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I see a large number of bright Indian developers now staying back in country because its almost impossible to get H1B visas (that was actually the case even without Trump and now its getting much worse). This has started interesting trends in India. All of the sudden, now there is VC culture shaping up and I'm seeing lots of Indian developers doing their own startups. Indian newspapers frequently are putting spotligh…
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Actually in Philippines pretty much everyone speaks a quite understandable English compared to the average Indian that thinks to be speaking a perfect English while the reality is quite different.
"Understandable" to you, based on where you live and what dialect of English you speak :)
This isn’t helped by the fact that Indians in tech in America rarely speak English with each other.
I see a large number of bright Indian developers now staying back in country because its almost impossible to get H1B visas (that was actually the case even without Trump and now its getting much worse). This has started interesting trends in India. All of the sudden, now there is VC culture shaping up and I'm seeing lots of Indian developers doing their own startups. Indian newspapers frequently are putting spotligh…
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Yeah. Automation makes many webdev jobs redundant. Let's say you have a restaurant or something. Before, you had to hire somebody to host/design your website. Now, Google/SquareSpace/Wix will do that for you. A lot of these sites also have payment options built in. Sure, those sites you make automatically won't be so flashy as a personalized one. But, realistically, if you're a business, what you need is the location…
and will those sites rank properly in search engines
Is it less demand from US firms due to slowdown? Market saturation? Shifting needs?
I see a large number of bright Indian developers now staying back in country because its almost impossible to get H1B visas (that was actually the case even without Trump and now its getting much worse). This has started interesting trends in India. All of the sudden, now there is VC culture shaping up and I'm seeing lots of Indian developers doing their own startups. Indian newspapers frequently are putting spotligh…
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That's my secret tell to see if someone is a good, experienced developer or not. I've never met a good, experienced developer who was a slow typist.
Depends what you mean by fast. Anecdotally, I learned to use a computer well before anyone thought to teach me to type. I still type "incorrectly" (basically use only a few fingers, with my hands moving more than they should). So I am definitely slower than someone who is trained to type correctly. But, I would like to think that I am both good and experienced. I picked up my bad typing habits while learning to progr…
By fast, I mean not two finger typing and can probably touch type. You know a slow typist when you see it. It's like being behind a slow person on the highway, it's excruciating.
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I've had opposite experience. In my case, they were sharp but they were also toxic to be working in a team. So, we had to move our R&D centre to Poland.
> but they were also toxic to be working in a team What do you mean?
If you are not accustomed to it, it can be a shock, but it certainly can lead to finding the best solution.
I see a large number of bright Indian developers now staying back in country because its almost impossible to get H1B visas (that was actually the case even without Trump and now its getting much worse). This has started interesting trends in India. All of the sudden, now there is VC culture shaping up and I'm seeing lots of Indian developers doing their own startups. Indian newspapers frequently are putting spotligh…
At the risk of being downvoted until my comment is dead like below, I have to say I agree with muninn_. This is a great thing for India, and it's really unfortunate that the US has been poaching academic and technical talent to their own advantage, and the disadvantage of less well off countries for so long. The brain drain of the US (and the UK and Germany to a much smaller extent) is a real phenomena, and it's espe…
I see a large number of bright Indian developers now staying back in country because its almost impossible to get H1B visas (that was actually the case even without Trump and now its getting much worse). This has started interesting trends in India. All of the sudden, now there is VC culture shaping up and I'm seeing lots of Indian developers doing their own startups. Indian newspapers frequently are putting spotligh…
As for higher end work being done in India, I don’t think anyone doubts there are highly skilled people in India or that there are examples of successful startups, but that’s not where the Indian economy is in regards to tech (hence why the jobs are shrinking). The question is if the Indian tech economy can shift its export product away from low value-add work and that’s a very hard move to make—both because, today, the momentum is in the wrong direction and western firms have had very bad experiences with Indian outsourcing and thus even if they do outsource higher-end work it will likely go to other more up and coming countries in tech.