Challenges of Outsourcing Development Work
By
dontTREATonme
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
Matthias Winkelmann's company outsourced development work to overseas programmers at a lower rate, leading to challenges in communication and technical issues.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledThe in-house programmers were told to spend 'only a little bit of time' on the project -- no technical advice, no coding assistance, and no even looking at the code.
There were a lot of technical issues, and a lot of issues communicating the technical issues, so that job ended up taking quite a bit more than 'only a little bit of time.'
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