I am not sure if those numbers hold good anymore. The starting salaries have gone up to 10-25K, thanks to growing cost of living in India. That hardly gives you

I am not sure if those numbers hold good anymore. The starting salaries have gone up to 10-25K, thanks to growing cost of living in India. That hardly gives you a few months to survive. Even if you were willing to sacrifice a decent paycheck, you need to think of hosting, marketing and other expenses.