On Mar 11, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote: > We tried this whole offshore thing in the late 90s. and found that the money > saved on labor was more than eaten back up by longer production schedules and > additional layers of communication. Not worth it.
Been my experience too. Interestingly a number of manufacturers are coming to the same conclusions - cost isn't everything. That said there are some awesome software engineers that don't happen to live in the US. The overhead of finding, mentoring and partnering with them is non-trivial though. For a good example, check out how ThoughtWorks integrates their Indian offices with their US and UK teams. Long cross postings so the teams really bond and work well with each other - seems like a great model, but only if you've got the resources and need the team size to make it viable. Can't believe it'd be worth it if you only need 10-20 devs. Best Wishes, Peter > > Walter > > On Mar 11, 2011, at 5:17 PM, Bryan Crossland wrote: > >> If you find someone in your own area/time zone it becomes easier to >> coordinate with them on code check-ins. The cost difference is well worth it >> for the sleep at night you will gain because your fears will be at ease. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
