While I usually don’t condemn people around me (never actually), I make an exception this time, hopefully for the last time. I had to take this stern step because of the rising cruelties of the IT (software) professionals who think of themselves to have super power stacked in their brains, which truthfully is not the case.
I remember Peter Drucker’s quote, “Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations.... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them "operators" or "programmers." I hope that says it all about the IT professionals, who exhibit tremendous attitude with a halo of superiority – “I know everything”. I strongly need to contradict here – when crossing the road you need to look only on one side but IT professionals will look on both sides of the street, even when it is a one way road – such is their smartness.
You guys have the privilege to tour foreign nations, collect salaries in dollars and pounds. However, you lack the wit to spend that money wisely; it is easy earned money for you that can be spent in a carefree manner; seldom do you realise that you are the reason for inflation in real estate prices in India making it nearly impossible for others to even think of having a dream house. You guys are still not aware of what is difference between floating, fixed, and diminishing rate of interest. The prices of commodities and items of daily use are at least 20% dearer than the market rates – you highly paid class do not worry about this – a cool comfortable life in air-conditioners with easy-to-use coffee vending machines has made you so sedentary that you feel lousy even to walk a little out of your boundary and see things realistically.
I am at times confused that a guy who is talking about discipline, cleanliness, people manners in the foreign countries is shameless enough to throw a Cadbury’s wrapper on the Indian street even before he finishes his lecture on cleanliness and then murmurs in disgust, “idhar sab aisa hi rehne wala hai, kuch nahi sudhrega iss desh ka”
You may have a flamboyant lifestyle, earned riches that others can only dream of, toured many foreign countries but please also remember that you are most vulnerable class during the times of recession, jitters go down your spine that time.
Well then will it not be wise to be human and modest and be friendly with everyone around, you never know who can come to you help.
I am a humble accountant in a medium sized manufacturing firm. I may not be able to use the computer as efficiently as the software guys or I am not part of the Facebook mania yet but I can use Ms-Excel and Tally with as much ease as you press the “Restart” button when your software program doesn’t work and the computer hangs.
I don’t know if anything except “1” and “0” enters their head but the extra smart class needs to be made understood of the reality.
As rightly, Bill Bryson once said, “[A]nd then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.”
- Santosh Ambavale
