Pettyness. (Is that even a word?)

Yesterday I had a chance meeting with some of the IT guys from our office in India. They were recounting instances of how a lot of software professionals in other organizations have made so much money out of their on-site visit and how there's not much scope to do that in our office. Now, I'd have thought that's a good thing, right? But, I digress. Somehow I see a lot of this in India. There's hardly any pride in yourself, no feeling of ownership, it's just how you can benefit out a particular situation. Whether it is cutting traffic signals or making money out of a 2 month stay at Waukesha, MI it is all about yourself in India. There's a whole load of insecurity in that sense. There's no self belief, that you can handle anything the world throws at you that you don't need to try nefarious means to go that extra mile to benefit out of a situation. It definitely has something to do with the competition and the population in India that you try everything possible to get ahead.