Senator from Nevada

Yesterday we had a special program during our lunch break. The U.S. Senator from Nevada, John Ensign, was at the Bangalore Infosys campus and he held a video conference with the U.S. batch from here in Mysore. He wanted to see how business was run at technology companies in India and he wanted to talk to us to find out why we chose such a divergent path right out of college.

We asked him a bunch of questions about things like outsourcing and the state of science and math education the U.S. It was a pretty good session. He answered like a politician though, a lot of his answers were a little drawn out and beat around a bush some but good nonetheless.

I thought it was cool of him to come all this way and talk to us, he didn't have to by any means. Some of the things he said I agreed with as well. He was talking about how many Americans have this close-minded view of the rest of the world because we're so far apart from everyone geographically. He said Americans really could use a lesson in humility and I agree completely, even for myself.