Moving from Silicon Valley to Bangalore

after endless deliberations with dear wife, hundreds of beer-induced nostalgic midnight rant-trips with friends, ‘here vs there’ charts of comparison, senti-fundas and what-if scenarios, i decided to shift base to bangalore. notice how i am not saying ‘moving back for good’

after spending about 6 months working for my beloved company Yahoo! in bangalore, it is clear that the next big wave of career opportunity is in asia, both within larger us-based companies like yahoo but more importantly within organically grown product-centric indian tech companies. bangalore is kicking some serious butt, and the good part is that the growth and euphoria is more and more being fueled by domestic economic growth, not by europe/north american markets. i am hoping to tap into the early curve of this hyper-growth cycle in the next few years.

for me, it’s primarily a career move., and all the reasons for which i had to come to the united states in early nineties are the exact same reasons to now go to bangalore, and then some : awesome business culture, superb convergence of top-notch tech talent, sheer career opportunity, oodles of money, home-cookin’ and a chance to reacquaint with good old indian middle-class values.

we’re packing up as we speak and i’ll post about some mundane mechanics in the next few days for those that are interested. so here i come, kingfisher. for that matter, here’s a toast to smaller cars, the cacophony auto-rickshaws, servile class-system, cafe coffee day, bollywood, delicious fruits, spiritual symbolism every 100ft, super-sleek bajaj pulsars, overpriced corollas, the woefully out-of-shape building security fellow, power cuts, warmth of a family’s unconditional love, and one hell of an opportunity to make a difference for the country.