from the company, once told another Indian colleague that it was because of our accents—an idea as derogatory as it is outdated. It was the 1990s and I was surprised to hear such bias within such a leading-edge company, especially one led by and founded by such open-minded leaders. Yet, when I looked around, sure enough, there were no Indian VPs despite the well-known top performance of so many Indian engineers and managers. It was not until 2000 that myself and a few other Indians were promoted to the executive ranks.
