Pizza Selection...Just NO!
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@Carnival-Boy said:
All this talk of food - forget pizza, I would kill for a spicy Indian veg curry right now!
I want to say my girlfriend loves Indian food, but I can't say that for sure. I've actually never had it before.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
All this talk of food - forget pizza, I would kill for a spicy Indian veg curry right now!
That's very British of you
The UK often treats curry like the US treats pizza. It's actually difficult to get a quick, cheap, take-away curry here. You can get it nearly anywhere from a "fancy" restaurant, but cost effective take-away, very difficult. -
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
With the Indian workers, we still have a massive shortfall, but in terms of skill and not body count. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of competent and skilled Indian people in IT. But I have only met one or two.
I would guess that I have worked with over a thousand. Hard to guess when the numbers get large. I've lived right in the middle of the Indian cultural centers in both NJ and Dallas (the areas where Netflix "local recommendations" are all in Hindi!!) I've worked with an awful lot of people in general, so all of my numbers are large.
The problem with that particular subcontinent is cultural.
They are taught to not think, follow the directions or else. It's deeply engrained in their society, they have a caste system for f [moderated] sake. This results in most of the lower level goons not knowing jack s [moderated] beyond their tiny part of the picture. Improvisation is not their strong suit. We interviewed a few guys who were supposed to be our "peers" over the phone. One put in his resume he was an "Active Directory Architect". He couldn't even name ONE of the FSMO roles.
Then there is the blatenly false thought that they are somehow more educated and are equivalent to Western education. Sure, if they pay attention. But most just buy their way out of it. I can't seem to find it, but there was a article on the WSJ a while back about how the education system in India is hugely corrupted, in that 3/4 of all students pay professors for passing grades. A degree from Calcutta Technical Institute (CalTech) isn't worth even a degree in Underwater Basket Weaving from UC-Davis. What we see in the for-profit sector of our education system pales in comparison against their pay for play system.
Until companies figure out that these guys are not worth even considering, we will be stuck with them. I would take me an Eastern European resource before I consider anything in that subcontinent.
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@PSX_Defector said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
With the Indian workers, we still have a massive shortfall, but in terms of skill and not body count. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of competent and skilled Indian people in IT. But I have only met one or two.
I would guess that I have worked with over a thousand. Hard to guess when the numbers get large. I've lived right in the middle of the Indian cultural centers in both NJ and Dallas (the areas where Netflix "local recommendations" are all in Hindi!!) I've worked with an awful lot of people in general, so all of my numbers are large.
The problem with that particular subcontinent is cultural.
They are taught to not think, follow the directions or else. It's deeply engrained in their society, they have a caste system for f [moderated] sake. This results in most of the lower level goons not knowing jack s [moderated] beyond their tiny part of the picture. Improvisation is not their strong suit. We interviewed a few guys who were supposed to be our "peers" over the phone. One put in his resume he was an "Active Directory Architect". He couldn't even name ONE of the FSMO roles.
Then there is the blatenly false thought that they are somehow more educated and are equivalent to Western education. Sure, if they pay attention. But most just buy their way out of it. I can't seem to find it, but there was a article on the WSJ a while back about how the education system in India is hugely corrupted, in that 3/4 of all students pay professors for passing grades. A degree from Calcutta Technical Institute (CalTech) isn't worth even a degree in Underwater Basket Weaving from UC-Davis. What we see in the for-profit sector of our education system pales in comparison against their pay for play system.
Until companies figure out that these guys are not worth even considering, we will be stuck with them. I would take me an Eastern European resource before I consider anything in that subcontinent.
FTW!
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I had a bacon cheeseburger pizza today. It was amazing. It even had pickles on it which sounds strange but it really works!
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@bbiAngie said:
I had a bacon cheeseburger pizza today. It was amazing. It even had pickles on it which sounds strange but it really works!
That sounds a lot like what Europeans think American pizza is like. In Italy, Pizza Americana has French fries on it!
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I still have to say my favorite type of pizza is buffalo wing pizza. Buffalo chicken and preferably bleu cheese, but ranch is acceptable I guess too. But YUM! If I don't want red sauce, I LOVE garlic pizza! @bbiAngie a bacon cheeseburger pizza sounds delish!
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Free pizza is good pizza. I'm not picky if it's free.
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Bacon cheeseburger pizza?
You Americans are all crazy!
