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It's so shameless innit? He puts on the veneer of caring about quality, but then gives up the game by admitting the real goal is the cheapest labor possible coughslaverycough. Why stop at Romania if you want cheap labor? Just outsource it all to India or Nigeria, we all know you would do it in a heartbeat if your precious quarterly profits were on the line.
Edit: didn't realize the guy was Romanian so at least the shilling makes more sense, but I still get the feeling he's not doing his employees any favors.
Seriously? I’ve upped both quality and throughput by specifically hiring Romanian dev teams. They’re (in my limited sample size, admittedly) excellent.
We didn’t cheap out at as low as 50% though.
The problem usually is that remote teams work for multiple clients and are rarely onboarded properly. So they just churn out code regardless of client specific requirements or standards. If you treat remote teams as actual people and staff members, you can achieve great results.
Another comment that’s helped me with a new perspective, thanks. The times I’ve worked with Romanian teams, they’ve been dedicated to our company/project.