1. India has ~130 million English speakers, second only to United States. 2. IIT. 3. Culture matters, both on the recruitment side and demand side. Indian out

1. India has ~130 million English speakers, second only to United States. 2. IIT. 3. Culture matters, both on the recruitment side and demand side. Indian outsourcing built a pipeline decades ago so it's now a well understood career path in India. 4. Non-technical positions tend to require greater social competencies in the hiring/customer culture. US programmers already complain about the cultural tendencies of their Indian colleagues. The social and political aspects of other careers are less amenable to dropping in a rando with limited understanding of the culture.