Feb 16, 2009

The Black Sheep In The Family

Being a South Indian is not easy. In SI, if you have not travelled and stayed abroad for more than a year, you are not a true software engineer at all. Infact, you are not even a human being. The general statement is "How long have you been in this business? You mean, in these 4 years as a software engineer, you have not travelled to the US/UK/Japan (ofcourse you might have travelled for 2 weeks but that is not considered).

TRAVEL = 1 YEAR STAY AND EARN IN DOLLARS. In that way, wherever you have been, the currency is still the same. You earn in dollars in US, UK, Germany, Azarbhaijan, Zion etc.

And most the questions come from relatives (your parents cannot ask you cos they are fully aware of the issue at hand). But the U(ncle)s and the A(unty)s have more or less hard coded this question in an infinite While loop. And there are 2 companies that they are aware of: Infosys and Wipro. So if you are working in one of those small companies like Google, Yahoo or Adobe, then, forget it. You are a good for nothing chap. Cos, you did not make it to I/W. It does not matter if you are doing documentation or admin or desk cleaning, you are still working there man. Come on. 10 in every 50 South Indian family members works in either Infosys, Wipro or Cognizant.

When my relatives look at me, they murmur behind my back: "Every family has a black sheep". Being a South Indian is not all that easy.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

The truth has been spoken. You shall be damned.

Reghu Ram Thanumalayan said...

Pretty true :)

Expert Reviewer said...

How can you miss out TCS, the main contributor? Its a disgrace to the herd! You gotta apologize! ;)