Re: [silk] Finding coders on the subcontinent

[Neha Viswanathan]

Of all the friends I have in the sector, most of them admit that whatever they learnt - they learnt on the job (hopefully the first one). The engineers in the sector have rudimentary programming skills after four years of educations. This might have something to do with the fact that ANY engineer is taken in by recruiters. Civil, Mech, Chem - it doesn't matter what you studied. To an extent this is more true of the IITs and RECs. But these kids get paid a little more than engineers from other colleges. (Causing some heartburn)

Hiring in the sector still seems to be a networking thing. You hear of someone looking for someone through someone else. Since resumes cannot be trusted (I had a senior who explained that one must take at least 25 letterheads from each company one leaves.), you use a third person's credibility to validate a resume.

[note - Sometime lurker. Still haven't introduced myself, though some of you on the list hopefully know me.]

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