I agree with you that this article makes too many sweeping generalizations but nevertheless it struck a chord with me. I am a Gujarati programmer and have never fit in with any of my family or community members in the realm of career or goals. I have no problems with nurturing personal relationships with other Gujaratis but I just can&#x27;t connect with them on any STEM topics (except medicine). I closely know probably 100+ Gujaratis but I can&#x27;t think of even one person with whom I can discuss non-arithmetic math or non-business-related software. On the other hand, I can easily think of a dozen who would love to discuss derivatives (stock market not calculus), marginal utility, or EHR&#x2F;EMRs.<p>Growing up in India, I was told that owning your business was the only path to success. In 1990, my dad borrowed a ZX Spectrum from a friend so I could play video games and he was genuinely confused when he found out that I spent all day typing (I was learning BASIC) instead of beating his hi-score in Jetpac. Thankfully, as I learned programming, I got a tremendous amount of support from his Gujarati friends, all of whom wanted me to write DBase III+ &#x2F; FoxPro software for their businesses. But whenever I came up with non-business ideas, my people just didn&#x27;t get it. I don&#x27;t think anyone outright discouraged me when I wanted to write software for fun but they just didn&#x27;t understand why I would write freeware when I could easily sell it. Half of my years between 15-20 were spent being lectured by successful businessmen on why&#x2F;how I should market my music player or transliteration software.<p>This article resonated with me because I finally get just how ingrained business is to my culture. I always knew I was the odd one out and came to terms with that a decade ago but now I realize how others in my community must think of me. Time and again I have chosen to not make money even after I made a finished product. For me, once the product is built, I completely lose interest and want to make something else. For them, I already did the hard part of making the product and am bailing out at the fun part of making money from it.<p>To any Gujaratis reading this who love hacking for the sake of hacking, I&#x27;d say there are dozens of us! Let&#x27;s keep talking business with family and friends of family during the day and quietly watch Numberphile after everyone is asleep.