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I am a start up founder as well and I am facing the same problem. Most of freshers applying for the jobs claim to have decent "Java", "SQL" knowledge in their r
by okpatil 13y ago
I am a start up founder as well and I am facing the same problem. Most of freshers applying for the jobs claim to have decent "Java", "SQL" knowledge in their resume. But they cannot even write a simple program that reads and writes to a file.
They don't even know that there is something called "Open Source Technology". Absolutely no one has hands on experience with Linux. And they haven't even heard of technologies like ROR and Node.js.
I had to invest in their training. But even after 3 months of rigorous training, they still fail to grasp basic concepts.
I am not blaming parents for their child's failure. Of course, they pray that he should have a better life than themselves. That's why they pay for his education.
I will blame these petty colleges with their petty engineering degrees.
Paid projects are killing "problem solving attitude" of entire engineering generation.
- enry_straker 13y agoAlso blame the students themselves. It really doesn't matter what collages they attended, how poor their teacher was etc. The internet is the biggest teacher of all. With institutions like Khan Academy and MITx and Google and coursera and other MOOCs, the availability of free knowledge is plentyful for people with an ounce of interest. And never invest in a person who does not love programming or problem solving. No amount of training can fix a character flaw.
- okpatil 13y agoI agree. I learned that hard way.
- rahul_rai 13y agoI had to invest in their training. You see the problem. Why are you not getting people from non tier 3 colleges and choose to not "train" them? Your choice of "tier 3 " college graduates proves a lot about you. What you want is pay these "tier3" college grads a minimum amount of money and then charge your clients/sell a produnt to get maximum profit. No Sir , you are the one to blame yourself. The greed and un ethical attitude of peopel like you and IT service companies is the one to blame. First you want chaep labor , then you hire people for cheap , then you blame the education system. If the IT companies really wanted a good supply of engineers why have they not opened an engineering college in India? Becasue , No one after graduating from these colleges(assuming they deploy good teachers) would choose to work on BS maintiance projects. Ok , please kill your body shop attitude , where you want people to work for you and YOU WANT profit. If you want to create value , then either work for self or hire people whom you need not train. Do not blame an engineering college. Open one , I double dare these Infosys shit companies.