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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. I don’t have specific suggestions for people you can hire. Sorry, I wish I could be more help. I’ll leave that for another discussion as the inquiry that I keep getting is more about local talent than offshore talent.

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Interview Eric Sikola, ExpenseBay

socalTECH

Eric Sikola: We've got seven people full time, and all our development is offshore, our CTO is onshore, and we have people doing graphical design locally plus others helping part time. How big is the firm now? Eric Sikola: I was born and raised in Southern California.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. I prefer the first sales hires to be in the home office. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring.