I have a difficult time getting work ready for offshore developers. Any suggestions?
A 12 hour time offset makes knowledge transfer difficult, and I feel like in the time I spend to prep the work for them, I could have just completed the work. As it is, they hit blocks at 3am my time and then lots of billed hours are unproductive.
@freemo sadly, business decisions are around offshore being cheaper. I think it's very expensive as it costs more of my time than someone local, especially when there's blocks due to working hours across 12 timezones or communication barriers that together cost lots of hours.
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@SecondJon Depends how you price it. If you price it in terms of cost to achieve a high quality produ ct then im dirt cheap. If you price it in terms of hours im expensive :)
@freemo agreed! That's how I work. I'm very efficient and deliver quality as a dev. Managing the system and now both a local and multiple small distant /discount remote teams is a challenging learning curve in growing through. I'm... Glad to grow my skill set. But it's a bumpy start.
@SecondJon Just put to your calendar during all your non-working time recurring meeting with "busy" status.
My free advice, buy a beer to your spouse...
On the other side - what do you expect if you have clients from the other side of the world? Add a new criteria to select your clients...
@SecondJon Just hire me. I may work "off shore* but i always keep a schedule in sync with my job even if it means working at night and sleeping in the day.
I'm not cheap though :)