New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How is ageism in Indian IT industry?

Ask HN: How is ageism in Indian IT industry?
14 by nonamechicken | 2 comments on Hacker News.
One of the fundamental ways the Indian IT industry works is by putting a lot of 0-5 years experienced people in projects. They need to be paid way less, and they are willing to work late nights every day. There is a perception (at least among my friends) that once you cross 8 years, it is hard to switch jobs. And all the teams I have seen so far are something like this - if you take a team of 20, there will be sixteen 0-5 folks, 2-3 leads and a manager. So what happens to most people once they acquire more experience? They can't all be going for better companies (product companies) since we don't have that many in India. Are you aware of any studies being conducted about this?

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