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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. Update from original - just saw a follow-up post by Ben Kuo - Southern California Technology Jobs Surge. 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

technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. 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?

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

Both Sides of the Table

There is a core that exists in human connectedness that no amount of technology can replace. CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I prefer that early stage companies not offshore development.