Hi,

I think NRN's statement is based on a company that hires people based on their education, region, caste, language, and demographics.....but not on talent.

If you have a look at his company you will know by seeing the demographics. This is not narrow mindedness; this is sparrow mindedness.

Technical Writing is an evergreen field and will remain so in the times to come.No matter where we reach in the world of I.C.T., products and services will always require documentation and user assistance material/content - which exactly means that companies will always require workforce who is into developing this i.e. Technical Writers/Communicators.

Information Technology is a collaborative field and everyone are a part of its mainstream scenario.

There is absolutely no reason for aspiring tech writers to be demoralized.

What I personally feel is that, we technical writers, do have a bright future ahead and we are an interface of communication between the company (products) and the customers/users.

I only know this and this is enough for me (technical writer) to be happy about.(Smiles)

Sincerely,
Technical Writer

It is not said as it is by Narayana Murthy. The statement said by Narayana Murthy is clearly written in double quotes. It just states that the people who have expertise in a particular field should work in their respective fields for better prospects and for the growth of the country. They should not move into other fields like IT just for the sake of money. What is wrong with the statement? He made a clear statement like a genuine teacher giving suggestion to his pupils. There is nothing we can dig into and create a controversy.

Regards,
Mahendra

I think everyone is free to choose their career path and domain. Other sectors are losing out resources because they are not competent. If other sectors can match IT, people will be attracted to those sectors as well. Narayana Murthy's statement does not make any sense at all.

Only educational qualifications do not make one eligible for jobs. His company I*sys takes experienced engineers only after looking at their 10th standard marks rather than their current work. That says it all!

If you look at the profile of civil servants and those who get into the top B-schools, many of them are doctors and engineers?

One way to look at it is to say that they have wasted precious public money spent on their subsidized education. Correspondingly, they have also wasted their parents' money and their own time.

Another way to look at it is to say that each of them brings his/her training, and interest to the administrative realm.

After all, there are administrative jobs in the medical line, in the construction line etc. at the highest level in the Government. Rather than having a non-technical person as a boss over technical persons, how much better it is to have a person from your own field as your boss!

Similarly, the IT industry can only gain from the expertise of persons coming to it from other fields.

There is so much embedded IT in almost every field you can think of! Depending on the project, and depending on the specialization of the IT company, such experts would be of immense value to them.

Hello Lasya,

You said well. But you have mentined,

"Mr. NRN has asked the youth to make clear and concise career choices early in their lives, based on their own areas of interest, taking the call themselves without getting carried away by the money IT field offers"

Now tell me how many people will get their choice of studies in engineering colleges and other techical institutes? If some one is interested in computer and computer science
(And even passionate about that subject and love to work in that field), it is not necessary that he/ she would get the same branch of studies in any govt engineering college unless a topper in 12 th std. Consider people who are not rich enough to get their choice of studies in private engineering colleges. Middle class and honest students-who do not have black money to pay high donation to get computer science branch in private institutions- have to satisfy with the branch they have been allotted in govt engineering colleges. It is the fact!!

Once they come out of their college, they will not have any intention to seek a job in their branch of studies becuase their passion is not in that subject. So naturally, majority of people who completed their engineering courses in one particular branch will seek a job where their passion lies. Many people I know took IT jobs not just becuase it offers good pay but becuase they were very keen interest in that field and passionate about that subject.

Now tell me, who has to blame for this? I think the education system in our country has to change first. NRN should use his skill and energy to change that first instead of blaming those poor and middle class job aspirants.

One should be allowed to study his/ her branch of studies based on their interests and passion to excel in that field rather than by considering the marks they scored in 10th std or 11 th standard.

Some one has mentioned here about a young inventor who has no consistent academic background and medals to talk boast about. In fact, such people are much smarter than many of those "IT specialists" who work for someone through out their life- without making any breakthrough invention in thier whole life.

Cheers

Sachin