Time is a very big factor
Posted Mar 30, 2006 8:38 UTC (Thu) by
anandsr21 (guest, #28562)
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The powerful appeal of something for nothing (Financial Times) by quintesse
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The powerful appeal of something for nothing (Financial Times)
I think you should also consider a lack of time as is the case with India.
In India generally Software education in Colleges is not very good except for the top 20 colleges. In these colleges most of the students are more interested in gaining grades as that is what will help them in getting a job, rather than learning about software development. The companies do not hire based on your software skills but based on the speed of tackling problems so their tests are rarely technical, and mostly analytical. There is a technical interview but that can be handled with what you would learn in the course, not through development experience. So students do not waste their time in learning how to develop software, and instead study the course material faithfully and prepare for GMAT, CAT, etc where they can master Analytical tests. They do not really have the time to master software development. Companies in India expect that and have their own training courses where they teach what they think will be useful on the job.
Even people who are interested in learning about software development cannot spend all their time on it as they have to get a good job as they do not have a safety net in India. Everybody has to fend for themselves and their family. So they cannot become proper contributors. It may happen the prof. or guide may put you into a project where you do OSS development and may be able to contribute.
After getting a job their is no time anyway. Because Overtime in India is the norm which is expected on the job and you do not get paid for it. It doesn't really matter to the students if they are getting their software free or not. They may be working on Linux but still would not contribute.
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