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There's nothing discriminatory about it, it's the same if you outsource things within your own country except the price is higher. Contractors have a totally di
by physicsguy 2y ago
There's nothing discriminatory about it, it's the same if you outsource things within your own country except the price is higher. Contractors have a totally different way of working because they're not really interested in the long term of a project beyond being retained. If they code something in such a way that causes an issue that takes time to fix later then great - more hours we can charge the client for.
Outsourcing abroad is more difficult because of cultural differences though. Having worked with outsourced devs in India, I found that we got a lot of nodding in meetings when asked if they understood, avoiding saying no, and then it became clear when PRs came in that they didn't actually understand or do what they had been asked to do.
- philipov 2y agoMore important than cultural differences is timezone differences. Communication and collaboration is harder when you only have a couple hours of overlap between your working day and their working day. Much harder if you have no overlap at all. This isn't even a feature of outsourcing - it's a challenge for any globally distributed team.
- physicsguy 2y agoIt can be but it depends where you're based to start with - in the UK I've heard of people outsourcing to for e.g. South Africa which is only two hours ahead.