Onshore vs. offshore for hiring software devs?
I've got a bootstrapped startup with traction...
Am looking to open a permanent physical office soon and scale up the dev team, but real question:
is there any legitimate reason to stay domestic as if decoupled from any specific location?
when I can just set up shop in Tallinn Estonia or Warsaw and hire 2 eastern european senior for the price of a single mid level dev state-side?
As romantic as the entire team being in SF / NY / London, it just seems like an objectively poor financial decision
esp with a finite burn rate
...and even WITH funding it seems like a waste in terms of spend / quality output?
please tell me I'm missing something here you aren't missing anything, especially if you are located in Europe already makes sense early on to hire from those areas thanks im a US citizen but spend lot of time in EU that's what im thinking but just trying to see if there's any long term blind spots / downsides to not starting domestic