I was strong-armed into opening an office in India for an american media company a couple years ago. The caste system is strong as ever-- it's just an economic

I was strong-armed into opening an office in India for an american media company a couple years ago. The caste system is strong as ever-- it's just an economic caste. On the whole people don't give a shit about the technology -- only how many people work under them. It's really quite laughable. For instance, if you are a "fresher" right out of school you crashed through some .NET/Java course that didn't teach you a damn thing about how to think. But after an afternoon of writing shitty code that someone else will undoubtedly have to clean up, you'll be damned if you have to get up and pour your own hot tea. That's what servants are for. They are so openly demeaning to people it's disturbing. Strict hierarchy is so culturally ingrained that people rarely know how to function outside of a bureaucratic structure.