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I agree with you, and you're not alone in this. The amount of hatred and condescension I hear from American developers towards anyone from India, is frankly startling. I'm sure a lot of this stems from prior bad experiences, and part of it stems from outsourcing fears. But it's still saddening that so many otherwise good people see nothing wrong with casual stereotyping.

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One thing to keep in mind is that there is a big difference between Indian developers who work for outsourcing firms in India and Indian developers who work directly for American firms here in the States.

I've personally worked with a lot of great Indian developers (H1Bs, naturalized U.S. citizens, and native born U.S. citizens). I've never worked with an Indian outsourcing firm, but I've also never heard anything good about them from people who have.

I get where you're coming from and there may even be some statistical truth to what you're saying. But that's still no excuse for stereotyping and rude behavior. I would much rather live in a world where people are judged as individuals, and not the demographic group they belong to.

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