My previous gig has an onshore offshore team that I interfaced with. Then they would interface with the offshore team. And the offshore team had its own very of

My previous gig has an onshore offshore team that I interfaced with. Then they would interface with the offshore team. And the offshore team had its own very offshore team (not sure which shores we're on). I felt lucky that most of the onshore offshore team didn't like me much which meant all I needed to do was create the features that they tried and failed to do. It was a symbiotic pile.