russian speaking developers best match for estonian startups?
DESCRIPTION
These slides are part of a presentation of Mark Kofman from Programeter made on "Offshoring for Startups" seminar. Seminar was held on Marh 30th, in Tallinn, Estonia.TRANSCRIPT
Russian speaking developers best
match for
Estonian startups?
meet Anton and Mark
who are…..
founders of software startup
meet Arko
Java developer with 5 years experience
one of 3000 developers in Estonia
Arko works at “Webmes”,
earns €2000 per month, out of which he spends €500 on his flat and €500 on his leased car. And he feels
just fine...
How could Anton and Mark afford
to hire and motivate Arko to work at their
startup?
remember Arko still has the flat and the
car to pay for...
…if it is so hard to hire in Estonia
Anton and Mark decide...
let's outsource!
Anton and Mark have worked in offshore projects before….
.. so they know potential issues
biggest risk they are concerned about is understanding and
managing developer working in other country...
… so they find a solution..
work with people who
share common cultural background
what we have in common with offshore destinations?
what we have in common with offshore destinations?
Russian language
our unfair advantage
1. easy to find russian speaking project managers and tech leads
2. save on development costs
3. less missundersandings
4. huge resource pool
outsource to russian-speaking countries
unique (almost) opportunity for all estonian startups:
Russian speaking developers best
match for
Estonian startups?