I work in an MNC (operating in Hyderabad) and on a proprietary hierarchical database running off a Unix server. Over the past few months, I feel the need to recruit a new person to help me with the increasing work load, and I find myself in a fix.
The technology being rare, I find very few people in the market to be hired. (I just know of another company in India - off Bangalore working on this rare database). This forces me to think that I will have to organically grow someone. I tried a few people who are 2+ years of experience on Unix, and found that they are reluctant to learn this rare technology. I tried to hire from the freshers but I am not satisfied with the level of Unix knowledge (I am just looking at basic OS concepts, good shell scripting and vi editor here) they have. However, I did find one who was good, but was surprised when he tells me in the interview that he is not happy to learn this rare, object oriented, hierarchical database. I have also found very few freshers showing interest in the domain that we operate (Capital Markets and Performance measurement of Funds). I am wondering if I should take a fresh MBA and invest on training of Unix and this database. Any suggestions who I should fill this position with and how do I go about to find someone who will fit my requirement. -- knk (I know this mail perhaps does not fit to be posted in this forum, but I am hoping to get comments from others who have had a similar problem)
