I went to Hyderabad yesterday to attend the VS launch there. Spent a few hours with my friend Ajay, who works for Microsoft, at the IDC before going to the launch. I could get some time to spend with Sriram and Aarthi, two people who help run the Chennai and Coimbatore Student Chapters. Both of them now work at MS Hyderabad. I was able to dazzle them showing a demo of VB Refactor support, with the help of Jani (MS DPE). (And if someone from DevExpress does read this blog, guys you rock with Refactor)
Hyderabad also had a rapid growth due to IT in the last few years, similar to Bangalore. Though Hyderabad is a more recent entrant into the IT industry attraction fray. Since I had just visited and suffered the unrestricted growth of Bangalore a few days back, it was easy to compare Hyderabad with Bangalore.
At first looks both seem to have small Airports that are bursting at the seams and having difficulties handling the sudden spurt in passenger traffic.
Hyderabad also seem to have narrow roads, with slow traffic, though not as bad as Bangalore. But one heartening factor was that I was seeing a lot of road expansion work going on. So looks like the local government is learning from Bangalores mistakes and taking the pains to make sure that they do not repeat them.
Hmm.. Lets see how it is after another 2-3 years. Though one thing to keep in mind is that Hyderabad seems to have cooled off as the hottest IT destination after the change of government 2 years back.
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