Georgia less developed than India?
October 29, 2007 at 1:48 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in News, Randomly NotedIndian software giant Wipro is expanding its operations.
Wipro, another hi-tech titan, has been on a spending spree, buying up companies in America, Finland, Portugal and Europe for hundreds of millions of dollars. Azim Premji, Wipro’s chairman, raised eyebrows on Wall Street when he talked this year of setting up divisions in Idaho, Virginia and Georgia – US states he said were attractive because they were “less developed.”
Less developed than India.
That’s nice.
October 29th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
“less onerous government” was probably what he meant. Compared to the EU and many American states, those three states are decidedly easier to open and operate a business.
I bet it would have sounded even funnier to hear him say it.
Apparently, he hasn’t researched GA schools very well.
October 29th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Less developed = less onerous government
That’s a leap.
More likely:
Less developed = there are rural parts of the state with fiber-optic bandwidth where I can pay people lower wages than I could in traditional high-tech centers.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
so how can we be less developed if there are rural areas with fiber…. pretty sure that rural India doesn’t ave fiber, the water buffalo keep eating it
Virginia is not a traditional high tech area? Ever heard of a little company AOL? There are literally a dozen other huge tech corps.
just trying to interpret corporate business speak for a bunch of journalists haha
October 29th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Virginia’s high-tech industry is clustered in one part of state. Drive up I-81 next time you head north and you’ll see the other Virginia.
As for Georgia, a clever business-person could probably do well by finding use for cheap labor in wired cities along major highways in Georgia.
I wasn’t amen-ing his remarks. I was amused/saddened to hear an Indian national calling Georgia undeveloped.
And, although you were probably kidding, I worked for several years in corporate PR. I’m fluent in corporate business speak.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I keed, I keed
Congratulations on your escape from corporate America.
I thought he was comparing developmet to Finland, Portugal, EU, etc etc
He could just be a huge Homer.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:04 am
My job was write press releases for commercial real estate brokers announcing lease deals. Deep Googling will find me listed, back in 1999, as a “spokesman” for Trammell Crow. I, in fact, wrote a press release for them, in the employ of the firm they hired for PR.
The hardest part was coming up with the quotations. The range of emotions you’re allowed to expressed in a press release is limited, so it’s always “pleased,” “excited,” or “pleased and excited.” Occasionally, someone would be “thrilled” at the “win-win.”
October 30th, 2007 at 11:42 am
So how many times did you tell people what you did and hear them reply “Man! That is SO cool!”?
At least my job is odd and we are no longer a public company. I do enjoy it, but most people would think it weird that I enjoy what I do. I have one of those jobs that usually gets a reaction somewhere between “I never thought of that, but it makes sense” to “You do what?”
I, too, have never heard “That is SO cool!”. At least not for my day gig (ie the job that pays the bills).
October 30th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Ever go to a meeting and play Buzzword Bingo with a friend so you would stay awake?
win-win, proactive, going forward, synergy, paradigm, leveraging, etc
I hate win-win and my wife says it all the time…… she used to do time share so she “assumes the close”…. she went legit when we started dating haha
October 31st, 2007 at 7:42 am
Hey Andy, something tells me yr probably really good at \\
October 31st, 2007 at 7:43 am
huh?
October 31st, 2007 at 7:47 am
I was terrible at PR.
Being an effective PR requires ego strength I do not have. I think a lot of client-services jobs are that way. You have to be nice to people you don’t want to be nice to, and be told you’re wrong by clients even when you’re right.
I internalize stress, so the job gave me bad stomach aches — constantly.
My former employer is great at the job. He doesn’t take the bullshit personally and, as a result, has a great time doing it.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:48 am
pardon the moment of what they called E.S.O. in the printing industry
Equipment Superior to Operator. I’m here now. let me straighten my tie.
…hey Andy, can i call you that And ol’ buddy? or how bout SID? (that’s another acronym) …guess what it stands for.
so Sid, what i was wanting to ask was about this “deep googling” yr probably so good at. During the exhaustive research of your Important history in the corporate world, i have concluded that you are a good candidate for answering a question i have:
Power Words. what version are you operating on these days, by the way?
Is “Mechanism” a power word? if it isnt i declare it the new new Power Word.
Mechanism. as in eddie granderson and Bill Lowe’s recent use of the word.
eddie said it about not having the mechanism to find some public art money or something and billy said it in reference to a commercial property artist that has gone solo commercial property artist. said he doesnt have the mechanism to validate his work anymore??? i think we’re the south and with our underdeveloped areas, we can still yank on that “I’m folk” twang..right? ayep.well slap the cat an spit on the fire andy. braid it with business and its still unedukated and valuable.
maybe this is just an art thing. pardon me. i just thought you and dale there looked kinda lonely
dont hurt me. call me sometime. i miss you,schmoogums.
(now i declare schmoogums the new power word.)
October 31st, 2007 at 10:13 am
Eggtooth needs a hug. I will hug you eggtooth, unless of course you are John Fitzgerlad Page. Then I will declare your douchiness and stand clear as others pelt you with poop.
By the way, I can say with some authority that Andy did a fine job of PR’ing, even if it wasn’t his calling. May you never have to PR again. But one day there will be a box of PR you can pick up at your local Staples. Yes there will.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Eggtooth is not John Fitzgerald Page, but he has been asked to portray him in a made for television program. His ability to identify all that is douche-like makes him the man for the job. (you spot it you got it)
As the creative director for the advertising campaign surrounding the famous little guy atlanta knows and loves, Whatizit, I must admit that we inadvertently created John Fitgeral Page as well. It seemed like a harmless experiment with kacky pants, improv acting classes and open toe sandals. The first thing it did when it stood up, was snatch a copy of the latest creative loafing.
If you catch him please return him to us.
Eggtooth Inc would like to decline Mr.T’s offer to hug him. Mr.T needs to work on his public image a little first. Eggtooth would like to offer Mr.T an autographed picture instead.
October 31st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
I am the EggTooth
I am the EggTooth
I am the Walrus
- lyrics by Mr T.
October 31st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
For the benefit of Mr. T
i will write these words you’ll sing
on fresh loafing
the bloggers they will all be there
hide behind your published air
dont mean a thing
over dale and andy’s poops and posts
lastly thru hollis’s head of real books
in this way mr T will hide from the world!
the celebrated mr T
perforates his writing late at clermont lounge
the loafers they will drink and think
a self important douche bag ring-dont be late!
mister T and A assure the public
their production will be second to none
and of course freeman and sugg suck on a log!
the loaf it hits the shelf at 3
when mr T he jerks his dick -without a load
and mr A becomes the T
ten posts he’ll fake to hold and plee for his job
having spent some days in preparation
a splendid loaf we’re guaranteed to pinch
and tonight mr t is milking the cow!
October 31st, 2007 at 6:56 pm
I’m weeping my face off that I didn’t get a mention in that beat poetry masterpiece.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Thomas – although eggtooth has yet to see your worth, I will forever think of you as a man who truly appreciates sugglin’ season. Perhaps eggtooth will snuggle with you. And afterward, write you a ditty. Eggtooth won’t hug me. Coo coo ka choo.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:32 pm
i was just trying to build some dramatic tension,Mr.T. Gosh! The Eggtooth/Mr.T hug wasnt supposed to come until episode 6.
but if you need the hug right now, i understand. Here. Eggtooth show you the soft side. here’s yr cute wittle hug, all smuggly wuggly bug, big fuzzy arms and slight aroma of armpit nervous sweat and sexy expensive deodorant….
October 31st, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Snuggle season has indeed begun, my friends. Who among us could stand to wait?