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This was true about 10 years ago. But these days I find indian teams are equally as talented as Silicon Valley. There was lot of fluff that was hired during th

This was true about 10 years ago. But these days I find indian teams are equally as talented as Silicon Valley. There was lot of fluff that was hired during those outsourcing boom years and obviously they need to let go off the less talented but it’s not right to color everybody with the same brush.

kamaal 9y ago
I simply see this as fruits of cheaply and easily accessible internet and affordable Laptops. Bulk of the tech there is, is open source and you can learn anything from any corner of the world. If you are in a competitive economic space, you will even have sufficient motivation to learn.
jitl 9y ago
> Indian teams are as talented as Silicon Valley This might be true for some teams, but in general the IT market in India probably has a similar skill distribution to the IT market in the US; such that the top 15% of the market is the most talented, and the rest is by definition less so. In the US, the top 15% of the market is in Silicon Valley, so if you consider India as a whole, it will not be as talented on average as Silicon Valley. As with any anecdotal evidence, people have widely varying experiences. When I was working as a freelance web developer (2010-2014) at mid-market firms, I had universally bad experiences with Indian teams.
- unclebucknasty 9y ago
  >In the US, the top 15% of the market is in Silicon Valley Wait. What? Sure, there's a concentration of talent in SV, but to simply say that the top 15% of all U.S. IT talent is there is pretty myopic. I get your point overall (though I am not saying I agree). But, had to point out that you tossed out your belief as a "stat", as if it were some well-established fact. Likewise, with your (admittedly) anecdotal observations on Indian teams. Pretty broad generalizations you seem to operate on. We're entitled to our opinions, but what's ironic is that a worldview that rests on sweeping generalizations about groups of people is actually self-limiting.
  - paulie_a 9y ago
    That South Park episode on smugness is relevant to the gp
seanmcdirmid 9y ago
Existentially or universally?
bitmapbrother 9y ago
>This was true about 10 years ago. But these days I find indian teams are equally as talented as Silicon Valley. If these Indian teams are equally as talented then where are all of the innovations created by these Indians?

kamaal 9y ago

I simply see this as fruits of cheaply and easily accessible internet and affordable Laptops. Bulk of the tech there is, is open source and you can learn anything from any corner of the world. If you are in a competitive economic space, you will even have sufficient motivation to learn.

jitl 9y ago

> Indian teams are as talented as Silicon Valley This might be true for some teams, but in general the IT market in India probably has a similar skill distribution to the IT market in the US; such that the top 15% of the market is the most talented, and the rest is by definition less so. In the US, the top 15% of the market is in Silicon Valley, so if you consider India as a whole, it will not be as talented on average as Silicon Valley. As with any anecdotal evidence, people have widely varying experiences. When I was working as a freelance web developer (2010-2014) at mid-market firms, I had universally bad experiences with Indian teams.

unclebucknasty 9y ago
>In the US, the top 15% of the market is in Silicon Valley Wait. What? Sure, there's a concentration of talent in SV, but to simply say that the top 15% of all U.S. IT talent is there is pretty myopic. I get your point overall (though I am not saying I agree). But, had to point out that you tossed out your belief as a "stat", as if it were some well-established fact. Likewise, with your (admittedly) anecdotal observations on Indian teams. Pretty broad generalizations you seem to operate on. We're entitled to our opinions, but what's ironic is that a worldview that rests on sweeping generalizations about groups of people is actually self-limiting.
- paulie_a 9y ago
  That South Park episode on smugness is relevant to the gp

seanmcdirmid 9y ago

Existentially or universally?

bitmapbrother 9y ago

>This was true about 10 years ago. But these days I find indian teams are equally as talented as Silicon Valley. If these Indian teams are equally as talented then where are all of the innovations created by these Indians?