But when U.S. high-tech companies sneeze, Indian programmers catch code there's just less of it to go around. Some estimate about 70 Bangalore software companies have gone bust due to the tech slowdown. If they had outsourced core work then it would have become difficult to throw us out. Professor S. Sadagopan of the Indian Institute of Information Technology in Bangalore blames India's computer-education factories for churning out inadequately trained workers and promising them lucrative overseas jobs. It's uncertain when the bloodletting will end.
Jobs remain available for top performers.
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