Why are Indians so good at programming?

Belgium
September 20, 2007 7:44am CST
Everywhere in IT you see Indians when it comes to programming jobs. Also with outsourcing projects lots of freelancers are from India. Sure they have a large population but the same goes for China and you'll find less Chinese programmers around.
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share888
@share888 (2)
• United States
23 Sep 07
Because Chinese programmers are not good at English. If they were, they will push Indians out. Usually Indians do one and show two, Chinese do two only show one.
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onedollar
@onedollar (781)
• Belgium
24 Sep 07
Not sure what you mean by that last saying but I think you have a point with the English knowledge which is fairly good in India.
share888
@share888 (2)
• United States
25 Sep 07
I mean that Chinese do 2 piece of workloads but they may only show they have done one piece of workload.
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babayangu
@babayangu (44)
• Kenya
31 Oct 07
Indians can write enlish and undarstand it, i think it is not the same in china... i have never been there but i have been to india and when we where doing the project in school they spoke hindi and programed in cobal and dbase lol... the hadest time in my life.. not knowing whats going on with the group. in not indian
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onedollar
@onedollar (781)
• Belgium
8 Jan 08
Yeah that must have been funny
subha12
@subha12 (18441)
• India
18 Jan 08
Thanks for the discussion. I think many Indians are at IT. It mat be they are relatively good in english, indian culture and curriculum encourages to take IT. Indians like to do programming as they are intelligent too.
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shak143
@shak143 (1280)
• India
7 Oct 07
Ofcourse there are indians every where in it industry not only it but also in many industries because they are hard workers and money minded.And outsourcing is more because they work for small bugs.
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onedollar
@onedollar (781)
• Belgium
7 Oct 07
But IT is very typical to find Indian programmers. China is known for outsourcing production work while India is known for outsourcing development and callcenters.
surajpkn
@surajpkn (582)
• India
10 Oct 07
I am an indian and i am actually happy to hear that. But the fact is in India, computer science is given a lot of importance and the syllabus we study in the engineering pattern makes us concentrate on the programming talents. Engineers are huge in numbers in india and most of them do a really good job. In china, more than computer programming, their inclination is towards electronics. Thats a field that they are toppers in.
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onedollar
@onedollar (781)
• Belgium
10 Oct 07
Yes I think it's different focus which results in different industries
gpersson
@gpersson (2)
• Canada
21 Sep 07
That may be so, but their scripts and programs are terrible. Most are Back Door bugged. Their html pages are completely messed up and i have yet to see a script that works right. Thats from 15 years online experience.
onedollar
@onedollar (781)
• Belgium
23 Sep 07
Really, hmm I was going to outsource a project to India. I personally had good experiences in my previous job with outsourcing. Ofcourse you have to make sure they develop according to your framework and the way you like to have your code. I think when you look for the cheapest solution you will also get the cheapest script in terms of quality. I also find it hard to get good coders who can do it according to my specs.