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Is eastern Europe the real outsourcing threat?
by moneywoes 4y ago
Is eastern Europe the real outsourcing threat?
- fwungy 4y agoThere aren't as many East Europeans.
- sacnoradhq 4y agoUnimportant. Educated tech workers are in much higher densities in many Eastern European countries than elsewhere. Of all European countries, these are good bets for recruiting: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine https://www.coursera.org/skills-reports/global https://www.coursera.org/skills-reports/global
- sacnoradhq 4y agoUntil ~2010, Belarus was until someone went all-in with Moscow. Ukraine is (and still will be) an excellent outsourcing opportunity. Personally, I find it very easy to understand Slavic-speaking English as a secondary language speakers. In general, there can be word use, humor, and cultural media reference difficulties, so it's important to always use very plain and direct language to avoid misunderstandings. To further comprehension and understanding, it's beneficial to say the same thing again in different words and ask for their understanding of details in yet other words. PS: Early/mid 2022, I bought items on Etsy postmarked from Kyiv. Somehow, sellers forwarded parcels to Germany and Turkey and then to the US between shellings, missile attacks, and columns of Russian armor advancing.