Posts Tagged ‘tech jobs’
India Outsources To Mexico
Posted by: andy in Nearsourcing on April 21st, 2010
Interesting video on BPO outsourcing. I suppose that it make financial sense for them but is still seems a bit bizarre. Company in San Fran sends it’s work to India (with all of the inherent time zone, structural, cultural, and travel challenges) and they turn around and send it to Mexico (just 2 time zones ahead and 3.5 hours by plane). It seems like the extra step just compounds the problem, no?
Mexican Nearsourcing a bright spot in an otherwise dismal year.
Posted by: andy in About Us, Nearsourcing on December 11th, 2009
Check out this well-written article about Mexico’s rocky 2009. The flu, recession, drug wars, rogue neutrinos - it’s been a hell of year. Thankfully, one happy little corner of the economy happens to be where we’re camped.
Another industry that has thrived in Mexico despite the recession is software development. Anchored in the city of Guadalajara and surrounding state of Jalisco, Mexican software engineers both develop their own software and provide “nearshoring” code writing services to software companies in California and elsewhere. Jalisco boasts over 200 information technology companies, and national IT organizations are projecting 11% growth for the sector in 2009 at a time when most other industries are facing contraction for the year.
Come work with us!!!
Posted by: andy in About Us, Agile and SCRUM on December 6th, 2009
We are in search of a developer to join the team here in Guadalajara. The skills that we’re looking for include: CSS, javascript, PHP, and Flex/Flash. Attitude is key in that we’ve built a really fun team and we all get along well. The candidate will have to be flexible as our development methodology (which is based on Agile) is very different from a traditional waterfall approach. We’re very picky about the projects that we do - we only do web or iphone apps that are fun, interesting, and that are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. We’re not too hung up on university degrees or professional background. We’re looking for people who really enjoy coding and are genuinely interested in current web programming trends. If you know anyone that fits that description, please send me an email: andy@agavelab.com.
H1B Visas for Tech Workers
Posted by: andy in Nearsourcing on April 12th, 2009
So, I know that the US’s protectionist stance toward foreign talent is GOOD for our company, but I can’t help but see that it’s one of the dumbest things for the country at large. An influx of talented, motivated, innovated workers that might then want to remain in the country - oh, no, that would never work! Read the (longish) article here.
The Sound of the Other Shoe Falling
Posted by: andy in Things That Interest on April 9th, 2009
From an article entitled Tech jobs getting zapped, “Year to date, 8,000 tech jobs have been slashed, including 4,100 just last month.”
I’m not sure if this is good for us or bad for us. The recession has forced plenty of early-stage tech companies to find ways to do more with a lot less (aka: good for us) but there will be plenty of laid-off tech workers that will be willing/required to work for less (aka: competition, aka bad). I guess we’ll see.