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Re:Offshoring roulette: lessons from outsourcing (2016) by dep_b on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @05:43AM (#22412173)
Interesting, in my experience getting a team that really works together instead of a bunch of people cobbled together with varying levels of competence and opinions on what's good is what is really puts a drag on a project.

Basically: the 10x developer is the same developer unhindered by people that build sloppy shit or broken procedures that need to be integrated.

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Re:Offshoring roulette: lessons from outsourcing (2016) by kavalg on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @07:37AM (#22412641)
Yes, a team is indeed more valuable than a bunch of people, but there isn't an abundance of marketplaces to sell a team. Just the usual crowd of recruiters that are looking to fill up individual positions and take their commission. Virtually all team projects that I've found so far have gone through a friend recommendation and direct contact with the customer. Never through a recruiter. If you guys know better way to market a small team of devs at EUR 250-300 day I'd be glad to hear about it.
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