When we see the software, ITES industry we can see two sections of the class are emerging within the software world. One is the capital class while another can be aptly named cattle class!
The capital class is one which might joined the software world in ‘90s era when Software was the still world of those who scored 90+ in maths, easily got the H1B Visa or Green card, settled in US, UK, Europe, earning in Dollars and spending in rupees. Or maybe these class also include the present day people who graduated from a “A” grade colleges. These guys/ gals wont mind handing out 250 to autowallas for a distance of 30 rs for normal public. And can hand over rs 100 note to coconut vendor who bring the tender coconut till their car window. These are the class who normally “responsible” for irrational increase in inflation, rentals, salary of maids in an area which hitherto a very normal area.
Then another class is one who graduated from thousands of engineering colleges, who are placed in the Jatras (fair) called Campus placement, who spent 4-6 months in training, another 4-6 month in thankless activity called “Bench”. These are the guys whose daily life itself a movement. These are the guys who either travel in overcrowded city buses, or paid transport of their companies.
Even in affluent capital class software's there are two sub classes. One those who stil have “Desi saunskruti/ Sanskaar” in their blood. They eat in hotels like MTR in Blore, Saravan Bhavan in Chennai etc where bill is not less than any star buck café but actually a desi hi class hotel. Another sub class may be as said one which drinks coffee in Star bucks, breakfast in subway and lunch in Pizza hut, Dinner in Chinatown!
And cattle class software guy always used to eat in roadside canteen, mess etc and stay in group wit friends, classmates etc.
The alarming thing is the cattle class following the capital class. And the companies also lure them with Rs 49 burger, Rs 55 Pizza or Rs 99 McMeal! Fun thing is these offers are just to let them inside! Once they are inside, when chick sitting next to them eating 299 burger do they eat 99 wala? And ironically these cattle class get the blame as “these software guys behave like extraterrestrial species, spend lavishly, don’t know money value blah blah blah!!”
The capital class is one which might joined the software world in ‘90s era when Software was the still world of those who scored 90+ in maths, easily got the H1B Visa or Green card, settled in US, UK, Europe, earning in Dollars and spending in rupees. Or maybe these class also include the present day people who graduated from a “A” grade colleges. These guys/ gals wont mind handing out 250 to autowallas for a distance of 30 rs for normal public. And can hand over rs 100 note to coconut vendor who bring the tender coconut till their car window. These are the class who normally “responsible” for irrational increase in inflation, rentals, salary of maids in an area which hitherto a very normal area.
Then another class is one who graduated from thousands of engineering colleges, who are placed in the Jatras (fair) called Campus placement, who spent 4-6 months in training, another 4-6 month in thankless activity called “Bench”. These are the guys whose daily life itself a movement. These are the guys who either travel in overcrowded city buses, or paid transport of their companies.
Even in affluent capital class software's there are two sub classes. One those who stil have “Desi saunskruti/ Sanskaar” in their blood. They eat in hotels like MTR in Blore, Saravan Bhavan in Chennai etc where bill is not less than any star buck café but actually a desi hi class hotel. Another sub class may be as said one which drinks coffee in Star bucks, breakfast in subway and lunch in Pizza hut, Dinner in Chinatown!
And cattle class software guy always used to eat in roadside canteen, mess etc and stay in group wit friends, classmates etc.
The alarming thing is the cattle class following the capital class. And the companies also lure them with Rs 49 burger, Rs 55 Pizza or Rs 99 McMeal! Fun thing is these offers are just to let them inside! Once they are inside, when chick sitting next to them eating 299 burger do they eat 99 wala? And ironically these cattle class get the blame as “these software guys behave like extraterrestrial species, spend lavishly, don’t know money value blah blah blah!!”
