The latest articles on DEV Community by richardhowes (@richardhowes). https://dev.to/richardhowes https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F226047%2Fb1de24cd-b69d-442c-8616-162edeb00f4c.jpeg https://dev.to/richardhowes en richardhowes Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:28:21 +0000 https://dev.to/richardhowes/question-how-to-effectively-outsource-dev-1j38 https://dev.to/richardhowes/question-how-to-effectively-outsource-dev-1j38 <p>Hi All,</p> <p>We have a 19-year-old software company we have grown organically. Our biggest challenge to additional growth has been sourcing local dev resources.</p> <p>We tried outsourcing to India a few years ago and it didn't work very well for three main reasons: there was a communication gap, and because our legacy/non-standard/non-framework code is difficult to inderstand and code, and passing along an understanding of our target market needs is difficult.</p> <p>I read a lot about distributed teams and am considering trying remote resources again. We do have a remote contractor now who is very good and effective but he was the lead programmer (in-house) for many years and the architect of much of the system so that is a huge advantage.</p> <p>Any thoughts on how to go about this?<br> Success and failure stories and learnings?<br> Advice and recommendations?</p> <p>Thanks.<br> Cheers,</p> <p>Richard</p> php contracting outsourcing