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The OP is right on all counts. I live in New Delhi and often work freelance (Python/iOS work). What I've found is: - Indian companies rarely pay well. I feel lucky if I can convince someone to pay me $12/hr. - Most have unreasonable qualification criteria. Why do you want a degree when I have references and real world experience? - A large number of them will treat people who went to "lesser" colleges differently fro…
The OP is right on all counts. I live in New Delhi and often work freelance (Python/iOS work). What I've found is: - Indian companies rarely pay well. I feel lucky if I can convince someone to pay me $12/hr. - Most have unreasonable qualification criteria. Why do you want a degree when I have references and real world experience? - A large number of them will treat people who went to "lesser" colleges differently fro…
Also, the website in your profile (http://uncool.in) does not seem to be up. Wanted to check out your portfolio.
As usual, Ravi is spot on here. When I lasted looked into them, most startups in Bangalore were run by MBA-types who seemed to be intent on just copying the latest fad from Silicon valley. Even some of the most successful Indian startups - naukri.com and makemytrip.com are just copying well-established international websites and derive their success from paying attention to the Indian market before the country was on…
"copying well-established international websites and derive their success from paying attention to the Indian market before the country " I'm not sure if this is such a bad thing. Flipkart copied Amazon and its thriving in this country.
Because founder wants to keep all the equity. Very few examples where early developers got share of success.
http://www.quora.com/Who-are-the-major-Facebook-shareholders...
The OP is right on all counts. I live in New Delhi and often work freelance (Python/iOS work). What I've found is: - Indian companies rarely pay well. I feel lucky if I can convince someone to pay me $12/hr. - Most have unreasonable qualification criteria. Why do you want a degree when I have references and real world experience? - A large number of them will treat people who went to "lesser" colleges differently fro…
I think you will find that the college pedigree bias is prominent everywhere amongst Indians. It's sad. Also, the website in your profile ( http://uncool.in ) does not seem to be up. Wanted to check out your portfolio.
Sadly, it's been down for a while. I was moving from a shared host to a VPS, but I was waylaid by midterms :/
If you send me an email, I'll email back with my resume. Email is in my profile.
The OP is right on all counts. I live in New Delhi and often work freelance (Python/iOS work). What I've found is: - Indian companies rarely pay well. I feel lucky if I can convince someone to pay me $12/hr. - Most have unreasonable qualification criteria. Why do you want a degree when I have references and real world experience? - A large number of them will treat people who went to "lesser" colleges differently fro…
As usual, Ravi is spot on here. When I lasted looked into them, most startups in Bangalore were run by MBA-types who seemed to be intent on just copying the latest fad from Silicon valley. Even some of the most successful Indian startups - naukri.com and makemytrip.com are just copying well-established international websites and derive their success from paying attention to the Indian market before the country was on…
"copying well-established international websites and derive their success from paying attention to the Indian market before the country " I'm not sure if this is such a bad thing. Flipkart copied Amazon and its thriving in this country.
As usual, Ravi is spot on here. When I lasted looked into them, most startups in Bangalore were run by MBA-types who seemed to be intent on just copying the latest fad from Silicon valley. Even some of the most successful Indian startups - naukri.com and makemytrip.com are just copying well-established international websites and derive their success from paying attention to the Indian market before the country was on…
"copying well-established international websites and derive their success from paying attention to the Indian market before the country " I'm not sure if this is such a bad thing. Flipkart copied Amazon and its thriving in this country.
Would you say the same thing about Jet Airways? Did they copy Delta Air? Or did Tata Motors copy Ford? Or did Airtel copy AT&T?
Some companies are about management and execution, and not about idea.