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You don't get good software by dumping a bunch of requirements on a low-paid remote team and pressing "blend." You get good software when you have programmers w
by HomeDeLaPot 6y ago
You don't get good software by dumping a bunch of requirements on a low-paid remote team and pressing "blend." You get good software when you have programmers who share your schedule, who share your culture and mission, who don't struggle with language barriers, who care about the needs of their teams and stakeholders because they know them personally, who feel goodwill towards you and the product they're building for you...
- seph-reed 6y ago> who feel goodwill towards you and the product they're building for you This is why developers must be paid well. It is extremely hard to focus on a problem you don't care about. Every little bit of lost focus is lost time/money. It's more bugs in the future. It's more churn. There aren't many jobs that are this dependent on the workers will to do it.
- ric2b 6y agoSure, but if management moved to these countries instead of programmers moving to the US you could achieve the same thing, and those managers would have great cheap teams. And lower cost of living for themselves as well.