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0 pointsmlrtime2y ago0 comments

This topic keeps coming up when remote work is discussed and I think a lot of commenters are showing their age.

Off Shoring is not new. I managed a team of 7 Indains (6 dev, 2 QA) in Hyderabad as contract workers (not company employees) in 2007, 17 years ago! Before zoom, slack, meet, teams.

They were great at what they did, they were cheaper than 8 US employees, but the relationship definitely had pros/cons that are not easily understood.

The biggest pro was actually the timezone, I could ask for fixes/features and when I came into the office in the morning they'd be done. The cons were many, including quality of work and efficiency.

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__loam2y ago

Totally understand offshoring went out of fashion prior to remote work and Covid. I'd be curious to know how management is evaluating that post Covid. I have to imagine many of them didn't learn their lesson, and I also imagine the quality of software engineers outside the US has risen in the meantime.

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0 pointsmlrtime2y ago0 comments

This topic keeps coming up when remote work is discussed and I think a lot of commenters are showing their age.

Off Shoring is not new. I managed a team of 7 Indains (6 dev, 2 QA) in Hyderabad as contract workers (not company employees) in 2007, 17 years ago! Before zoom, slack, meet, teams.

They were great at what they did, they were cheaper than 8 US employees, but the relationship definitely had pros/cons that are not easily understood.

The biggest pro was actually the timezone, I could ask for fixes/features and when I came into the office in the morning they'd be done. The cons were many, including quality of work and efficiency.

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__loam2y ago

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