"Many people even express shock, when someone above 27-28 codes or is involved in some tech work. Its considered as a sign of incompetence and under performance, like as though the person isn't really ready for the 'actual' stuff yet."
Such odd thinking. So... you do coding for a few years - doing stupid/wrong/mistake-filled code - to work your way up to "manager", then oversee people who are also doing stuff wrong. And if you actually learn during those first few years, and, say, get to 30 and are good at developing and actually can develop well, you're an outcast/outsider?
What other industries does India have this same mindset in?
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"Many people even express shock, when someone above 27-28 codes or is involved in some tech work. Its considered as a sign of incompetence and under performance, like as though the person isn't really ready for the 'actual' stuff yet."
Such odd thinking. So... you do coding for a few years - doing stupid/wrong/mistake-filled code - to work your way up to "manager", then oversee people who are also doing stuff wrong. And if you actually learn during those first few years, and, say, get to 30 and are good at developing and actually can develop well, you're an outcast/outsider?
What other industries does India have this same mindset in?
I don't think this is specific to India. Promoting good developers to more managerial roles seems to be a common HR mistake.
Sometimes these developers are good managers as well, but arguably more often they aren't.