FrankLicea

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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Ha! I can't say why of course, but our bet is that more companies are open to expanding their engineering departments to other parts of the world. Keyword being "departments" with strategies for benefits, perks, equipment, et
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
So for us, hiring domestically (either 1099 or FTE) vs internationally, wasn't a mutually exclusive decision. Finding good people was a real risk to our growth. So we expanded the top of our funnel to more locations simultaneously. How
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Oops, forgot to mention that. The management fee is 15%. You would get a break down for any teammate that you want to interview for your team. It would look something like: 1) The teammate's desired salary 2) Benefits and taxes 3) 15%
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Thanks for the feedback, I see your point! That's on oversight on our side, nothing nefarious intended, we'll have to figure how to best spell out the pricing. Pricing-wise, I'd say the all-in fees on a per dev basis are comp
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Good question! At the time, hiring domestically vs internationally, wasn't a mutually exclusive decision. A team that really needs to hire fast to, say, launch a new revenue feature, needs to be expanding the top of the funnel of good
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Yikes! half the salary to an outsourcing company for two years? That's nuts, and those are exactly the kind of horror stories that made us want to build Astro, as U.S. devs, we often take for granted the "Silicon Valley" engi
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Thank you!
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Companies have a few avenues to help with this. The Astro dashboard lets the US company sponsor meaningful perks that value teammates and really make a difference with retention and wellbeing; Bonuses, health insurance, gym memberships, edu
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Thank you!
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Thank you! We really appreciate it!
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Yes good catch. We chose the roles we see most often requested, but when you scroll a little further down, you'd see a field where you can just type the role you're looking for! Thanks!
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Sure, because we're not a consulting agency, Astro is designed for teams that know finding good talent wherever they are located is a real risk to growth. Typically these kinds of companies are true technology companies and know the va
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
We actually do everything that remote does plus a few other things: We have local fulfillment teams that can actually do things on the ground like help with local recruiting, finding meaningful local benefits, provide local equipment like M
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
We operate in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay! Gracias!
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by FrankLicea 4y ago
Would love to hear more about your experience finding people in Latam vs Eastern Europe or South Asia. In my experience the real risk with remote teams isn't really technical, it's possible to find great people everywhere. The rea
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Launch HN: Astro (YC W21) – Build your own dev teams in Latin America
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by FrankLicea 5y ago
This is great! I used to maintain connections to all kinds of social media APIs; lots of on going maintenance. neat to see a service dedicated to this. What are the SLAs like?
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by FrankLicea 5y ago
Austin Software | Director of Developer Education, Austin Texas | Full-time | https://austinsoftware.com We work to place developers in Latin America directly on Silicon Valley teams. We're looking for a Director of Develop
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by FrankLicea 5y ago
I recommend you setup a landing page and get your own custom email domain. Doesn't take long, it's cheap to do, and will help move one one level above the random spam emails employees at large enterprises get. Even then, having yo