Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
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Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#2Since it isn't explained in the article:
IIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology
IIM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Management
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#3“We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.”
This is my position on the Olympics and basically all national pride. It has nothing to do with anything, there is nothing to be proud of.
No one cares when I think it, it's nice to see others say it.
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#4“We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.” This is my position on the Olympics and basically all national pride. It has nothing to do with anything, there is nothing to be proud of. No one cares when I think it, it's nice to see others say it.
I understand your point, but for the olympics in particular you are saying something different: that someone's training and environment and opportunities in a particular country are meaningless.
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#5Statistically, it compares the single case of Nadella to the statistical blob of people that is the "Indian system". Tough comparison when there are a billion of Indians, and the other dozen examples given don't change that.
Politically, it calls the US not being nationalist (or at least hostile towards Indians in particular) in this case a "slap in the face".
Just no.
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#6“We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.” This is my position on the Olympics and basically all national pride. It has nothing to do with anything, there is nothing to be proud of. No one cares when I think it, it's nice to see others say it.
George Carlin eh?
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#7There is an implicit assumption that he was chosen because he is brilliant. Shouldn't we wait for a couple of months at least?
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#8“We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.” This is my position on the Olympics and basically all national pride. It has nothing to do with anything, there is nothing to be proud of. No one cares when I think it, it's nice to see others say it.
I strongly agree with this. Nationalist pride is the Kool-Aid peddled by government and society to get you to conform to their respective agendas and keep you from questioning the stupid shit they get up to.
And I really don't mean to come off as a pothead going "It's all a giant conspiracy man!"...
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#9“We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.” This is my position on the Olympics and basically all national pride. It has nothing to do with anything, there is nothing to be proud of. No one cares when I think it, it's nice to see others say it.
I think that this is not about national pride or nationality. OP is lamenting about lack of opportunities that all Indians face in their country. It's about improvement of quality of live of 1.x billions of people.
Re: Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
#10There is an implicit assumption that he was chosen because he is brilliant. Shouldn't we wait for a couple of months at least?
Irrespective of his performance as CEO, his past performance has been brilliant, otherwise MSFT wouldn't have promoted him to vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. The point raised in article is still valid. I am from India and I know we don't value time, become lazy in our own country. However we become punctual and productive in western countries. Strange but true.