I think parent worded it in a way that's causing confusion. The point is that in India, tech is one of the only few ways to earn a decent salary. The average American has many more ways to earn a decent salary and thus the choice to go into tech has more to do with whether they had some interest (not passion) in tech or not for whatever reasons. Money alone is not an overwhelming factor because you can get equally well-paid elsewhere. In India, that is not the case. You can ONLY get paid well (assuming you're an average person) if you go into tech.