I have been interviewed with lots of companies. I have lots of Engineering Manager in my LinkedIn connections. I don't see a single manager from IITs? Where the fuck did they all go? Tens of thousands of them in past 20 years and I don't see a single one. I know they started with big techs but what happened to them. I know there are IITians running big schools like MIT, Berkley, Harvard, CMU. But these are academics. What happened to the techies and core devs? Do you know anyone?
Maybe they enjoy being a ic who knows , from what I have seen many vps of big tech are iitians
Also, not everyone is running a startup. They certainly went to the Himalayas where Steve Jobs went probably.
They dont have good social/managerial skills. Good in tech but more introverte
They either migrated to the US or did management consulting in India. Tech boom in India is a recent trend like post 2014-ish.
It's not that you won't find iitians in these positions and neither is it true that all of them move to the US...the toppers or rankers do go out of India 💯 but others do stay and I have in fact worked with many iitians in good engineering positions...just a random check on LinkedIn will show you the same.
I have been looking at career trajectory of several people from IITs and non-IITs down the line after 14-15yrs. What I found is that most managers, PMs, director are from non-IIT backgrounds? (Or possibly IIT backgrounds but non-CS backg...
"We don't hunt for #IIT, instead we hire #software #tech #Engineering grads from Tier-2& 3 cities, modest backgrounds"
Any employees here by any chance?
https://www.wionews.com/business-economy/india-tech-firm-valued-at-100mn-gives-awa...
The stupidity and arrogance of some leaders in some companies to use colleges as filter criteria for what is clearly irrelevant for the role.
Mostly these idiots end up fucking up company after company creating these neo-casteist gro...
This is pretty common, has been like that for ages. It’s their company and their rules. You also have the freedom to ...
PPS- You are not a fucking innovative community if your community is built out of college tags.
Whoa! Shaant bheem shaant I read this post all angry and hyped up 😅 But 100% agree with you!
Thoughts on this? I myself did my MBA from a T-1 school and found it value enriching experience that allowed me to crack my role at Uber.
What do you think?
Too Many MBAs ruining manufacturing companies, which there are not enough of in India. The problem Elon mentioned is ...
