Where do you see India by 2040 in tech opportunities ?

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Jul 8, 2020 57 Comments

Like the post said, where do you see India by 2040 especially when compared to Tech careers.

Just looking back at the last two decades(2000-2020), the amount of new opportunities created and the rise of Bangalore as a tech city has been a great journey for India as a country.

Today, US offers the best TC but with it comes the compromise of never ending green card wait and the third grade treatment from the US government of immigrants.

Europe and Canada are no where close to the Indian tech scene. Tech salaries in India in 2020 rival and even beat at foreign exchange rates in top tech companies today as compared to Europe, Canada and Australia.

I foresee the next generation of trillion dollar product based companies will be born out of India given the amount of talent we have and we are still very young as a country with the zeal to excel in STEM careers.

Where do you see India in tech in the next 20 years as we look back and see where we came from in the last 20 years ?

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  • Walmart
    walmartian

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    walmartian
    2040 - lack of fresh water, pollution, overpopulation, road traffic
    Jul 8, 2020 8
    • VMware
      EOsK14

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      EOsK14
      Indian cities are among the most polluted in the world. Almost every one I know is suffering from pollution related ailment.
      India will likely overtake China on population too.
      Politically India took a huge backward step electing a populist whose party openly hates muslims.
      Generally we as a society lack the most basic civic sense. Conditions of the roads, traffic, trash everywhere speak volumes on that.
      We may start some more cool new startups, have all the technologies in the world, but we will still be hung up in our rotten ways of life. Thats my opinion.
      Not everyone gets an opportunity to relocate abroad. Those who can, do.
      Jul 12, 2020
    • Bansuri ur either too naive or absolutely out of your mind. When someone puts forward a point that offends your school of thought, doesnt mean you call it slave mentality.

      Bad climate, poulation are not a problem in your view and you could never be so wrong lmao. I smell fake nationalism here.
      Jul 12, 2020
  • Google
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    donglesrus
    What makes the western world attractive to Indians isn’t the tech scene alone. It’s the lifestyle. I can’t imagine I would go back on my own free will and I suspect that’s true for the majority. Of course, immigration issues, and legal changes might force me to go back but I d be looking elsewhere in that case anyway.

    That said, that uncertainty is simultaneously an opportunity for the tech leaders in the country to pull in talent. As we know from cricket, it certainly can be done.
    Jul 8, 2020 5
    • Amazon
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      pctejf
      @Cisco things did change a lot with China. It took a different way in talent policy from India. China wants people back to build the country and make it better. India wants people out to influence the world and benefit India. The paths are showing very different people distribution, world perception and immigration policies.

      @Google most Indians better educated there seem to treat what your chose as the best outcome. Less educated or those with limited resources, they may just do not have much choice other than stay there.
      Jul 8, 2020
    • Google
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      donglesrus
      Well, more people choosing it doesn’t mean it’s better, but I take your point. It’s much easier to move than to be the change you want.
      Jul 8, 2020
  • Apple
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    TimsCoock
    Is this statement: "Tech salaries in India in 2020 rival and even beat at foreign exchange rates in top tech companies today as compared to Europe, Canada and Australia." true just for cost of living comparison or in absolute value?

    Whenever I see salaries in Bangalore they are still significantly below France, Germany, all Scandinavian countries. Even looking at southern Europe for similar positions seem to get higher salaries unless you count cost of living.

    With cost of living I would agree, although that comes with certain lifestyle compromises which is the reason why you don't see significant immigrants from the West to India.
    Jul 8, 2020 7
    • Cisco
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      @snoopi, Agree with Google here. Top level SWE salaries in India touch or exceed 1 crore today which is close to 150K USD
      Jul 8, 2020
    • Apple
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      TimsCoock
      Without disputing anyone's numbers, even 150k$ is a lot lower than the 200k number in levels.fyi Berlin, and Berlin is known to pay less than Munich, Amsterdam, Zurich, Stockholm....
      Jul 8, 2020
  • VMware
    justtell

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    justtell
    I am not an Indian (American here). I see a lot of potential for India to surpass the US wrt the tech power. But I think in prefer to do that India cannot only rely on its own nationals, it has to open up and get infusion of global talents (and lots of them)... here lies the problems, how would you make these top talent want to work and live in India when it’s own citizens would try anything to avoid the same? Speaking for myself, I visited India for a few times and I just couldn’t wait to get out (sanitation, traffic, air pollution, etc). And you all know the infrastructure is way behind any developed countries, then there’s the political climate and corruption and other macro-issues. None of them are easily fixable, and I am not sure they can be fixed at all. So I am saying talent alone won’t get you anywhere, the challenges for India is everything else.
    Jul 9, 2020 2
    • QQ - When was the last time you visited India? I see a lot of posts where people mention they have visited India but that happened like 10 years back. I agree we are still not there in terms of Infrastructure etc. but things have improved A LOT. Big cities have really good infra and facilities comparable to Western world. Pollution is and will be a problem but heck you too have San Francisco / Houston etc. where we have pollution/traffic problems.
      Jul 9, 2020
    • Google
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      radiophone
      I was there last year.

      I agree with you that they’ve improved significantly, but in pollution, sf is not close to any big Indian city.

      I appreciate your optimism but infra and facilities in Delhi/Mumbai aren’t within an order of magnitude of any American city. Traffic may be comparable, I grant that :-)
      Jul 10, 2020
  • Google
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    snoopi
    Just like Europe and Canada the major players in India are again American tech companies. India probably has more highly valued startups than Europe and Canada. If a few of them go global then yes there will be a drastic change.
    Until then no.
    Jul 8, 2020 5
    • Google
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      snoopi
      I think basket of currencies is very plausible. What would be the repercussions of that?
      People would invest more in other countries right?
      Jul 8, 2020
    • Cisco
      axp8982

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      @Google, yes purchasing power of other countries will go up as US won't be the epicenter of the global consumer markets. We would likely have the middle classes in Asia driving this century of growth closer to home. We can very likely see appreciation of emerging market currencies as well as most emerging markets currencies are way undervalued compared to USD.
      Jul 8, 2020