The end of IT jobs as we know them.

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Originally posted by: tontod

Originally posted by: Rainsford

Originally posted by: tontod

Originally posted by: irwincur
A side note. These so called Indian universities are hardly up to caliber - think of them as technical schools. Even then they are lacking the one thing that major first world educations include - the Liberal Arts curriculum. Yes, it is a pain in the a$$ but it makes graduates much more well rounded. This is one of the key reasons why University grads are held to be better job candidates than technical school grads.

I had a professor explain it to me this way a long time ago. College is not about learning specifics, it is about learning theory and applying it in current situations. Doing this, you will be more capable in the future to evolve your skill set to suit job needs. Technical schools teach only specifics and no theory, leaving your future as secure as the future of the one field that you studied.

Actually, you are incorrect. A top tier school in India like an IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) is at par or even above a place like MIT. Dont let the name Technology fool you. Going by your logic, MIT is not that good?

Heh, you wish. That is the propaganda, but I've met people from MIT and people from IIT, and there is no comparison. Maybe in terms of the facts they know, but education (and job performance) is not about knowing a lot of facts, like irwincur said, it's about theory and application.

Let's be serious for the moment. It took us years and years to build up our college level schools to the high standard they are today. There is no way another country, no matter how smart they are, can beat that in a matter of a few years. Indians are not supermen, they have to go throug the same development we did when the US first got into the tech market. There is a reason most of the work being done over there is low level stuff.

Do you know anyone that went there? IIT, though not as old as MIT has been around some time, its only a matter of time before higher level jobs are shipped there.

I am an IITian. Unlike what some people have said, Humanities courses are necessary for graduating. For eg: I opted to take courses in Psychology, Advanced Psychology, German, Appreciation of Science Fiction along with other courses like Operations Research & Micro-economics to name a few. I am not aware of either irwincur or Rainsford qualifications and their ability judge MIT vs IIT, but the fact that they seem to think thaty IIT is just a technical school indicates that they are just talking out of their asses.

Incidentally, many of my batchmates from IIT-Madras are currently doing their Post-grads' and Post-docs' from MIT.