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I work for a US-based startup with management in Boston and a dev team in Slovenia (EU) and I can only confirm the benefits (and the problems) that were pointed
by rodp 16y ago
I work for a US-based startup with management in Boston and a dev team in Slovenia (EU) and I can only confirm the benefits (and the problems) that were pointed out in this article. Developers in Europe have a culture and work ethic similar to that in the US and working together with colleagues from across the ocean has never been a problem. A thing that helps a lot is having someone from Europe on the management team in the US and also sharing equity with some European members of the team. This creates a great atmosphere in the company because the EU team is not just "hired" by the US company, but we're actually all in it together, as a mixed team of Americans and Europeans pushing our business from both sides of the ocean.
- plinkplonk 16y ago"Developers in Europe have a culture and work ethic similar to that in the US and working together with colleagues from across the ocean has never been a problem." The "colleagues" is key. India has such a (deserved) reputation for low quality code, thanks to the entrenched bodyshops that hire tens of thousands of barely capable devs with piss poor work ethics, and ISO/CMM "experts" and lots of mangers to herd them all, that really good devs (who want to stay devs) are lost in the noise, emigrate to the USA or become managers. "because the EU team is not just "hired" by the US company, but we're actually all in it together, as a mixed team of Americans and Europeans pushing our business from both sides of the ocean." This is the right (the only?) way to do it no matter where you hire from.
- julencja 16y ago@rodp, I'm the author of the article, can you tell me more about your startup, what you're working on, what technology do you use? Pls email me at julia.krysztofiak (at) gmail.com Thanks!