Why Are Our State Capitals (Non-metro cities) Still Job-Starved?
As I move past 30, terms like campus placement, 20–30 LPA, #jobs, development, and #GDP growth make no sense to me anymore. They just feel like an illusion, to be blunt.
If you look closely at these terms—who are they really benefitting? Are they meant for overall development or just for a few cities? Can quantitative development and figures truly lead us to where we aspire to be? Will they bring any qualitative change?
I usually don’t comment on these things because reality stinks. And make no mistake—if you want to go up or level up your game, skill enhancement is the need of the hour.
The second point: don’t run after money. Focus more on time management so you can double your income without affecting your physical and mental #health. Don’t forget, once you’re inside a hospital, your years of studies and your #bank balance can vanish in a blink—thanks to a humongous hospital bill. And that’s again something to think about: how can we save our lives while making sure hospitals don’t charge us exorbitantly?
Yes, health insurance can help, but then the whole process of claim settlement, disease categorization, & those minuscule terms and conditions need close attention.
Jobs and Development
Anyway, let’s shift focus back to #development and jobs. I don’t understand one thing—why do institutes boldly claim 100% placement when the reality is, they can’t even guarantee 10% jobs in non-metro cities, even at a middle salary range? So what do they actually mean?
Does someone completing an MBA in Jaipur or Patna or Shimla or Dehradun need to move to Hyderabad or Bangalore afterward? Then what’s the point of doing an MBA there at all?
Because even with just a simple graduation degree, excellent English (spoken and written), good politeness, decent body language, and some basic knowledge of computer software relevant to their field—anyone can grab a job in these metro cities. Most of us pursue higher education because we believe it will help us land a job.
No Jobs Even In State Capitals?
But if we already know we’ll have to move outside our hometown for a job and find ourselves at the end of our tether just trying to survive there, then what’s the point of getting higher education in our hometown? Shouldn’t we just move to bigger cities in childhood, then?
I understand if someone wants to be an actor or enter the #fashion industry, moving to #Mumbai makes sense. But for a basic management job—something that any MBA degree holder can do—you still need to move to a metro city? What happened to our so-called resource-rich state capitals? Why are they still sleeping? Years are passing, political issues change, political parties swap chairs, and so do opposition parties, but when will the fate of 90% of our state capitals change? When will they stop the brain drain to metro cities?
In Conclusion
Can’t we generate even basic IT-related jobs in these state capitals? When software parks are ready, connectivity is not an issue, and all amenities are available—then what’s stopping investors from coming in and investing in these cities? Why are big companies still so heavily concentrated in metros like Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Chennai—when the infrastructure in these cities is already overcrowded and crumbling?
Is anybody listening?
