Indians outshine US developers in math and logic

MUMBAI, INDIA: GILD, the professional social networking platform has released the results of a study comparing US and Indian developers in key programming and communication skills.

The study, which examined over one million tests taken by nearly 500,000 developers, found Indians outshine US developers in math and logic, two of the core skills desired by US technology companies such as Oracle, Salesforce, and eBay, said a press release.

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The release further added that Americans lead the world in web programming skills, valued by companies such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

Sheeroy Desai, CEO of GILD said, "GILD's study of over 1 million skill tests shows the dramatic advances coming out of India, where in some cases engineers are clearly rivaling their counterparts in the US. America still holds a strong lead when it comes to web development, but I suspect the gap will narrow over the next few years."

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He added, "There is currently a shortage of software engineers in the US, especially in Silicon Valley. This is the first study that has hard data on the quality of engineers across the US and India and provides a clear guideline for what type of skills companies should outsource to India, and what they should continue to source in the US.”

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Other findings from the study include:

* Indian developers outscore US developers by 11 per cent on math and logic analytical skills
* US programmers slightly outperform Indian programmers on mainstream programming languages, including C (US 8 per cent higher), JAVA (9 per cent higher) and SQL (9 per cent higher)
* Indian programmers slightly outshine US programmers on Advanced C++ (Indians lead by 3 per cent)
* US professionals score higher on web programming languages: 53 per cent higher scores on advanced PHP; 27 per cent higher on advanced HTML
* US tech professionals are 33 per cent better skilled than Indian counterparts at English communication skills

GILD's tests give technology professionals worldwide a way to rank themselves against their peers by simulating real world coding situations, testing for the application of coding knowledge and experience.