After living in India for 6 monthes and recently visiting Hyderabad and Bangalore (India's biggest IT centers) I believe that the computer industry in India are far more crucial than the industry in the states. While unemployed IT workers in the states may have to lift boxes all day, the unemployed workers in india may be forced to beg on the streets and starve to death. The IT industry in India does more for poverty, starvation, and living conditions than the Red Cross. In comparison to the other cities of India the IT centers are like pollution and poverty free utopias.
On top of that, India's schools ARE more competitive. The top tech school in India (IIT, Bombay) accepts 25 of its aplicants.
So bassically my point is that while the American IT industry may help the economy, America is in little danger of losing thousands of lives to starvation.
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After living in India for 6 monthes and recently visiting Hyderabad and Bangalore (India's biggest IT centers) I believe that the computer industry in India are far more crucial than the industry in the states. While unemployed IT workers in the states may have to lift boxes all day, the unemployed workers in india may be forced to beg on the streets and starve to death. The IT industry in India does more for poverty, starvation, and living conditions than the Red Cross. In comparison to the other cities of India the IT centers are like pollution and poverty free utopias. On top of that, India's schools ARE more competitive. The top tech school in India (IIT, Bombay) accepts 25 of its aplicants. So bassically my point is that while the American IT industry may help the economy, America is in little danger of losing thousands of lives to starvation.