Economy of Scale

When I heard I'd be working with developers from Pune, naturally my first question was "Where?"  So a quick jump on Wikipedia reveals that it's about 200km east of Mumbai (heard of that one!) and is primarily a university town with a growing IT sector. I'm picturing it as the equivalent of Waterloo.  A nice small city, off the beaten path, perhaps not too exciting but a nice place to stay. Then I looked at the word 'Population' and then the words next to it, '5.5 million'.  So much for my sleepy little town.

So India is big. Big in land, big in culture, but much bigger in number of  people. For a guy who grew up in a small town of 3000 (and that was enough!) this might be an adjustment. And this population is going to be what drives the world as it develops. Asia is becoming a powerhouse, and I'm right in the middle of it, the start of a new era. It is going to be the experience of a lifetime!

As chance would have it, that experience starts today.  This evening I board the first of many airplanes and begin my mind-blowing (and butt-numbing) adventure! I'm always bit sad to leave my country behind, if perhaps not the weather. I'm particularly sad to be leaving one person behind - you know who you are - but you'll be in my heart the whole way.

I've got my suitcase pack and my passport handy. Let's go!