India is not the problem neither the people around you, its your attitude. And its better we Indian’s stop injecting this sort of stereotypes about the country. I will be 24, new year eve. And nobody is going to ask me to get married, nobody is going to until I am 27 or 28, and I don't have to go for arranged marriage. After college I threw away offers from these big companies Infosys, Wipro, Accenture or whatever and choose to work in startups. And boy, the job is awesome and you get paid fine, better than my friends in these so called big companies. I didn’t study in any of those NIT’s or IIT’s and I don’t think that really matters to you in any regard. My parent’s weren’t supportive and I have been asked several times to quit the job in india and go abroad and work. But I don’t think there is anything negative in it. They have grown up in a situation where married life and job in a good company/government service were important. Make yourself clear to them and none is going to ask that to you again, they are educated enough to understand that and they will be happy as long as you are (and its a good thing about Indian parents). And why should you care about what others think or care as long as you are living a life that satisfies you? Indian’s maybe a little nosy about things you do. But its never going to affect you as long as you don’t want it to.
The term "Entrepreneur" here in India is a synonym for "Jobless”
hell no!! they are respected and appreciated. We have startup incubators in India, the governments are supportive as well.
http://startupvillage.in IMHO work quality is severely underrated in India, everything just needs to be done, the end quality does not matter, it should just work, that's enough
No! there are companies that value good programming, and they are ready to higher you at a good cost and you are appreciated for writing good code. There are Indian’s working in Indian companies who do contribute to some major open source projects. And I have friends in these big companies who are really good programmers and writing good code there, neither they are under appreciated. And in business “Everything needs to be done”, and for the end quality to matter. Its the programmer’s discretion. Its not specific to India.
And at 24, probably your life just started and there is lot to live and achieve (it doesn't matter you are in India or in US). And life on entrepreneurs is just as hard as it is for the ones in other countries, its not any different.