2 ms·
Thank you. Anyone who has worked extensively with offshore teams knows that there are always trade-offs involved. You can save money, but often at the cost of
by mdorazio 6y ago
Thank you. Anyone who has worked extensively with offshore teams knows that there are always trade-offs involved. You can save money, but often at the cost of lower quality, lower maintainability, increased lag times due to time differences and miscommunications, added PM overhead, etc. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn't.
- mech422 6y agoit actually seems like the off-shoring craze has died down a bit in the U.S. I think companies realized its not as easy to get right as they thought. I've been working continuously with a team 10 hours away for the past 2-3 years, and it takes some accommodation on both sides....
- blaser-waffle 6y agoThat has generally been my experience as well -- the concrete benefits in terms of lowered OpEx (aka paying less for a worker) is offset by the intangible inefficiencies. It's a lot harder and a lot more chaotic than people realize. Plus automation is eating away at the lower level stuff.