[outside1234]

I’m with you until you get to hiring people in other time zones that perhaps don’t speak the language (or don’t speak it well) of the management running the company.

This doesn’t work - 95% of software is communication - and that drives successful projects to hire within timezone and with folks that can communicate well. We have decades of failed India outsourcing projects as proof of this.

[rawgabbit]

I had the same experience. I believe it is more you get what you pay for. If you want to hire someone who can think independently and anticipate your real needs they will cost the same as an American citizen. Better yet just hire an American. Employees think H1B is some sort of magic that get the same talent for less cost. If they truly believe that I have beach front property I am willing to let go in Arizona.

[ghaff]

From US East Coast to Europe seems to work pretty well for a lot of things (both software and other things) but the English tends to be good and 5-6 hour time difference is manageable--although probably on the outer edge.