We all know what companies like Wipro, Infosys, TCS,... do? They basically rent their people out (i.e. make them cyber coolies) so that they can write low-level C codes. But how long will this last? Because some other country will start doing the same at a fraction of their cost. Unless these companies produce some well-known product, this bubble will burst. We had an example of that in the dot-com bust of 2000. And in this IT craze, we are already destroying our agriculture. So in the end, India may become a country with no options to earn a living. But why do I forget, all of us can become the BPO operators!
RE:How long will the IT industry last?
by Vijay on Apr 22, 2008 04:12 PM Permalink
First of all you do not know IT business. IT industry started with both low end and middle level jobs in India. Now there is lot of high technology being developed in India. You do not see many products from India because there is no demand for products (paid) in India. How IT has destroyed agriculture? It is not IT which destroyed agriculture. It is our great UPA government with agriculture minister like Sharad Pawar (or Cricket minister) who destroyed Indian agriculture.
RE:How long will the IT industry last?
by leonard on Apr 19, 2008 01:06 AM Permalink
It seems like you guys are not informed of global IT trends. It is an accepted fact that India,s MIT produces the most capable IT engineers in the world. Therefore the companies that employs these people are capable of varied high level processes
RE:How long will the IT industry last?
by userwas userwas on Apr 18, 2008 11:47 PM Permalink
What are you talking about ? what has your comments to do with agriculture crisis and shortage of wheat and rice that the above article talks about ? Do you want Wipro , TCS and Infosys to start producing them ?
Looks like you are one of those guys from non-IT who is jealous of IT folks. So you folks atribute every problem to IT.
RE:How long will the IT industry last?
by Demo-crazy on Apr 18, 2008 02:51 PM Permalink
For your information, not all these people write low level C codes! And, C coding is not so low!!
In spite of so many off the shelf products being available, people still ask custom development because of their organization processes, their business model and reporting requirements. And any software developed, needs to be maintained and enhanced or replaced to meet newer needs. There is nothing wrong in this process at all. Whether you call them cyber-coolies or anything else, does not matter.
Not all product companies can sell their ware successfully. Also, the trend is to build a generic product and customize it to meet the client needs. This is what happens with most ERP, CRM, SCM packages. Then in large scale services organizations, to keep costs low, the need of BPO is felt.
If you do not wish to be part of the IT industry, you are most welcome to do something else.
IT cannot and should not destroy agriculture. The government policies are skewed. It should treat Agriculture on par with industry and help them modernize and build necessary infrastructure, finance and insurance plans. The problem is our politicians, are out of tune with agriculture industry overseas and they are comfortable with exploiting the farmer class here while the middle men, stockists, and large business houses are making money at the farmers' cost. This is one BIG failure of successive governments at the centre.
RE:How long will the IT industry last?
by Manjula A on Apr 19, 2008 12:22 PM Permalink
The IT and ITES industries are the lifeline of India currently. That is where all the money is coming from and then dissipating up and down. They are the ones pay good amount to everyone from sharebrokers to autodrivers milkmen. Some jeoulous people who are lazy and can't make a living are people who write against them.
