Ambition (rather the lack of it) Among Software Engineers

The so-called Ambitious Software Engineers ,who switch jobs @ a toss of a hat ,for so called better oppurtunities, are dime a dozen.How many of us are really really ambitious.If 1000 software engineers ask themsleves "Where do I see myself 20 years from now".What do u think the majority will answer??I guess the answer from most would be "I ll be working for Microsoft/Google/xxx/yyy".. Some say "I ll start my own software company"...But out of that some how many actually do it?? Very few only ..sadly.

Consider most average barbers in a barber shop.Their aspiration would be to own a saloon himself.And moist people do it.Consider average helpers in a photo studio.Ditto.. But consider a software engineer, he aspires to work for the most big/prestigious/well-paying software company in the world.Not to own the most big/prestigious/well-paying software company in the world.Why is this the scenario.Are we getting bogged down by the safety net of the monthly salary we get , the monthly EMI we pay towards our home/car/2-wheeler/washing machine/etc etc....
This is one case.. I have one more doubt.

Why do software engineers never leave software line and diversify??

Basically software is something that helps some business x,y,z do their work better.Better may mean , increased effeciency, increases volume , increases customer satisfaction, etc etc.All boils down to increasing profits.So software only betters a business model.without the business there are no clients for software except for research purposes.

Why don't software people think about startig their own core business??India's largest enterprise is still Reliance Industries.Richest group is still TATA group.Although TCS is a part of tatas, no single software company can match these industries.The average IT spending of a company is around 20% maximum.And it does not go to any one single s/w company.This means no single software company can become bigger than the top core companies.

See these links for some info:

http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/29/06f2k_worlds-largest-public-companies_land.html

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/21/biz_06privates_The-Largest-Private-Companies_land.html

These are the list of biggest public/private companies.Not one software company figures in the list.

So I feel its time we people consider shruging the security and the big bucks of our software industry and plan to be more ambitious.We can never grow bigger than our clients in this business.Way say??

Mumbai trip-Vidhya's marriage

Posting after a long time( as usual).Had been to mumbai to attend My cousin sister Srividhya's Wedding.Was in mumbai from 23-30 oct.Had a great time.

These occasions are a oppurtunity to meet all my cousins and interact with them all.Watched Shahrukh's "DON" in thane's aanad theater.Was a decent film.Then on was mostly in home.Eating , sleeping and chatting.Last few days helped in Marriage activites.All small ones only because the marriage event ,as a whole,was outsourced to some marriage contractor.

Went shopping quite a bit in thane streets.Got one authentic RayBan aviator Sunglasses for just 120 bucks.Enjoyed mumbai's panipur and ganna juice.Sriram anna(my bro) had got a superb carrom set(height adjustable stand adn overhead lamp included).It was a tournament board.We all played carrom with losers quit logic.The very fact that we played without fighting is a great thing considering that there were nearly 12 ppl competing for places in a single carrom board :-)...

Finally we arrived @ the marriage hall.It was a beautiful and compact hall.The two striking features were it had no top floors(only ground) and it was fully airconditioned.There was a smaller A/C banquet hall behind the main hall.It was also booked so that we could sleep there.So all through the wedding we were in airconditioned spaces :-)...So it was very very comfortable.

Another highlight was the fireworks we had.There was one single box which sent 30+ rockets of all colours in the air when u light it.. Just like a 1000 wala cracker it was many rockets attached to one single fuse.It was too good to see in the dark starless sky.

Overall it was a very relaxing one week vacation.I am also embedding a few pics of the marriage in this post