On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Nalin Savara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip]
> @Chirag: > Buddy, here are my 2-cents-- as someone who completed his engineering in > 1999-- and has been working since-- whether with a company or running a > company:--- > > (1) 99% companies dont hire a Windows-Guy or Mac-Guy or FOSS-guy-- they > hire > software engineers who can use the technologies they deal in--- 10 years > back, everyone was lumped together-- but today, every IT person and company > sees distinctions-- and good or great guys are able to find the work they > want--- because there are always fewer great guys and more openings for > great programmers. > > As far as demand for FOSS goes; of each and every web-development > advertisement you see--- 80% companies will be using linux on the server > side-- and the ability to understand and administer a server is worth a > lot. > > As programming skills go-- the ability to work on Unix/Unix variants-- and > the ability to write and understand c/c++ code is worth a lot in the > market-- salary-wise atleast it is worth more than what salary a vb/c#/asp > programmer will get. > > A lot of work done in India is low-end-- and a lot of the programmers are > guys who can cobble together websites-- rather than hardcore programmers > who > understand a OS and it's architecture and who can use the available tools > to > develop the next GIMP or the next FFMPEG or the next SKYPE-- but that > should > not limit or control you--- if you are passionate about technology--- gain > the skills and find a opening. > > And if you are a hardcore guy-- chances are you'd be better than 80% of our > Industry right when you pass out of college--- so the onus would be on you- > to find or create a niche and go conquer the world. > > I hope that helps... if anything else-- abt relevance of skills please > ask... > Thanks a lot Nalin, this definitely helped. :) -- Regards Chirag Anand 4th Year, B.Tech Computer Science Department, JUIT Solan Blog :http://techfreaks4u.com/blog Linux User: 476783 anything weird is worth a try... _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
