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Why is it so difficult to find skilled people in Nepal?
Many good programmers and artists I know went to just average schools and colleges. But through their interest in the subject matter and hard work became experts in their fields. As far as leaving Nepal for greener pastures, I know that's not easy either. Just look at the long lines of VISA applicants at the US, French, Chinese, Korean consulates and you know that everyone is not getting permission to leave the country.
So if it's hard to get a VISA, and there are lack of job options in Nepal, in theory there should be a surplus of talented people in areas such as graphic design, programming, carpenters, painters and so on. Which is why it doesn't make sense why I haven't been able to find them. It's frustrated me enough that I created a separate category on sodne.com for jobs as well as a whole new website to help find skilled people in Nepal. So far I haven't been very successful. The painter I'm using sucks, the one I like is always busy. I've been looking for Ruby/Rails programmers for a whole year now without success. I have one good carpenter but he's also always busy. I haven't had too much luck with finding good graphic designers with CSS skills either.
Which is a shame because I'm willing to spend good money to be able to hire skilled people. And I'm assuming there are many others in the city looking to hire skilled people for a nice salary as well - hello job opportunities. So what's going on? Am I not looking in the right places? Where are all the [young] talented Nepalis?
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DJItal
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sthapit
@DJItal I tried contacting Swapnil two months ago but he was too busy. His website looks nice though - I'll try him again. Thanks.
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sthapit
"Thinking/Mentality: Most of the people are brought up by family. Son & daughters bills are fathers responsibility. Until you don't have to think about your bills you will not grow and think professionally."
@rmt - I think you have a good point here. A lot of the educated young people in Kathmandu live with their parents which means they don't have to pay rent and in many cases don't have to worry about getting food on the table. So if it's so easy for young people to live in the city then there's less of an incentive to reach out and work hard. I guess I need to find some hungry talented young Nepalis who are worried about paying their rent on time lol.
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Biplav
Agreed that lots of talented Nepalis are content because everything is taken care of by the family.
Another factor I would add is that Nepal is a very small country. Yes we have 30 million population, but the middle class circle is only a few hundred thousand. That is why KTM is the only decent sized city in the world where you always bump into acquaintances virtually everywhere you go. My basic point being everybody knows each other - one way or another, therefore it is very awkward at times to do business (i.e. ask for money), especially if you come from a well to do background. Thus many talented individuals are reluctant to put themselves in the shop window within Nepal.
Nepalis also have a strong tradition of helping each other out. I have had so many people assist me with various projects in Nepal and they refuse to accept money from me. While I am sure their gestures are genuine, I am also well aware they would expect me to reciprocate. Problem is the assistance given to each other is not always equal.
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swapnet
Akshayji,
Lets get some projects cracking. I was just caught up with some projects, things are sorting out now.
Thanks for the recommendation.
:)
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sthapit
@swapnil - How about we start with the landing page for sodne.com? I'll send you an email and we'll take it from there.
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swapnet
@sthapit I've received your mail. I'll get back to you latest by tomorrow morning.
@DJItal Thank you mama. Ani how're other things going? What happened to those projects we were previously working on?
Everyone is having same problem. :)
In my view following are the reason:
1) Thinking/Mentality: Most of the people are brought up by family. Son & daughters bills are fathers responsibility. Until you don't have to think about your bills you will not grow and think professionally.
2) Bad role models: People learn from what they see. If you see people earning money without hard work then you also want to be like that. If you have never seen people working 14 hrs a day for living then forget about working after 5pm. :) or even 4pm in winter season.
3) Lack of community knowledge: People know less about group work. Everyone happy working alone. If something works then there is no knowledge sharing. Existing so called community building organizations are just a sake of name, they are nonfunctional.
I have poured too many negative thoughts. Sorry if it pinched someone.
But I am hopeful now things will change soon. One indication are your sodne and milnu. I think many people are thinking on same line. Just needs to synchronize and unite. Just need to form critical mass. Once flywheel gains momentum everything will change. :)
8 months ago