Its extremely stupid to stereotype people based on their nationality. I have lived in the US for the last 15 years, but am originally from India. I write code for a living and have worked with tonnes of good and bad programmers. I have learnt that nationality and place of origin dont matter. I have seen dumb and smart people from the same country, same schools and colleges. I know of amazingly bright programmers from India, and know of a few dumb-asses from the IITs. It all depends on the person's attitude. Many folks want to sincerely do a good job. They work hard on their skills and improve all the time. Then there are those haughty idiots, who think they are god's gift to mankind. School and country-of-origin dont matter. India has a huge population and because of the biased sample size, you are bound to find all kinds of people. I used to work for a fortune 100 company which had a support center based in India, and have often seen support folks from India getting awards and letters of appreciation from customers in the US. Yep, the telemarketters who call from India during the wrong time of the day, piss me off no end, but that doesnt mean that they are dumb people. I have worked for tonnes of American PHBs with pea brains. I guess the /.ers who complain and stereotype are either biased or have no exposure to the world.