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You say this like it’s that easy. We have remotes working in Singapore and Australia, and it is a far cry from “easy” to work with these people either due to ti
by dclowd9901 6y ago
You say this like it’s that easy. We have remotes working in Singapore and Australia, and it is a far cry from “easy” to work with these people either due to timing constraints, language barriers or other aspects that disrupt fluid communication.
- padiyar83 6y agoI agree that is a concern with a US centric team. Imagine a globally distributed team - 3 engineers are in Asia pacific region, 2 in Europe and 2 in US. Everyone in the team is equally affected by timing constraints and language barriers, so it becomes more palatable. And in such a world even the notion of coming to US and working on an H1B visa does not exist.
- hedora 6y agoTimezones are the biggest issue from what I’ve seen. People can learn English, and get used to video calls / written communication. I wonder why more companies don’t outsource to Canada and South America (or the Midwest, for that matter.)
- kache_ 6y agoThey do. I've been seeing a lot of remote companies hire aggressively within Canada.
- BeetleB 6y ago> language barriers Americans couldn't comprehend the perfect English spoken in these countries? (Sorry - couldn't resist!) Edit: In case people don't get it, it used to be a common joke that Americans had poorer English than well educated foreigners. Definitely for written, but even occasionally spoken English. I've worked with at least 3 people who were either from Singapore or from Malaysia but educated in Singapore. All had great English, and with 2 of them you'd never know you weren't speaking to a native English speaker - you'd think you were speaking to a British person.
- hkai 6y agoAy mate I couldn't catch ya?