Finding the right people ...

A friend and I were talking the other day and this interesting topic came up, "why is it hard to find good people to work with in India?" ...

The answer as we concluded is that most people in the west do things because they like to, for example, if a person was writing code, they do that for a living because they enjoy it .... au contrary, things are not so in India, most people join the software industry because they think they can make more money ... people become doctors because they think they can get good dowries and make a lot of money !!!

This brings us down to the point where we have to quote a proverb ... "Do not chase money ever, do what you are good at and money will come to you automatically".

I thought I got to pen this somewhere as this was an intresting view...

Developers are not too fond of project managers ...

I notice that in general most developers dislike project managers, I have been trying to figure out the root cause for this dislike and my conclusion is that its very similar to a teenager not liking his or her parents for what they expect out of them.

In some cases, this hatred is absolutely valid, I say this because not all project managers are disciplined themselves, there are the few who are just bums on seats and do not add much value to the work happening, in fact these set of people are survivors put in the role of a project manager who make the life of people working under them miserable.

In general, the project manager wants absolute discipline and processes to be followed, like a mother and father expecting their children to grow with some values, but the team wants to take as many short cuts as possible, just like the kids think what they do is right. The challenge is in getting the unruly kid to behave and do what is right for everyone.

Discipline in India is like asking for an ice cream in the arctic circle ... not very easy to find, one who drives on Indian roads will be able to understand this in a much better manner. We do not follow lane discipline, we do not do not understand the concept of "Right of way" and in many places we don't understand what signals are meant for.

The biggest challenge for the project manger is to deliver what is needed in time using these people who think they are "gods gifts to mankind", its a pretty thankless job and only one who has been through the pain of failure by attempting to deliver something without project managing it will be able to appreciate it.

Hello World

Hello Viewer,

If by any chance you have been looking for a information repository on project management as a subject, as a science, as a theory and are looking for some serious answers, you are not in the right place.

I have been doing project management in India for the last two years and thought that there is a lighter side to this so called profession and so I have created this forum to share some of my thoughts.

Of course this is not about sharing jokes in your day's work, but I want it to be a platform where I can share some sterio types about this role and how others feel about it.

There are a lot more thoughts that I will hopefully post in this blog, but for now I will have to stop since I have a burning project awaiting my attention ...