IT... Information Technology... Computer Science.. Online.. Website.. This words are very common in our routine work. We are not at all alians to this part of world. Apart from that, we update our resume with the word "Tech Savvy", when we learn how to send a mail or how to add a friend on facebook.
Well, My today's topic is not about how we dealt with IT, my topic is how IT World deals with real world. I am talking about all this because of the following statement given by Scientist CNR RAO. (Every sachin fan knows him as he was awarded with BHARAT RATNA alongwith God SRT)
"IT (Information Technology) has nothing to do with science. IT is only to make some money. They (techies) are a whole bunch of unhappy guys working there. I read every day in newspapers, some techie committed suicide, some software engineer killed or divorced,"
I agree with above statement. At first look, being computer engineer it feels bad and bit insulted but when we see this topic in detail, I feel he is right. Let's understand this topic by 2 parts. First, Let's understand Engineering and Science field are different.
In India, if you selected Science field in you high school. It is decided that you are going to be doctor or engineer. But technically and fundamentally science and engineering are two different terminology. Science (or now we say pure science) deals with basic scientific things like chemicals, experiments, results. Where as Engineering deals with applications like mechanical, electrical, computer and others. So IT is just a part of engineering which is part of science.
Now Second Part is, "IT people comes from Science Background only", is a myth. Let's understand this by simple example. Today every person who had done B.E. Computer, B.E. IT, MCA, MBA IT, MSc IT, Courses from RamVihar Computer Classes and guy who runs Cyber Cafe, Think that they belong to IT field. Now Many of this courses, you can get admitted without having any knowledge of maths or science.
There is one more very important thing to discuss. Let's compare IT Field with Automobile Field. If you want to buy a car, you can call company and get one. Same way with software, You want one, Then you call company and you have one. If you want specially design car, you can ask for same. and they will serve you. Same with softwares.
So, Where Softwares differ from Automobile (or in this case any other field)? The answer lies itself only. Softwares are made basically to convert manual application into automatic one. In sophisticated (or tech savvy ) way, you can call it Applications. So We need to build Applications based on user's requirements. Basically what we do is, We ask user for desired output and what input he will give. Then on his input, we do programming or coding or logic or jugaad and give him desired output.
I want to discuss other part of the statement now, "Why IT people are bunch of unhappy people." I think IT people are like Govt. Officers of 70s and 80s. Let's see one example of IT Fellow, We will call him Raj Malhotra (No offense to Shahrukh). Let's say Raj has done engineering from BRTS College with very good marks, He had learned C Programming, Data Structure, Database Management System, JAVA, .NET, System Analysis and Design, Engineering Drawing, Environment Science and 68 other Subjects. After hard work and watching lots of movies, He became Engineer, and after searching job and formatting relatives computers, He gets a job.
What Raj needs to do at job, He has to handle a client, how? Client needs to do data entry, but he can't do. So Raj ask client to do every type of changes, Starting from Computer Restart to Changing BIOS Setting. But after 2 hours, Raj comes to know that internet connection was disconnected, So client can't do data entry. :D You may be smiling but this is correct. It happens with Every Raj Malhotra, Every Computer Engineer and Every IT Person. Same way there are many examples but will not bore you with that.
So, This is very crucial factor why IT People are not happy like other people. Stress kills us man.
Apart from that, Today everyone thinks that he is IT Person. So I openly saying this that if you know how to use what's app or facebook, or how to send an email or format a pc or change in parent directory or hide a folder, I am sorry to say, but you are not IT People. It's like if daily driving car from home to office, doesn't make you professional driver. It's not make you one of us.
We, IT People, are not Scientiest or Enterprenures or Jugaadu. We are the one who tries to make you life easy. We try to make system that works smoothly. We try to make complicated manual things automatic. We make world better place to live. We give you entertainment, knowledge, work whenever and wherever you need.
I am attaching full article about CNR Rao.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-18/job-trends/44200875_1_cnr-rao-techies-software-engineer
Love,
Smit
Well, My today's topic is not about how we dealt with IT, my topic is how IT World deals with real world. I am talking about all this because of the following statement given by Scientist CNR RAO. (Every sachin fan knows him as he was awarded with BHARAT RATNA alongwith God SRT)
"IT (Information Technology) has nothing to do with science. IT is only to make some money. They (techies) are a whole bunch of unhappy guys working there. I read every day in newspapers, some techie committed suicide, some software engineer killed or divorced,"
I agree with above statement. At first look, being computer engineer it feels bad and bit insulted but when we see this topic in detail, I feel he is right. Let's understand this topic by 2 parts. First, Let's understand Engineering and Science field are different.
In India, if you selected Science field in you high school. It is decided that you are going to be doctor or engineer. But technically and fundamentally science and engineering are two different terminology. Science (or now we say pure science) deals with basic scientific things like chemicals, experiments, results. Where as Engineering deals with applications like mechanical, electrical, computer and others. So IT is just a part of engineering which is part of science.
Now Second Part is, "IT people comes from Science Background only", is a myth. Let's understand this by simple example. Today every person who had done B.E. Computer, B.E. IT, MCA, MBA IT, MSc IT, Courses from RamVihar Computer Classes and guy who runs Cyber Cafe, Think that they belong to IT field. Now Many of this courses, you can get admitted without having any knowledge of maths or science.
There is one more very important thing to discuss. Let's compare IT Field with Automobile Field. If you want to buy a car, you can call company and get one. Same way with software, You want one, Then you call company and you have one. If you want specially design car, you can ask for same. and they will serve you. Same with softwares.
So, Where Softwares differ from Automobile (or in this case any other field)? The answer lies itself only. Softwares are made basically to convert manual application into automatic one. In sophisticated (or tech savvy ) way, you can call it Applications. So We need to build Applications based on user's requirements. Basically what we do is, We ask user for desired output and what input he will give. Then on his input, we do programming or coding or logic or jugaad and give him desired output.
I want to discuss other part of the statement now, "Why IT people are bunch of unhappy people." I think IT people are like Govt. Officers of 70s and 80s. Let's see one example of IT Fellow, We will call him Raj Malhotra (No offense to Shahrukh). Let's say Raj has done engineering from BRTS College with very good marks, He had learned C Programming, Data Structure, Database Management System, JAVA, .NET, System Analysis and Design, Engineering Drawing, Environment Science and 68 other Subjects. After hard work and watching lots of movies, He became Engineer, and after searching job and formatting relatives computers, He gets a job.
What Raj needs to do at job, He has to handle a client, how? Client needs to do data entry, but he can't do. So Raj ask client to do every type of changes, Starting from Computer Restart to Changing BIOS Setting. But after 2 hours, Raj comes to know that internet connection was disconnected, So client can't do data entry. :D You may be smiling but this is correct. It happens with Every Raj Malhotra, Every Computer Engineer and Every IT Person. Same way there are many examples but will not bore you with that.
So, This is very crucial factor why IT People are not happy like other people. Stress kills us man.
Apart from that, Today everyone thinks that he is IT Person. So I openly saying this that if you know how to use what's app or facebook, or how to send an email or format a pc or change in parent directory or hide a folder, I am sorry to say, but you are not IT People. It's like if daily driving car from home to office, doesn't make you professional driver. It's not make you one of us.
We, IT People, are not Scientiest or Enterprenures or Jugaadu. We are the one who tries to make you life easy. We try to make system that works smoothly. We try to make complicated manual things automatic. We make world better place to live. We give you entertainment, knowledge, work whenever and wherever you need.
I am attaching full article about CNR Rao.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-18/job-trends/44200875_1_cnr-rao-techies-software-engineer
Love,
Smit
