOSS can have tie-ups with companies > wherein employees can take an year's sabbatical and work on governance > related projects. Looking at the current financial situation, I think > companies should be open to this. They would obviously love to save money > and look good at the same time. > The the larger question is the Indian Societal Structure and the distance-factor that good-programmers(geeks) have from it. Sabbaticals are still a dream (according to me) for many Indians - even those Indians who are overseas. For ex. I had quit my job and wandered around, and got asked a zillion times as to what was wrong with me and whether i was laid off or not. Loss-of-pay is considered a sin, and is primarily either for honeymoon or maternal-leave. Not referring to the 'programming scene' alone, but the same scenario exists with backpackers/traveling. Not many go on dollar-a-day backpacking. And the general travel bloggers that you see around(barring a few) are the ones who stay in all the expensive hotels and wander around in the most crowded places.From the travels that i have had, i clearly realized that you can at the max show a person a door, it is for him to go and open it. Am sure NRC-FOSS has a long way to go. PS: I like this thread, for it has some genuine ideas and likes to tackle the problem, than shouting arbit and yap(like in #linux-india) -V- http://twitter.com/venkat83 _______________________________________________ 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
