> work without pay (or for a reduced salary) One needs to take into account the social context when discussing India. If a guy does not earn, even if he is wor

> work without pay (or for a reduced salary) One needs to take into account the social context when discussing India. If a guy does not earn, even if he is working on curing cancer or educating the poorest of poor, he is considered a big-time loser and a bum. If there comes along a startup with a cloned idea wanting some people who can code for lesser salary, none in their right minds would choose it; because there are a million things that could go wrong and generally, people here are less honourable when it comes to financial matters#, and always have an eye on bigger cut in the pie. Lesser pay would not work. Equal, or even slightly higher pay compared to big IT shops, along with equity will work wonders. #Yes, I am generalizing, but that's the situation in a society ripe with a huge poor/middle class section wanting to make it big somehow and cross those barriers.