[iolothebard]

They tried that for 20 years, it never works (having been in Fortune 500 companies as a consultant, it's a fucking train wreck). By the time you handle all the layers, the different time zones, the different cultures, the different values/ethics, etc. It's not even a wash. Which is why H1b is so "needed". When they're on site, it's easier to get the work done.

[criddell]

We've had pretty good success with particular types of jobs.

Jobs like porting from one framework or language to another usually succeed because the original software acts as a complete specification.

Where I'm working now, we've spent quite a bit of time changing our processes to be more remote-friendly and it has been well worth it (we were inspired by Jason Fried a great deal).