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I really don’t understand why US companies are outsourcing to India. The time difference alone pretty much sets you up for fail unless people want to be working
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
I really don’t understand why US companies are outsourcing to India. The time difference alone pretty much sets you up for fail unless people want to be working at midnight all the time. I find it much easier to work with Costa Rica it South America where you can quickly make calls during the day. Especially with outsourcing you need to do a lot of handholding to get things going so you need good direct communication.
The whole idea of sending a big pile of requirements and then getting something useful back simply doesn’t work. You need direct communication without middlemen.
- lowercased 7y agoworked at a place in the south (think Georgia) that opened an Indian office. about ~40 devs in the US office, they brought in.. 5? to the Indian office. It was primarily for the time difference, and their primary role was to triage and research issues during the 'off hours'. Anything they couldn't figure out bubbled up to the US, usually after several hours of initial research. It wasn't a horrible approach, and I think it worked OK because it was intentional.
- unishark 7y agoOutsourcing in south america is growing pretty fast. I think a big part of it has been the local govts and laws. Sometimes in the past they flatly outlawed it or else charged exorbitant taxes (some still do from what I've seen). But they have been wising up and making the laws more friendly to attract outsourcing.