Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Gagged at Work - "I" way
The ludicrous ways adopted by the Software Service Companies in India has by no means an end. Agreed they have banged on International IT market with panache and their imperious marketing and positioning has given sleepless nights for MNCs. But inherently its very skeptical as to how long the honey moon is going to last?
Ultimately I believe that company can survive in long haul if you have the right people at the right place. But nothing seems to right now as they are groping in dark as to how to manage the burgeoning resource strength.
A case in point is an experience of a dear friend G(name changed) during last one month at "I". G is an mainframe connoiseur managing a team for last 2yrs or so. Presently G is managing a project in .Net which is gonna serve internally as there seem to be slump of mainframe projects. Ok well and good "An Idle man's mind is a devils workshop". So let not devil creep in and let G peep into the wobbly .Net and come out of the yesteryear mainframe thoughts.
Now these guys have a feeling that they have to move up the ladder from Service Oriented to Consulting Oriented company. The buzzword in Consulting is "Domain Knowledge". A word so enticing within the confines of the company that any body who can spit anything relating to that is going to revered as a celebrity, without validating what is that being uttered. And "Techies" are being ebbed out for the "Domain Experts". But man how are you going to build the system with Domain knowledge alone?!
The epitomization of this scurry behind "Domain Knowledge" reached when someone felt that all resources in realm of Banking or Capital Markets should go and pass the NSE Brokers test. Somehow there was a feeling that client will be impressed if u say your coterie has NSE Brokers!! who can speak, eat, drink stocks and debentures. But alas the poor resources including G had a bad run last one month trying to figure out "How to launch an IPO in India", "What % of Shares can be given in market", "What time market closes", "What is Greenshoe"?
And ofcourse there are hell lot of formulas for calculating many nuances in the market.
G took it as guillotine hanging over the head, just have to do it for somebody's sake. And ultimately managed to fail in the test. And some smart people around who could cram up the whole things Yes! including problems could pass the test. Ironically the test comes with always same set of numbers in problems and answers are going to be same always!!
But I would like to ask the gentlemen at top - Is this the level of proficiency you would like to achieve? Its too apparent to guess the level of expertise of these blokes.
Its time to ponder for us! Its time to foster peoples interest allow them to chose an expertise rather than forceful sublimation.
Disclaimer:- The views expressed here are my own and doesn't intent to hurt anyones feeling. All characters and examples above are ficticious, but the processes explained are real happenings.
Ultimately I believe that company can survive in long haul if you have the right people at the right place. But nothing seems to right now as they are groping in dark as to how to manage the burgeoning resource strength.
A case in point is an experience of a dear friend G(name changed) during last one month at "I". G is an mainframe connoiseur managing a team for last 2yrs or so. Presently G is managing a project in .Net which is gonna serve internally as there seem to be slump of mainframe projects. Ok well and good "An Idle man's mind is a devils workshop". So let not devil creep in and let G peep into the wobbly .Net and come out of the yesteryear mainframe thoughts.
Now these guys have a feeling that they have to move up the ladder from Service Oriented to Consulting Oriented company. The buzzword in Consulting is "Domain Knowledge". A word so enticing within the confines of the company that any body who can spit anything relating to that is going to revered as a celebrity, without validating what is that being uttered. And "Techies" are being ebbed out for the "Domain Experts". But man how are you going to build the system with Domain knowledge alone?!
The epitomization of this scurry behind "Domain Knowledge" reached when someone felt that all resources in realm of Banking or Capital Markets should go and pass the NSE Brokers test. Somehow there was a feeling that client will be impressed if u say your coterie has NSE Brokers!! who can speak, eat, drink stocks and debentures. But alas the poor resources including G had a bad run last one month trying to figure out "How to launch an IPO in India", "What % of Shares can be given in market", "What time market closes", "What is Greenshoe"?
And ofcourse there are hell lot of formulas for calculating many nuances in the market.
G took it as guillotine hanging over the head, just have to do it for somebody's sake. And ultimately managed to fail in the test. And some smart people around who could cram up the whole things Yes! including problems could pass the test. Ironically the test comes with always same set of numbers in problems and answers are going to be same always!!
But I would like to ask the gentlemen at top - Is this the level of proficiency you would like to achieve? Its too apparent to guess the level of expertise of these blokes.
Its time to ponder for us! Its time to foster peoples interest allow them to chose an expertise rather than forceful sublimation.
Disclaimer:- The views expressed here are my own and doesn't intent to hurt anyones feeling. All characters and examples above are ficticious, but the processes explained are real happenings.
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