Re: From an employee in Paris to an employer in Karachi
thanks guys, its been one month since i moved back. after having countless meetings with major stake holders in IT business in Pakistan i am astonished & shocked to learn such huge companies with extraordinary talent are working here (Lahore/Faisalabad) search for netsol, mindstorm, systemsltd etc. they are doing exciting stuff with netsol alone providing ERP solutions to dozens of Fortune 500.
i am pretty much done with feasibility studies & business plan, i would like to advise IT people who wanna move back to Pakistan, forget about the home market in the starting phase - go international - develop solutions for example Windows 8 is going to launch in couple of months its a great opportunity or eCommerce, sell stuff to the world - the logistic services are top notch with companies such as DHL, Fedex, UPS & Pak Post providing door to door 24hrs to 3 days around the world, costs are 80% lower then West.
human resource is cheap with starting pay for fresh of the batch is less the 20k RS, i interviewed a person who developed a GUI (10000 lines of code) on top of Android and he freaking live in a Village 50 KM out of Faisalabad - he told me he learn everything from GOOGLE, such talent they just need better guidance. oh yeh i hired this person its the people like him i am looking the person who can think instead of just do what told to do.