Pictures from Bangalore....

Final Impressions...

Bangalore...."the silicon valley of India"...When computer jobs move to India - its because the work can be done for less. Not only can it be done for less, the People working in Bangalore - are just as capable as computer software people in the US. And to make matters worse...the number of scientists and engineers graduating in the US will continue to decline. So if the US is losing jobs to India and China - its our own fault - we don't have enough qualified people to get the work done.

Wake-up and smell the curry! It's the dawn of a new era. Bill gates recently stated in a speech to the US Senate Committee on Education:

"America cannot maintain its innovation leadership if it does not educate world-class innovators and train its workforce to use innovations effectively. Unfortunately, available data suggest that we are failing to do so—in our math and science programs, in our job training programs, and especially in our high schools."

Innovation is the last thing we have -- we are still kings of innovation in the US -- and we have to maintain that edge - it's something our culture breeds....that and creativity.

Thankfully, Bangalore is a 16 hour flight away, and the cost of a round-trip business ticket is over $4K. Because if it wasn't - the flight of jobs would be even faster.

Bangalore Airport at 2am

Ever wondered what the Bangalore airport looks like on a Friday at 3am? Well wonder no more...here's a few more photographs of my trip before leaving Bangalore...



Considering the time-of-day, there were an awful lot of people outside....




Note! Even though Lufthansa allows 1 personal bag, and 1 carry-on...security checkpoints at Bangalore do not. So if you travel through Bangalore -- only take 1 carry-on bag (and that includes your laptop)

Once inside - we just sat around and waited - the place looked very much like a greyhound bus terminal in the US.



And that's how it all ended in Bangalore -- the flight took off on schedule....

9 hours 55 minutes to Fankfurt
And 9 hours 35 minutes to Washington DC

Total travel time from my Bangalore Hotel to Home: 26 hours

I really did do some work too....

Here's a photo of my Ajax students....you can just see them sponging knowledge out of the air...we squeezed 20 students in the space we'd normally have 12 students in the US. It was tight - but it worked!




And back at the hotel - Jeff and I delivered two all-day seminars. We were asked to pose for some group photos --- try to find the Americans! (Hint: We are the two that never left our seats....)