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To: elmatador who wrote (65754)	8/26/2010 5:27:46 AM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217652

>Why did they move to programming?> Because a little programming skills could get them a job or assignment in US...or at least they joined with that hope. Because of dot com boom, there was a shortage of IT staff in the developed world. And US relaxed its temp worker visa policies to allow H1b visa holders into US in 1991, probably to attract scientists from the former USSR. The H1B were made particularly easy for IT professionals. So a large proportion of engineers left their field and got into IT services. There is also the hierarchy in indian society that looks up to Brahmins (knowledge workers) compared to field workers. Of course similar hierarchies exist to a lesser degree everywhere. -Arun