Well, first of all, theres a difference between America the nation state and America the people. Its not like Americans are not likeable people. I havent met many unlikeable Americans. The problem is, to them, the world revolves around America. They have no empathy for the rest of the world. The mindset is, as long as I can get my oil and my cheap walmart merchandise, I couldnt care less how. Individually, they are beautiful, as a nation, they are ugly and self centered.
The man in focus is from a middle class family, and is doing his final Year Engineering and as any other typical engineering student has these
Two options as in the below
IF clause
IF
fin-aid-got during final year BE MS in US
Display "Foreign MS Degree"
ELSE
Join the (campus offered) big software consulting company visit all continents much to the concern of those who took the above IF logic Display "Have made more money than you guys who did MS in US"
END IF
Our man took the ELSE clause and happily went around the globe. Learnt English customs, French cuisine, Swiss niceties, Spanish Reggae and American Dreams.
After three years plus (now a days people start at 6 months itself), decides to leave the big consultancy job and takes on a H1B. He tells all his friends "just 2 or maximum 3 years, make $10K or $20K and then come back and settle back home nicely, I'll come back, I wont be like others who settle there". He surely believes so when he says this and does not lie...
And is that enviable chance at a life abrawd really that enviable? The Software Engineer neat stuff all around him but does not buy it because he is there only for a year or two; to save for a lavish lifestyle that everyone expects him to have back home. So, he settles for a lifestyle quite opposite to what he had back home. While he shops only branded stuff from the best shops in India, he is always on the lookout for ‘deals’ and sales announcements and buys the cheapest stuff without caring for a brand name in the US!
In these far off big cities, the software engineer is no longer looked at as the nice kid who made it from a humble background; he becomes just another bachelor who only rents apartments
With India becoming a favoured destination of several multi-national companies, thousands of Indian IT professionals in the United States are returning to their homeland with good pay packets, according to a survey. "Most young Indian couples preferred to return to India to protect their kids from the Western culture and to educate them in Indian atmosphere," Also, Infrastructure development and job opportunities at the more or less same salary in India are the factors behind the trend….
The man in focus is from a middle class family, and is doing his final Year Engineering and as any other typical engineering student has these
Two options as in the below
IF clause
IF
fin-aid-got during final year BE MS in US
Display "Foreign MS Degree"
ELSE
Join the (campus offered) big software consulting company visit all continents much to the concern of those who took the above IF logic Display "Have made more money than you guys who did MS in US"
END IF
Our man took the ELSE clause and happily went around the globe. Learnt English customs, French cuisine, Swiss niceties, Spanish Reggae and American Dreams.
After three years plus (now a days people start at 6 months itself), decides to leave the big consultancy job and takes on a H1B. He tells all his friends "just 2 or maximum 3 years, make $10K or $20K and then come back and settle back home nicely, I'll come back, I wont be like others who settle there". He surely believes so when he says this and does not lie...
And is that enviable chance at a life abrawd really that enviable? The Software Engineer neat stuff all around him but does not buy it because he is there only for a year or two; to save for a lavish lifestyle that everyone expects him to have back home. So, he settles for a lifestyle quite opposite to what he had back home. While he shops only branded stuff from the best shops in India, he is always on the lookout for ‘deals’ and sales announcements and buys the cheapest stuff without caring for a brand name in the US!
In these far off big cities, the software engineer is no longer looked at as the nice kid who made it from a humble background; he becomes just another bachelor who only rents apartments
With India becoming a favoured destination of several multi-national companies, thousands of Indian IT professionals in the United States are returning to their homeland with good pay packets, according to a survey. "Most young Indian couples preferred to return to India to protect their kids from the Western culture and to educate them in Indian atmosphere," Also, Infrastructure development and job opportunities at the more or less same salary in India are the factors behind the trend….
After all, looks like he is going to come back…………..
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