Dreams of a Developer: How software development drives economic development in the AI era

This book sets out to explore the evolution of tech leadership in India from a bird’s-eye view rather than the casual explanations often I share with those who inquire during long airplane flights and social gatherings.

In the chapters that follow, I use three storylines to answer. First, my personal story, which like that of so many Indian people, begins in rural poverty (though we didn’t perceive ourselves as poor) and changes direction as a result of parents who prioritized my education...