Hi Rob,<div><br></div><div>I had a customer last year in the US who preferred me instead of India developers because of their English, but I am sure there are good professionals there with good English too.</div><div><br></div>
<div>I am working mainly for a company called Enspiral.com, based in New Zealand, which is composed by more than 30 developers, designers... but rates are similar to the UK since the quality of the work is usually high. The company is structured as a charity and the main aim is to make life of freelancers easier and to collaborate with other ventures to bring a positive change (environment, poverty...).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think we are still in the era of the corporate mentality, where the employee has to commute to the work place, be controlled if he is working or wasting time, has to follow many restrictive rules, an trust is always optional. I think if a developer does not his job could be verified by the results, if the developer can work in his house has usually a quieter environment, commuting time does not exists and a happier person works better. That's what I think and that's my experience. In the end code should be commit using SVN or Git, a PM software should be used so if two developers are near each other of few hundreds of miles does not change much. The main problem is the time zone: I had to attend meetings at midnight, so I think outsourcing is viable when people are in the same, say continent or the time zone difference is no more than five hours. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Another things that makes me sad is that job posts are always a list of constraints... must relocate, do this do that, no older than no younger than...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 January 2012 10:51, Rob Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob.anderson@paymentcardsolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">rob.anderson@paymentcardsolutions.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello LRUG<br>
<br>
We've been trying to recruit for a permanent Rails position for a while now, and it isn't going well. Judging from the number of job posts on this board, we're not alone in this.<br>
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So, very reluctantly, I'm considering outsourcing the role, probably to India. Does anyone have any experience with this / advice to offer?<br>
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Our constraints:<br>
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- we're a financial services company, so trust is a big issue<br>
- we have a large and expanding code base, so there is an upfront investment in time before anyone can really contribute properly. So we're looking for a long term relationship.<br>
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I'll be at the LRUG meeting on Monday - look forward to seeing you all there.<br>
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Rob<br>
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PS We've taken a long hard look at the recruitment agency route, and it's not for us. So please, don't contact me if you are recruiter. Thanks!<br>
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