Being a popular icon is not always about being the most admired. The most admired as well as the most hated, Bill Gates evokes extreme emotions among the Indian developer community—an enviable position to be in. Maybe Linus Torvalds, and India's very own Azim Premji have a lesson or two to learn. The average Indian developer's aspirations are on the rise; he/she connects to the Internet while traveling but is still far from being the gadget person. More than anything else it is the belief in the existence of God that evokes the most unanimous response from this diverse group of participants. The Dataquest Lifestyle Survey conducted at the Intel Developer Forum in Bangalore throws light on these, and some other interesting facets of the life of an average software developer in the country.
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