Bangalore: Eminent scientist C.N.R. Rao Sunday took a dig at techies by terming them a "bunch of unhappy guys" who work only for money.
"IT (Information Technology) has nothing to do with science. IT is only to make some money. They (techies) are a whole bunch of unhappy guys working there. I read every day in newspapers, some techie committed suicide, some software engineer killed or divorced," Rao told reporters here a day after he was named for the country's highest civil award, Bharat Ratna, for his outstanding contribution to science.
Regretting that the majority of software engineers were unhappy, Rao said as a result, life must be terrible for them.
"Obviously, they (techies) suffer because they are like that. I don't think they enjoy their work. Look at me, I am so happy even at 80 (years)! I have no complaint, Happiness is something different. You must enjoy what you are doing," Rao quipped.
