6.25 am..., on a Sunday morning, my phone starts shouting "Paani da rang dekh ke" once and sound seemed almost a kilometer away from me for I was in deep sleep. I never tried to wake up and pick it though and it started again "Paani daa rang dekh ke". Another voice came sharply into my ears "ಲೋ ಯಾವನೋ ಅವ್ನು ಈ ಹಾಡು ಬರ್ದಿರೋದು , ಉಗಿರೋ ಮುಕಕ್ಕೆ ನೀರಿಗೆಲ್ಲೋ ಕಲರ್ ಇರುತ್ತೆ! ಆಫ್ ಮಾಡ್ರೋ!!!!" (Who the hell is that lyricist, water is color less. Switch off the phone" ). I had no option but to pick the phone and mom spoke from the other end "ಲೋ ಮಗ, ಆ ಜಯಮ್ಮ ಅವ್ರ ಮಗ ರಾಘುಗೆ ಗವರ್ನ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ಕೆಲ್ಸ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದೆ, ಸ್ಟಾರ್ಟಿಂಗ್ ಇಂದನೇ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೈದು ಸಾವ್ರ ಸ0ಬಳ ಅ0ತೆ!!!!" (Hey son, Raaghu got a government job with a salary of 25000 from the beginning only). Me still sleepy “Mom, let him go, enjoy but what made you to call me so early in the morning to tell this". Mom: " ಏನಿಲ್ಲ ಮಗ ಸುಮ್ನೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ ಅಷ್ಟೇ! ನೀನು ದಿನಾ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬರೋದು ಲೇಟ್ ಮತ್ತೆ ಏಳೋದು ಲೇಟ್ , ಯಾಕಪ್ಪಾ ಕೆಲ್ಸ ಸರಿ ಇಲ್ವಾ !! ನೀನು ಗವರ್ರ್ನ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ಕೆಲ್ಸ ಯಾಕೆ ಹುಡ್ಕೊಳೋಲ್ಲ ಇಲ್ಲಾಂದ್ರೆ ನನ್ನ ಫ್ರೆಂಡ್ ಮಗಳು ಒಬ್ಬರಿದಾರೆ ಅವ್ರಿಗಾದ್ರೂ ಹೇಳ್ತೀನಿ ನಿನಗೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಕೆಲ್ಸ ಕೊಡುಸ್ತಾರೆ" (Just called you son, everyday you come late from office and you never wake up early. Isn't your job good now? Why don't you write some government exam or should I speak with daughter of my friend to get you another job??)
I nearly lost my sleep and then
shouted back. "Go and do some work mom, simply why are you wasting your
time as well as disturbing my sleep". This is the first biggest problem
being a middle class software engineer. Your moms are never satisfied with your
IT job however good salaries you get and whichever great company you work for. They just want you to work 10 to 5 without any work pressure, eat nicely, sleep
well and wake up early in the morning. She is absolutely right and a great
caretaker. But then it’s not so easy to live the way she wants to as the life
won't let you to live the way you want to at least in the beginning of your
career. And at 40 if you are not living the way she is expecting you to live, it’s
a matter to worry about you and your capabilities.
Software
engineers have become common and abundant. This is the second biggest problem. These
aunties and the old men are always a big threat to the middle class software
engineers. They are the most curious people in the world to know about your
salaries. Every time I visit my native, they ask and start comparing with the
engineers they know. I already told you there are abundant software engineers
and somehow they will have relation with these aunties and old men. And they don't
stop just there but just go on showing their sympathy by giving references
which you don't get even though you have hundreds of software engineer friends
here in Bangalore.
Let me not explain only about the problems, there are some extra
benefits being a middle class software engineer. So in a family marriage, you
get an extra edge of attention from all if you are an attention seeker and most
of us don't like tat so problem again!. You will never get short of marriage
proposals if you are looking to marry from the same aunties which most of us don't
like so again its a problem. People seek your advice while constructing houses
in your villages for which you are not a civil engineer but for them you are one!
People ask all the types of problems faced in their smart phones as soon as
they get to know you are a software engineer so get ready to open a new mobile
repair shop (at least this one you can manage). And never say "NO" to their problems or else face this “ಯಾವ್ ಸೀಮೆ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ ನೀನು, ಏನೂ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ನಿಂಗೆ!!!" (What kind of engineer are you!. Don't know anything).
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| Jubanashwa Mishra a soft engg who tried 28 jobs in 28 weeks. Image courtesy: www.dailymail.co.uk |
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