I do agree unconscious biases exist, but just because you learned the word, you don't have to apply it everywhere! See Diane Greene's on words to see who all interviewed Mr. Kurian.
You're an engineer. Look at it as a numbers game. There are literally more people in India (and other large Asian countries). These countries invest heavily in STEM education. As a result, there will be more qualified engineers that will spring up, and it's only a matter of time before that talent spreads to other parts of the world.
Also, I get the feeling that you do not like Indians in management. I've had experiences with bad Indian managers, but you should not group them all together. I've seen both amazing and horrible Indian techies - treat them as individuals and judge then. This guy in particular has a BS in Engineering from Princeton, an MBA from Harvard, and has served as senior leadership in a large tech company for 22 years. That's a lot of merit to see why he was under consideration. As an Indian-American, I'm actually inspired seeing other Indian-Americans in senior leadership roles at Google, Microsoft, etc. It doesn't happen as often as you might think.
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Itโs natural to hire people that are similar to you. Unconscious bias.
However, most Indians do seem to work their asses off. TK certainly has that reputation.
"Thomas Kurian, a respected technologist and executive, will be joining Google Cloud on November 26th and transitioning into the Google Cloud leadership role in early 2019. Sundar, Urs and I all interviewed Thomas, and I believe that he'll do an amazing job helping to take Google Cloud to the next level."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/11/16/google-cloud-ceo-greene-being-replaced-by-former-oracle-exec-kurian.html
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Also, I get the feeling that you do not like Indians in management. I've had experiences with bad Indian managers, but you should not group them all together. I've seen both amazing and horrible Indian techies - treat them as individuals and judge then. This guy in particular has a BS in Engineering from Princeton, an MBA from Harvard, and has served as senior leadership in a large tech company for 22 years. That's a lot of merit to see why he was under consideration. As an Indian-American, I'm actually inspired seeing other Indian-Americans in senior leadership roles at Google, Microsoft, etc. It doesn't happen as often as you might think.