India has 1 billion people and English is the only language that they can use to communicate nationally. There are many regional languages in India but if you want a higher education or to expand your horizons beyond your native region, you learn English.
So, all other things being equal, there should be 3 or 4 Indians for every Americans. But all other things are NOT equal. In the USA, Indians are immigrants which gives them an additional boost, especially for jobs that are entrepreneurial in nature such as senior management.
If China ever switched to English as the official language of higher education, Americans would be relegated to cleaning toilets. Unless they themselves, emigrate and therefore get the immigrant advantage working on their behalf.
Look at European companies and you will see that some Americans are doing exactly that.
1. Randomness. The fact that a number of tech companies have Indian CEOs in 2015 does not mean this would still be the case in, say, 2018. Also we are tainted by the fact that these are highly visible cases. Facebook, IBM, Apple and many other tech companies are still run by non-Indians.
2. Inequality in education - the current tech world favors education systems that are creating a pyramidal work force and are good at selecting a small elite that receive superior education + join the necessary networks. This favors people who are educated on the US top schools (or IIT I guess). The European system, in contrast, is more egalitarian (exceptions apply) and produces a huge number of mediocre specialists.
3. Caste system - I'm not an expert in that, but I guess there are pretty good networks within certain castes in India. I'm happy if somebody proves me wrong.
Better to put a dark face upfront and let the white boys rule from behind the curtains. This is not an uncommon tactic, and we'll be seeing many more of it in this day and age.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 20.7 ms ] threadIndia has 1 billion people and English is the only language that they can use to communicate nationally. There are many regional languages in India but if you want a higher education or to expand your horizons beyond your native region, you learn English.
So, all other things being equal, there should be 3 or 4 Indians for every Americans. But all other things are NOT equal. In the USA, Indians are immigrants which gives them an additional boost, especially for jobs that are entrepreneurial in nature such as senior management.
If China ever switched to English as the official language of higher education, Americans would be relegated to cleaning toilets. Unless they themselves, emigrate and therefore get the immigrant advantage working on their behalf.
Look at European companies and you will see that some Americans are doing exactly that.
1. Randomness. The fact that a number of tech companies have Indian CEOs in 2015 does not mean this would still be the case in, say, 2018. Also we are tainted by the fact that these are highly visible cases. Facebook, IBM, Apple and many other tech companies are still run by non-Indians.
2. Inequality in education - the current tech world favors education systems that are creating a pyramidal work force and are good at selecting a small elite that receive superior education + join the necessary networks. This favors people who are educated on the US top schools (or IIT I guess). The European system, in contrast, is more egalitarian (exceptions apply) and produces a huge number of mediocre specialists.
3. Caste system - I'm not an expert in that, but I guess there are pretty good networks within certain castes in India. I'm happy if somebody proves me wrong.