Live data from Hacker News

Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

zdnet.com

11–20 of 656 posts

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#11
It boils my blood reading something like this. A man who worked has worked for 20 yrs, paid taxes, provided for his family (in US and back home) has to suffer this much humiliation.

Compound this with the fact the person must be (most likely) on his H1B so can't leave his job and prepare for another one in peace because 2 month window is a short one to find a job.

If there is some karma in this world I hope Iyer/other guy gets it.

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#12

It's funny how this is NEVER mentioned in the media. I guess BLM is "so hot" right now (but to be honest this caste issue was never mention even before BLM also). Perhaps this is because in the West this concepts of casts within society is completely foreign to us. So for a Westerner this does not create any acute psychological response if someone says "I'm a Dalit". A westerner would be like "huh, yeah ok man, I hav…

Its entirely predictable that the media wouldnt report on this. I have nothing but contempt for both big tech and the media.

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#13

How does one tactfully determine what percentage of a company is Indian?

Names possibly? I'm purely speculating here, but since India has such a huge population anyone with a indianesque name is probably Indian. Especially if it's the case that muslims from pakistan have distinct names. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#15
post #11

It boils my blood reading something like this. A man who worked has worked for 20 yrs, paid taxes, provided for his family (in US and back home) has to suffer this much humiliation. Compound this with the fact the person must be (most likely) on his H1B so can't leave his job and prepare for another one in peace because 2 month window is a short one to find a job. If there is some karma in this world I hope Iyer/othe…

> 2 month window

As a former H1-B myself, I thought the "2 month window" was a very unofficial grace-period and actually, de-jure, you're ostensibly meant to leave the US immediately (literally, the same day) and only return when a new sponsor agrees to take you on.

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#16
post #11

It boils my blood reading something like this. A man who worked has worked for 20 yrs, paid taxes, provided for his family (in US and back home) has to suffer this much humiliation. Compound this with the fact the person must be (most likely) on his H1B so can't leave his job and prepare for another one in peace because 2 month window is a short one to find a job. If there is some karma in this world I hope Iyer/othe…

> 2 month window As a former H1-B myself, I thought the "2 month window" was a very unofficial grace-period and actually, de-jure, you're ostensibly meant to leave the US immediately (literally, the same day) and only return when a new sponsor agrees to take you on.

President Obama formalized the 2 month window.

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#17
post #8

This article is almost a caricature of articles like itself. What makes this interesting to people? Is it because it's so over the top with bad tropes it becomes funny?

I guess it is because people often forget that there are downsides to diversity: You are importing foreign cultures that you do not understand and are legally/organisationally unprepared for.

The article is interesting because it provides a contrast to the common refrain of "diversity good" and "other cultures provide benefits". There is often a lack of balance and nuance in reporting imho, and this kind of article provides at least a little of the opposing view.

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#18
post #8

This article is almost a caricature of articles like itself. What makes this interesting to people? Is it because it's so over the top with bad tropes it becomes funny?

No, it's interesting because this whole caste thing is _horrifying_ to any sort of egalitarian - eg _almost everyone in tech_

Re: Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

#19
The core issue in market heavy economies is that people with money make money and everyone else doesn't. Being smart and hard working and having poor parents means you will be poor. Being dumb and lazy with rich parents means you will be rich. Maybe with 3 or 4 full generations of nothing but hard work and luck you might make it up from working to middle class. Maybe.

This is never really discussed directly. Only using a proxy like race or caste.

Post reply on HN