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I'm in South Florida. All big companies here have a big tech presence in LatAm, especially Argentina & Chile. The last company I worked for had maybe 5 develo

I'm in South Florida. All big companies here have a big tech presence in LatAm, especially Argentina & Chile. The last company I worked for had maybe 5 developers tops locally, the rest were based in Argentina. Funny enough my old landlord is not technical at all yet runs a near-shoring dev shop, primarily in Argentina....she charges a pittance in pure USD terms compared with local devs but somehow she's managed to make a very solid living for herself. I also lived in DF (Mexico City) for a little while, the tech scene there is very strong. IIRC, YC has funded a handful of companies based there - I don't blame them as that city is growing, modernizing quickly, and is a fast, direct flight to any major tech hub in the US. Plus the cost of living is low, and the street food is genuinely incredible. Highly recommend it to anyone who wants to dip their toes into LatAm but doesn't want to fly all the way to Santiago, Sao Paolo or Buenos Aires.

haliskerbas 3y ago
How did she connect her devs with her clients?
- NickC25 3y ago
  That, I do not know - I'd have to ask. I'm guessing she acts as an intermediary/agent of sorts, and probably has 1-2 PMs or lead engineers here in the US, so all external calls are with that group, and then the work is partitioned off from there to the team in Argentina.
- brianbreslin 3y ago
  When I first recruited devs in latam 18 years ago, I posted job ads in the local newspaper, local job boards, etc. (I had no idea what I was doing tbh). I think today I would reach out to the professors at the local universities, many of whom I've met over the years running their own nearshoring shops as their main source of income vs teaching.