After I stopped by this blog last week to cross-post from entry on our EA blog, I was pleasantly surprised to see a ping from Michael, with whom I have exchanged notes in the past. He asks if my perspective has changed as rapidly as the global economic landscape.
Michael, sure my perspective has changed . . . in more ways than one. This said, it is fascinating - though not amusing - to see fellow techies suddenly transform into armchair experts in macro-economics, finance, globalization, free-trade etc etc, all the while wondering “what hit us?,” and “where to go from here?” and most importantly “what does this all mean to me?”
This said, like thousands of Indian born technologists, [Ref NandanNilekani’s blog] I too cling to the hopes of a fairytale ending like that of the bollywood-hollywood hit Slumdog Millionaire that swept the Oscars last night. I must admit that I haven’t got around to watching the movie but just finished reading the original novel (Q&A by Indian Diplomat Vikas Swarup) over the weekend.
Now, if a rags-to-riches fairytale of a Slum Dog can sweep the Oscars, what is to say that the fortune of Offshoring Slumdogs and global IT community will not turn around? I am sure many in the industry are dreaming: if Jamal Malik (Ram Mohammad Thomas in the original novel) could win a billion rupees in a quiz show because he is so incredibly lucky that his life-story literally follows the pattern of 13 questions in the quiz, what is to say that my life-experiences will not help win a billion. . . and fairytale story of Indian offshoring boom-to-bust-to-
Hopes and Dreams: I guess this is what fairytales (and life) is made of?!
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