The IT revolution has made other professions seem like worthless. Its just mind blowing- what these people did for the country. But I am terribly jealous since I am in the two letter golden letters- IT.
My only concern is the lack of job opportunities and educational facilities in other hardcore engineering fields. Punching in the IF and DO loops can bring in money.. but whats the point of there is No civil engineer to build roads and bridges, electrical engineer to build control panels for INfosys buildings,No chemical engineer to produce gasoline and power your Mercs. More importantly- lack of motivation for iinovative research and development. We are happy to just work with DO and IF loops..I do not see a single sign of R&D in this IT revolution.
RE:IT revolution
by JM on Apr 24, 2007 12:17 AM Permalink
Today, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical and other engineers are getting jobs and a better pay-check because of IT. Not just engineers, vegetable vendors and shop-keepers are getting a better deal because of IT today.
Every era has a driving force in economy. In the current era, the driving force happens to be IT. 20 years back it was someting else, 20 years from now it could be something else.
The narrow-sided progress is scary. All brains are headed towards IT and very few towards pure-science or other branches of engg or economics. But India has a huge pool of talent (and population) and can absorb some of its brains being IF-DO coolies.
However, I really wish rich companies like Infosys spend some money on R&D and come up with some patents and a product for Gods sake, instead of being 101% coolie-company.
