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people management skills are a part of the equation that can be achieved by doing it. You can become a good leader even if you work in the technical ladder. Leadership in technology is also hard compared to people management. If you are a strong technical leader you can transition to managerial ...

I am not saying that number of years is the ONLY criteria. But it is a major factor along with RELEVANT experience. You cannot replace a 20 year experience guy with a 3 year novice unless he is a Bill Gate or google founders. I am talking about the general software community. I have worked in US ...

[QUOTE=dbs;292455]It is surprising that people with lots of usa experience are talking about the problem in reporting to younger or with smaller number working experience. My biggest grouse with the GOI is that govt. 'servants' progress in their career, solely based on years of service. Even a army ...

[QUOTE=vizagdesi;291234]People like me will try to push some common sense into some hot-air-heads. We will also help keep your thread alive. When a crow was told that it could never be an eagle, it would think that it is getting demotivated. So be it. There are millions of people on this planet who ...

[URL="http://www.r2iclubforums.com/forums/../member.php/6920-ahirman"][B][COLOR=navy]ahirman[/COLOR][/B][/URL], Yes. that is a valid point. don't compare. I agree with you. comparing things makes return 2 india decision complicated.

[QUOTE=KirKS;291139]There is no hard and fast rule, but here are some observations from my side. On the development path, people in India, particularly those not into niche design or DBA path, adhere to this rule of thumb. Service oriented companies have people being thrust into people management ...

Yes I know.
I have seen people like him ([B]vizagdesi) in many forums.Ignoring them is better. They don't help any one in the forum, but tries to demotivate people. I don't care.[/B]

Thanks Peter for your suggestion. make sense.

Let me clarify few things: 1> if you compare the working style roles and promotions happened in India , take from 2000-2007 In US the managers (even first line managers) manages people with decade of experience , who are the gurus in their domain. I worked with folks who wrote RFCs , who attends ...

[QUOTE=ahirman;290867]Why should anyone be given a position/role just based on his years of experience as the sole qualifying criteria. Isnt the reporting based on the role/position offered (which is based on the business/org model). Do you mean that a company should modify the way they are ...

Folks, Seems like things have changed a lot from 5-10 years now in India. Most of the software folks moved to US or Europe for better pay, to work on cutting edge projects, to work on start ups, and better lifestyle. During that period there was a shortage of software developers and managers and ...