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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This same article has been written in one form or another for the last 40 years.

First it was Japan that was going to eat our lunch...until Japan imploded.

Then China was going to eat our lunch...and now China is imploding (at least economically).

Russia was/is always a threat, but folks forget the vast majority of Russia is poor and the country is killing itself.

I guess now it is India's time.[/quote]

India has been in a state of implosion and chaos for centuries now, but still somehow things are still progressing. I'd be worried.[/quote]

Indians like some type of chaos. It is our natural state of being and it is comforting to us, because opportunities come from chaos and order leads to decay and stagnation. Western model of order does not apply to us anymore. This is the new India. And we are very cognizant that this is going to be our century. [/quote]

I'm 60 and I'm laughing about all the times I've heard the "new India."  Maybe one time it will be true. (I'm Indian).[/quote]

You are 60. You were raised in an India of despair and hopelessness.  At your life stage, you are incapable of going back to India and assimilating.  The new generation in India is hopeful, more affluent and 1/4 of the world population.  65% of India is below 35. They know education is key to success. Unlike USA, where skin color is the way to success.  Big difference. [/quote]

I'm just saying every generation of Indians has been hopeful and thinks they are on the cusp of being the New India.  And you have a warped view of the US.[/quote]

Big problem in the IT world.  Spouse is head of software consultancy and this has been a complaint for decade or more:

Indian developers lack in quality when compared to their Western counterparts. Development teams in Western countries often blame their offshore peers for slowing them down. It has been said that Indians are technically incompetent, write poor code and have poor problem-solving skills.

There are exceptions, of course, but largely those coming straight over from India don't last long.  They can't get it done.[/quote]

IT person here. This is true for the most part (not entirely), but not all IT requires innovation. Some of it is boring stuff like adjusting the billing system to handle the new promotion marketing is rolling out. It's boring work, and easy to define. That's ideal for offshoring.

Then if it's innovative stuff that requires a lot of though, do it in-house. That's why Google and the like pay their engineers $200k+. A lot of their work is innovations.[/quote]

Supposedly, the easy offshore stuff will be taken over by AI.  There was a bunch of press of some guy that runs an Indian BPO (relatively small...like 1,000 employees) that basically told his employees that he expects to not need 80% of them within 2-3 years and will use AI to do their jobs.[/quote]

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