There are 2 kinds of Indians in corporate America: spelling-bee Indians, and the kind that, if business were literally war, would be South African mercenaries doing “nation-building”. The ratio of the 2 subspecies often tells you everything you need to know about a business.
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The South African analogy hits uncomfortably close. You don’t want to dig too deep into the historic roots of South African military talent . You don’t want to dig too deep into the historic roots of Indian management talent. In both cases you may not like the answers you find.
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Would I be naive to assume that Sundar and Satya are the spelling bee variety
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I think Sundar is more Spelling bee and Satya Zulu warrior archetype?
This dichotomy sounds more like the south/north divide:
South values knowledge based pedantic virtue signalling.
North values "dhandha" / art of deal signalling.
All exists neatly within caste receptacle.
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