The Biz of Coding

What makes Bangalore as nice as US Silicon Valley?

by Ujwal Tickoo on September 18th, 2006

This post continues from my two previous posts: How fair is the Bangalore & Silicon Valley comparison? and Bangalore’s Infrastructure woes non-existent in US Silicon Valley.

Bangalore has excellent weather, lots of greenery, cosmopolitian citizens, and avenues for all kinds of activities. If you are a foodie, Bangalore has plenty of places for you to go. If you like to pub or shop you won’t get bored either. Bangalore overall is a very liveable city because its citizens & businesses have made the best of the weather and other natural resources to create a vibrant city.

So in case you are planning to shift to Bangalore for work, consider this: you will find a loveable city which has a sadly pathetic administration. The concentration of IT industry in the city would ensure that you will find jobs fairly easily if you are at the top end of the job-seeking competitive pool. IT salaries in India tend to be on the higer end in Bangalore.

Bangalore also has two of India’s elite academic institutions: Indian Institute of Management or IIMB for management programs and Indian Institute of Science or IISC for programs in science and technology. These two institutes would ensure that you have access to ample executive or part time programs to continue to update your skills.

On the practical side, the administration will tax you heavily. Petrol prices in Bangalore are amongst the higest in any Indian City. The government also levies some other taxes. Corruption ensures that public money ends up not for public good but for filling the pockets of the rightly connected. If you can ignore the administration and bad roads, you will love Bangalore.

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