I too am doing this now, though it is still too early to evaluate. I deeply agree with 2 - prefer people who ask a lot of questions. In my case for some reason

I too am doing this now, though it is still too early to evaluate. I deeply agree with 2 - prefer people who ask a lot of questions. In my case for some reason this is always Russians, while the bids I've gotten from Indian companies without exception: 1. Assure me that they can do my project with excellent quality and proceed to list a bunch of portfolio projects that have nothing to do with what I am doing. 2. Name a price without a single question asked about the requirements. 3. Are represented by someone with zero technical knowledge who hands off any request for details to tech people. It then turns out they have no idea what I want and need lots of further details (nothing wrong with that, but how the hell did you name a price in the first place then?). Indian outsourcing companies seem really top-heavy in the layers department. As a technical person I want to deal with developers directly.