Comments on: Moving to India. Step 1: Opening moves http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/ Software development done right! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Schrijver http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-33035 Alex Schrijver Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:58:47 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-33035 Hi Maarten, It's great to hear you get a chance like this. I also had the opportunity to do a project for 2 weeks in Chennai for the largest financial institution in the world. It was a wonderful experience and I still have my "cricket cup" that we won that sunday. (I batted half the game, which was unexpected by them.) I'm maried to an indian (at that time just 1 month :)) and now we are looking to go to live and work in india. As a Dutch speaking 5 languages, I hope it will not take us too long to find a suitable job. Especially seen in the light of your remark: "Bridging this gap by having a representative of the on-shore culture at the off-shore site seems like a good improvement." I wish you all the best in your journey. Alex Hi Maarten,

It’s great to hear you get a chance like this. I also had the opportunity to do a project for 2 weeks in Chennai for the largest financial institution in the world. It was a wonderful experience and I still have my “cricket cup” that we won that sunday. (I batted half the game, which was unexpected by them.) I’m maried to an indian (at that time just 1 month :) ) and now we are looking to go to live and work in india. As a Dutch speaking 5 languages, I hope it will not take us too long to find a suitable job. Especially seen in the light of your remark: “Bridging this gap by having a representative of the on-shore culture at the off-shore site seems like a good improvement.”
I wish you all the best in your journey.

Alex

]]> By: Nazu http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31783 Nazu Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:20:43 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31783 Hi! I was excited to hear about Maaike's work and am hoping that you will be in Bangalore which is where I am. There is a lot of theatre here and I feel a lot of great work she could do with theatre therapy. Actually I work as a therapeutic clown with Docteur Clown a French NGO, (in fact one of our group is from the Netherlands!) you can check out our website at docteurclownindia.tripod.com Do get in touch if you want more info and good luck with your move! Hi! I was excited to hear about Maaike’s work and am hoping that you will be in Bangalore which is where I am. There is a lot of theatre here and I feel a lot of great work she could do with theatre therapy. Actually I work as a therapeutic clown with Docteur Clown a French NGO, (in fact one of our group is from the Netherlands!) you can check out our website at docteurclownindia.tripod.com Do get in touch if you want more info and good luck with your move!

]]> By: Vikas Hazrati http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31371 Vikas Hazrati Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:28:46 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31371 I think regarding the contracting part you need to work that out well before you take the leap. You should not have to repent later. When I worked in the US, I was bound by the US company laws and not by the Indian company for whom I was working in the US. So my guess is that if you want to work for a long time in India you would be bound by Indian labor laws and would be filing taxes etc according to that. The idea of signing a parallel Dutch contract sounds feasible. All the best! I think regarding the contracting part you need to work that out well before you take the leap. You should not have to repent later.

When I worked in the US, I was bound by the US company laws and not by the Indian company for whom I was working in the US.
So my guess is that if you want to work for a long time in India you would be bound by Indian labor laws and would be filing taxes etc according to that. The idea of signing a parallel Dutch contract sounds feasible.
All the best!

]]> By: Kuldeep http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31363 Kuldeep Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:19:33 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31363 Hi Maarten, It was nice to hear that you had a wonderful Indian experience and as a Indian i am proud to hear that. Well one thing i would like to point out is that India is still not all developed and have all the basic infrastructure in place .Whatever the news channel and papers says about rising India is right and also wrong in the sense that India has a long way to go. Things to keep in mind : 1) Security : Its always good idea to be extra cautious especially at night in foreign country. 2) Accommodation : Choose a right one with Power back -up and in good locality. Your Company HR should be able to help you out. 3) Never try to be very friendly with people you don't know especially when you are visiting places like Agra , Jaipur. 4) In rural places , people don't see foreigners very often so their reaction can be exaggerated. All the very best to both of you. Note: I am an Indian Software Programmer , having worked in US and UK ,presently in Delhi. Hi Maarten,
It was nice to hear that you had a wonderful Indian experience and as a Indian i am proud to hear that.
Well one thing i would like to point out is that India is still not all developed and have all the basic infrastructure in place .Whatever the news channel and papers says about rising India is right and also wrong
in the sense that India has a long way to go.

Things to keep in mind :
1) Security : Its always good idea to be extra cautious especially at night in foreign country.
2) Accommodation : Choose a right one with Power back -up and in good locality. Your Company HR should be able to help you out.
3) Never try to be very friendly with people you don’t know especially when you are visiting places like Agra , Jaipur.
4) In rural places , people don’t see foreigners very often so their reaction can be exaggerated.

All the very best to both of you.

Note: I am an Indian Software Programmer , having worked in US and UK ,presently in Delhi.

]]> By: anjan bacchu http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31342 anjan bacchu Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:29:29 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2008/01/23/moving-to-india-step-1-opening-moves/#comment-31342 hi there, it's nice to know that you would like to work in India. Chad fowler (of rails/pragmatic fame) went to India -- he spoke about it in a book -- http://perlcast.com/2006/01/27/interview-with-chad-fowler/ It will be nice to know your experiences -- you should keep writing blogs so that more could try/not. good luck. P.S : I'm an Indian living in the US. BR, ~A hi there,

it’s nice to know that you would like to work in India. Chad fowler (of rails/pragmatic fame) went to India — he spoke about it in a book — http://perlcast.com/2006/01/27/interview-with-chad-fowler/

It will be nice to know your experiences — you should keep writing blogs so that more could try/not.

good luck.

P.S : I’m an Indian living in the US.

BR,
~A

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