America set me free
I had no high hopes from america, and at the risk of sounding arrogant i wasnt overtly excited by it either. It was to me a next step, another assignement, considering that my last one was in chennai, anything was welcome. yes, it was a step up, because it was direct client contact and things like that, but it did not look to me like a radical leap ahead, iam still not convinced if it is but my experience here in the last one and half month has been an eye opener.
As a kid i was told by one of my uncles that i just had to go to europe or the us, another friend who had widely travelled argued why coming to europe even on my money made sense. i understand why, just why they said so.
It is said that the only kind of learning that money can buy is the one that comes with travel. And if u have lived in america then you have already seen a lot.
Because this country is like a salad bowl. Walking on the streets, in the stores you will meet all kinds of people. At least in the major cities, its a great place for interaction .
For starters, Americans are smart, they are so bloody smart that if u think they are dumb then its you who is dumb. A nation who thrives on the intellectual capital of the world has to be smart. From NASA to the neighbiourhood walmart you ll find all kinds of people, with all kinds of nationalities, these people work and work hard sometimes on lesser money. These people are happy to work here, and they contribute immensely to innovation and efficiency.They give tax so its not for free. The nation who gets the best kind of people from where ever they are, who ever they may be, and profits from it increasing the living standard of every body in the society is smart, actually very smart.
When i sit with my client, i have to keep in my mind that she has been doing her job for the last twenty years. This is because she has never mentioned it and i doubt if she ever will. She is so open minded about everything, nothing is right because she said it or because she is doing it that day. Everything needs to be subjected to rigour, everything needs to be validated. And when i suggest a book in casual conversation, she rights it down. I sometimes feel extemely tiny in front of these people, there is so much of attitude that i need to incorporate. And this open minded attitude to change is displayed everwhere, from outsourcing to the imported chinese toy sitting on some supermarket shelf.
Iam not saying that this is heaven or its comfortable so its great. There are good reasons why it is what it is. And the typical american takes thing light, laughs quite a lot and says sorry at every possible instance. So much to learn.
Disclaimer: This is just the beginning, author reserves the right to change his opinion.
As a kid i was told by one of my uncles that i just had to go to europe or the us, another friend who had widely travelled argued why coming to europe even on my money made sense. i understand why, just why they said so.
It is said that the only kind of learning that money can buy is the one that comes with travel. And if u have lived in america then you have already seen a lot.
Because this country is like a salad bowl. Walking on the streets, in the stores you will meet all kinds of people. At least in the major cities, its a great place for interaction .
For starters, Americans are smart, they are so bloody smart that if u think they are dumb then its you who is dumb. A nation who thrives on the intellectual capital of the world has to be smart. From NASA to the neighbiourhood walmart you ll find all kinds of people, with all kinds of nationalities, these people work and work hard sometimes on lesser money. These people are happy to work here, and they contribute immensely to innovation and efficiency.They give tax so its not for free. The nation who gets the best kind of people from where ever they are, who ever they may be, and profits from it increasing the living standard of every body in the society is smart, actually very smart.
When i sit with my client, i have to keep in my mind that she has been doing her job for the last twenty years. This is because she has never mentioned it and i doubt if she ever will. She is so open minded about everything, nothing is right because she said it or because she is doing it that day. Everything needs to be subjected to rigour, everything needs to be validated. And when i suggest a book in casual conversation, she rights it down. I sometimes feel extemely tiny in front of these people, there is so much of attitude that i need to incorporate. And this open minded attitude to change is displayed everwhere, from outsourcing to the imported chinese toy sitting on some supermarket shelf.
Iam not saying that this is heaven or its comfortable so its great. There are good reasons why it is what it is. And the typical american takes thing light, laughs quite a lot and says sorry at every possible instance. So much to learn.
Disclaimer: This is just the beginning, author reserves the right to change his opinion.
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