[geodel]

> BUT the majority of them that I know of don't want to "bang out monotonous repetitive code like a meat robot and collect a pay check ".

Well, majority of you know are not majority of actual IT workforce in India. As some one who worked for a decade or so with Indian IT vendor and worked with outsourced developer till today. Most of them have no interest beyond meeting client requirement which is just code word for a massaged resume contain exact keywords that clients put in job requirement.

> They want to create novel and creative things like everyone else. That they're stuck in the modern equivalent of the assembly line is really not their fault, ..

Well they could've take low paying job that's creative. But IT jobs offer high income while sitting in A/C office and following instructions of manager/client.

Nothing wrong with that I am doing same. It is not a fault it is explicit choice they have made.