This company does outsourcing and the reason that it works for them is a) they are doing it on a small enough scale to keep control of the situation and not let

This company does outsourcing and the reason that it works for them is a) they are doing it on a small enough scale to keep control of the situation and not let problems fester, and b) they are doing it themselves, not subcontracting to a foreign company with an incentive to cut corners. Not much new here. And I don`t think their early hiring strategy was all that smart. Canada is full of experienced developers and when a new technology comes along, there are hige numbers of people with enough experience to master it in a month, who would even be willing to work for a bit less in order to get up to speed on the new technology. They are unlikely to be senior developers who have invested themselves in ONLY taking high paying jobs where they can put their expertise to work on day one. But none of this is specific to Canada. And, in fact, I don't really believe that this company's success has much to do with lower wages. The fact that they made remote development teams work demonstrates that they pay attention to details and that is what breeds success.