Without a doubt, many projects go wrong because the vendor was deficient, but getting at the truth or details as to why takes some work – important work. Management needs to understand if a vendor is really deficient or if something else is going on, and reports from the trenches can be misleading. Here are a few tips to separate myth from reality and fact from fiction.
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Looking for the Best Offshore Developers? Match Your Tech Stack to the Right Region
If, for example, you are looking for enterprise development skills such as .Net, C#, or Java you’ll definitely want to stick to regions with a mature IT outsourcing industry, strong university system, and some big players who are already outsourcing there such as IBM or Microsoft. The simple reason is that good enterprise developers will usually need to learn the ropes from inside a big, stable firm rather than a startup or a boutique shop.
Continue readingThe Perfect Client-Vendor Match: How Much to Pay for Software Developers
How much to pay for software developers varies dramatically from region-to-region, vendor-to- vendor, and even from individual vendors sometimes. Prices are frequently adjusted based on the perceived quality of the client, the expected difficulty in working with them, and other factors. A tech-savvy client with an interesting project may pay 30% less than a newbie client with a boring job.
Continue readingThe Happy Marriage: Building the Vendor Profile to Match Your Client Profile
One of the best ways to qualify an offshore development team is by requesting a phone/Skype call with them, and evaluating both their English skills and their rates.
Continue reading156,000 Reasons to Learn to Code: Average SF Tech Salaries up 19%
VentureBeat is reporting an increase of almost 20% for tech salaries in San Francisco in 2013, to just more than $156,000 annually. And while IT salaries increased “only” 8% in Silicon Valley, the average annual wage was almost – wait for it – $200,000. Detroit and New York are starting from much lower bases but both cities are also seeing near-double-digit growth.
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