So tough to create, so easy to erase!

What happens to the reputation that is being created over years if we have more and more companies getting started here in USA by Indian immigrants in the name of consulting firms? As all of us know, there were more Indian immigrants than anyone else to create software in one of the worst hyped technological innovations of the century called DOT COM that helped world become much smaller than any of us can imagine. I am extremely happy for those who made it to USA then and survived during the worst times when there were not too many opportunities. All those who survived are now the most eligible to become entrepreneurs of the IT Consulting business in USA as they all are close to securing a green card and that gives them the option of registering a company in the so called land of opportunities. As the demand for IT professionals grow in this part of the word, body shopping becomes more and more attractive and the question that remains to be answered is how good it is for the reputation of Indian IT resources.

Most of the Indian students who do Masters here end up on H1 for a consulting firm managed by fellow Indian. I have been seeing lot of people who were not into IT in India find H1 a serious option after all it isn’t easy to find an IT job in India for their profile. USA IT consulting firms can afford to have them come here and find a job in 2-3 months time and earn themselves a hadful of money and earn a minimum of 5-6 USD per hour for the consulting firm he represents.

Americans would have had lot of faith on Indian job seekers but it does not happen anymore as we have too many people at very later ages trying to enter into this money machine as everyone thinks with little interest to learn the technology.
I definitely appreciate the fact that we can only provide the best to meet the demand but we need to have companies started with more commitment to train resources before having them earn for you. Companies started with no commitment and vision will not last long and will only spoil the reputation that we created for ourselves in years. Who cares for the reputation? All they care when they are here is to make money.

I was reminded of working on this post when my manager talked about the made up resumes that she received from some of the known Indian consulting firms based out here in States and the poor performance they displayed at work. I think we need to do justice to what we are earning before we ourselves erase what we have been boasting for years. It is pretty interesting how this business is run. The only business terms that make sense in this world of business are Rate, Layers and Cut!