A 3rd worlder's reality check

ColinDavies

Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: What about me? I can imagine myself born in a developed place. I believe that if I was born in some computer aware place, say SF, I’d have conquered my dreams by now. I’d have got an exposure which is only fantasy now to me. I’d have been rich and successful and contended Very eloquent Nish, My experience has shown me however that folk who are unhappy in the 3rd world when transfered to the 1st world remain unhappy although for entirely new reasons. Thought for thought. Happiness is a state of mind. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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Most people should stick to calculators, Isaac Sasson 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped

Michael A Barnhart

First, I will second Matt's I wish you luck. Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: I shall strive to cross the abominabilities thrust upon me by my 3rd world nationality and I shall conquer. And you shall all be witness to that. The 3rd worlder who dared to dream and conquer his dream. That will be me – Nish. To be truthful I feel you already have crossed boundaries. The India culture has always puzzled me. On one hand your people seam to detest the cast system I percieve you have and from your comments is at least partially true. But, I knew 2 students from India when I was in school (yes many years ago). I do not know how well off their families were but they had gotten to the US to go to school and were then working part time jobs to pay for their education. In both cases they wanted only to live and work here long enough so they could then return to India and buy a city so they could become the lords over the land. I did not understand and still do not. Sorry for digressing. If nothing else you have joined the international community here and I for one appreciate the interaction from more that jsut my fellow US citizens. Again good luck. Mike

Christian Graus

Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Well, yeah, I must admit that I kinda exagerrated in my negative-enthusiastic mood. Being depressed will do that to you... Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Yes, it was a typo. I did mean contented. SF is San Francisco. Thats where my bosses spend half their year at. Scum !!! ( your bosses that is ) Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Christian Graus wrote: Have you thought of proposing articles to some paper mags like WDJ ? No I haven't. I need to get a little more professional before I can do that. And its not easy from India, specially Trivandrum. You're selling yourself short. Your articles on CP are easily as well written as mine, and I've been published for the second time this month, with three other article proposals accepted this year. Just think of something that you think will be of interest to them, and write a proposal. Hell, think of several things and propose them. If you're really that worried about being more 'professional' in some way, I'd be glad to tell you what worked for me. Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: I wonder how you guys manage to stay calm and collected all through the week. For me I go crazy at least once every 5 days. I guess it depends - I'm pretty contented most of the time. When I get frustrated I just yell at the machine. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little.

ColinDavies

Stan Shannon wrote: Did you ever consider dreaming about makeing your country a better place to live rather than running away to SF? (San Francisco? I thought you didn't like the U.S.) Relax Stan, he said SF not Oklahoma City :-) Stan Shannon wrote: but we don't need you as much as India does. Maybe you should migrate Stan. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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Most people should stick to calculators, Isaac Sasson 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped

Nish Nishant

Stuart van Weele wrote: Plenty of people from developing countries make it to the USA. You just need concrete goals, a plan, a few tricks, and some luck. I don;t want to do that. I wish I was born there. But now that I am not, I don't wish to realize my goals in an alien country. I'd much rather do that here. Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org

ColinDavies

Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: I did mean contented. SF is San Francisco. Isn't the kewl name "the bay area" now ? or is that somewhere else. Regardz Colin J Davies

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Most people should stick to calculators, Isaac Sasson 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped

Stan Shannon

Colin Davies wrote: Maybe you should migrate Stan. Somehow, I don't think a 3rd rate hack like me would do much for their economy. But I might try it if I could get a good price on a nice doublewide in Calcutta. ;P "There's a slew of slip 'twixt cup and lip"

Nish Nishant

Michael A. Barnhart wrote: On one hand your people seam to detest the cast system I percieve you have and from your comments is at least partially true. Partially true???? I hate the damned caste system. Thats what I hate most about my country. The dirty caste system. But the politicians depend on religion and caste for their votes. Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org

Nish Nishant

Colin Davies wrote: My experience has shown me however that folk who are unhappy in the 3rd world when transfered to the 1st world remain unhappy although for entirely new reasons. Yeah but I'd prefer a change in the variety of unhappiness I would experience. A wound that keeps changing its nature would be a lot more pleasant than a stagnant boring wound. Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org

Stan Shannon

Colin Davies wrote: Relax Stan, he said SF not Oklahoma City If I were Nish I'd dang sure pick OKC over SF. There's not nearly as much high tech, but the people are a lot nicer. "There's a slew of slip 'twixt cup and lip"

Stan Shannon

Just demonstrating my limited knowledge of Indian geography. It was the first name that popped into my mind. "There's a slew of slip 'twixt cup and lip"

Nish Nishant

Stan Shannon wrote: Did you ever consider dreaming about makeing your country a better place to live rather than running away to SF? I dont want to run away to the US. It is true that I would have been happier to have been born there. But now I dont think I'd be happy there either. But the computer world is an american thing basically. If I am to be successful, I'd need to spend at least 4 years there and then come back with several contracts. Then from india, I'd be earning US money. Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org

Nish Nishant

Stan Shannon wrote: might try it if I could get a good price on a nice doublewide in Calcutta Hey! What's the big deal about Calcutta? I thought it was one of the most polluted cities in the world. Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org

Kannan Kalyanaraman

Colin Davies wrote: Happiness is a state of mind. That summarizes everything. Just when I thought about posting that. :-) Cheers Kannan

Rick York

SF is just the town at the tip of the southern peninsula. The Bay Area refers to SF, Oakland, San Jose, Fremont, and several other towns that surround the bay.

Nish Nishant

Stan Shannon wrote: It was the first name that popped into my mind. I'd have been a lot more happier, if the first name that popped into your mind was TRIVANDRUM. Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org

Stan Shannon

Fair enough. :rose: "There's a slew of slip 'twixt cup and lip"

Chris Losinger

you could experience the wonderful feeling of being laid off because the economy is in the gutter... :( you could experience the joy of competing with your friends for the few (lousy) jobs that are out there. -c

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Stuart van Weele

You cannot change where you were born. You've got four choices: fix your environment, move, learn to like your environment, or do nothing and grumble.

Nish Nishant

Chris Losinger wrote: you could experience the joy of competing with your friends for the few (lousy) jobs that are out there Gosh! Try working in India for one month Chris L. Just one month... Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org