Posted on: 29-10-04 11:19:15
Also If possible could you all sucessful people be a little more specific in your Job description.
e.g I work in the IT dept is just too general. I work as an Oracle DBA is specific. I am a SAP XX module consultant. thats is specific.
So on for engineers, doctors etc...
Just a thought.
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Orginally posted by mercury6
Also If possible could you all sucessful people be a little more specific in your Job description.
e.g I work in the IT dept is just too general. I work as an Oracle DBA is specific. I am a SAP XX module consultant. thats is specific.
So on for engineers, doctors etc...
Just a thought.
You are right Mercury6.
Without details about educations and experiences the story is not much helpful to others.
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Looking at the slow but steady inflow of the stories coming in, I cannot help but feel happy that those who run the site have chosen a new direction. When this site can motivate those who can be motivated(which i believe is every one of us), it WILL be a success story too(membership not withstanding). All I can say is that we are headed in the right direction.
10000 members with a dissmal picture of their future and present is of no value to society or themselves. It's great that we have not chosen to go that route.
Congratulations to GG, BL for persevering!!
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Orginally posted by DiogenestheCynic
Not much of the real kind of "success story", is it? I mean, what good is one that does not have the ingredients of struggle and sweat, hopes and disappointments, trials and tribulations? Without them the story is insipid and dull. What we need are those that arouse fervour and excitement, that inspire and encourage, that act as motivators etc.
Whatever gave you that idea? We're not looking for blood, toil and sensationalism in the story, rather only facts and some relevant advice if you can give any. Otherwise, I'd be pointing people to Hemingway.
The idea is to convey that despite all the hardships, there ARE people who have found jobs here. Whether they struggled before getting them is a detail pertinent to the story, not the purpose of the story.
Btw, I don't think a trip to the temple will corrupt your atheism
. I've never asked anyone any specifics (it'd be kinda silly asking that stuff in the temple), but most of them do look like first gen immigrants. You can pay a visit and check for yourself if you're so keen on observing desis driving Mercs and BMWs. Anyways, please keep the suggestions coming, guys. We will do a review of this section in a month or two and implement whatever we can. Remembers though we've just only started it so give it some time.
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Are you there?
BL,
How does one get to the Oakville mandir? What exit from the Queenie and then which way?
And of course, I have seen desis driving those expensive cars that shout "success", but I don't know any who have made it that big coming from India after 30 or so.
Would be interesting to meet some and learn the tricks.
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ok , i now regret making the reference to cars in my earleir post.
The purpose was not to start a discussion on cars it was just an observation i had .
What i was trying to say that there are many , many indians doing extremely well in many walks of life ..... in the same breath i am not undermining the large number of indians who are still struggling .
Cars may not necessarily be a measure of affluence. A person with spare $500-600 p/m can easily afford the lease and insurance of a BMW/Merc/Jag. A rich man could very well be driving a very modest car ....i was bowled over by the thoughts of Ted Turner of CNN. In yr 2000 when he donated $US 1b ( yes $US1B) to UN, he still used to drive his 1991 Toyota camry.
Any way i guess i digreesed too much.
The point is , i have seen way too many 1st generation immigrants , post age 30 , who are doing very well after coming to Canada. I recently attended a gathering of south Asian businesspersons , it just made me realize that not all is gloomy for middle age desis immigrants afterall .
Thats the reality I see, others may not agree with me , and thats ok.
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Orginally posted by DiogenestheCynic
I don't have much of a success story BL. For me it was a virtual cakewalk. For whatever it is worth, and since you insist, here it is:
I landed in Canada on 15th January 1998. We knew a Candian family very well. They picked us up from the airport and we stayed with them. I started applying for jobs. After a couple of weeks I got a call from Addecco. I went in and they tested my skills in MS Excel and English. I did very well in both. They recruited me right away and posted me to work with Imperial Oil in their Office on St. Clair. I continued applying at other places. Also got called for interviews but most were from recruiters and not the employers themselves. At the end of March, that is two and a half months after landng,I was called for an interview by the company I currently work for. After going thro the first level of technical interview I was interviewed by the GM of their IT dept. He said that my resume was ok but that he didn't know me from Adam. He therefore suggested that I work for them on contract for a period of three months, at the end of which if they considered me good enough they would take me on board. I agreed. I worked and completed the assignment that I was given, to their satisfaction. And as agreed they took me on board. And I have been with them ever since. That's it!
Not much of the real kind of "success story", is it? I mean, what good is one that does not have the ingredients of struggle and sweat, hopes and disappointments, trials and tribulations? Without them the story is insipid and dull. What we need are those that arouse fervour and excitement, that inspire and encourage, that act as motivators etc.
So you have been here quite some time....Are you a citizen?
"We"??? I thought you had said you were single.....no?
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