What would all the smart SWEs be doing if the IT/Tech/Startup industry didn’t exist in India?

Move to some other countries having better options like they were doing in 2000s. It is known as BrainDrain.

Working with excel/ppt in some mnc

Open chai tapri outside college 🫡

They would be working in MSMEs . Old Indian economy. No much inequality. All poor. More values than I work at FAANG. you work at some secondary sector