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The thing that stopped people from hiring 10-100 offshore devs per American dev lead/architect was communication primarily, with quality floor being an addition
by CuriouslyC 1y ago
The thing that stopped people from hiring 10-100 offshore devs per American dev lead/architect was communication primarily, with quality floor being an additional factor. Plenty of American companies have "hired 10-100 offshore devs" per American lead/architect, but they call it a foreign office, they solve the communication problem by having on-site managers that can serve as proxies, and they solve the quality floor problem by having the office in countries where the locals have strong expertise.
If AI can solve the communication and quality floor problems (it's pretty close), having 100 agents per dev lead/architect becomes perfectly viable.
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago> they solve the communication problem by having on-site managers that can serve as proxies, and they solve the quality floor problem by having the office in countries where the locals have strong expertise. I think this problem goes deeper: there exist lots of countries where people are strong in programming, but from my work experience, the whole "programming culture" (how to approach problems; how to structure the program; ...) differs quite a bit between countries. So, from other countries you can get great programs, but the style can differ quite a bit from what you are used to.