India's economy is so backward, but why is India's IT industry so strong?

Most people's first impression of India is backwardness, followed by women's problems, health problems, high illiteracy rate and serious gap between the rich and the poor. But surprisingly, in such a big environment, India's IT industry is very developed, and Indian programmers are highly concerned and favored by the industry. Not only that, India is also the country with the most programmers.

Why are there more programmers in India than other Asian countries?

There are many programmers in India, which is easy to explain, because India has a large population base. India's population is 65.438+32.4 million, and programmers account for 0.2% of the total population, about 2.7 million. However, in this country with an illiteracy rate as high as 50%, 2.7 million programmers is also a terrible number. Compared with China, the illiteracy rate in China is less than 1%, but the number of programmers only accounts for 0. 14% of the total population. What is the reason?

First of all, the advantages of language. India has been colonized by Britain for 200 years, so English can be regarded as half a mother tongue for Indians. But most programming languages on the market are written in English, so Indians have language advantages over China.

Secondly, India's outsourcing industry is very developed. India's share in the world software outsourcing market is 60%, and it is also the largest software outsourcing country in the world. Because of this, India has produced a large number of IT jobs, and such rich jobs will attract more practitioners.

However, there is also an interesting saying about jet lag. Compared with China, Japan and South Korea, India and the United States have overlapping working hours for a period of time, so there can be overlapping work, while the working hours of China, Japan and South Korea and the United States are just the opposite.

Most importantly, poor low-caste Indians don't want to stay in garbage dumps and eat diarrhea every day. They want to change their destiny by becoming programmers. After all, programmers are the most in line with the world in mainstream industries in India.

Want to know why Indian programmers are so popular?

There are a large number of programmers in India, and they are also highly sought after by the industry. There are many more Indians working in Silicon Valley than other Asians, and in Silicon Valley, there are more Indian programmers at the top than Asian programmers.

As mentioned above, India is the largest outsourcing company in the world. However, in outsourcing companies, the competition for talents is very fierce. Because there is no family planning in India, an Indian family usually has three to six children, and social welfare is very meager. Programmers are generally the backbone of the family. If they lose their jobs, it means that they can't afford the living expenses of their wives and children, so they will continue to work hard to improve their skills. Coupled with the maturity and standardization of the whole industry, these

Secondly, Indian programmers are cheap. Because the labor cost in India is very cheap, Indian programmers and American programmers do the same job and earn only one-tenth of that of American programmers. Of course, this will only happen to outsourcing companies in India. If programmers work in America, they will still get the same salary as Americans.

The most important thing that Indian programmers are favored is that their ideas are closer to the West than other Asian countries. Silicon Valley can be said to be the place that most programmers yearn for. But Silicon Valley is in the United States, so the corporate culture in it has a strong American culture. Because India was colonized by Britain, deeply influenced by the West in many aspects, and its way of thinking and culture are consistent with most Silicon Valley companies, Indian programmers will be relatively more favored by mainstream it companies in general.

A tall and thin white code farmer, a short China code farmer, a code farmer from East India, and a code farmer with a full face of beard and long hair are the standard of Silicon Valley technology companies.

Relevant data show that the number of international students who can get work visas in the United States is about 85,000, most of whom are Indians, which has also caused the proliferation of Indians in the technology industry.

There are two or three times as many international students in China as in India, but only one tenth of them can get a work visa. In Zhihu, the dispute between China and Indians in Silicon Valley can make you watch for three days and three nights. Indian engineers are regarded as competitors and stumbling blocks of China engineers in Silicon Valley. But from the management, many companies are occupied by Indians, so you have to put up with this atmosphere.

Although Indian code farmers are better than China code farmers in the United States, as long as our domestic Internet technology companies grow up and there are many rising stars like Huawei and Ali, China engineers in the future will no longer have to regard Silicon Valley as their sacred place.

But these are all from a macro perspective. There are many excellent programmers in China, but the proportion is not as high as that of Indian programmers. What do you think of Indian IT industry?