Episode 06 - Outsourcing in Latam - with Pete from Misfit
In today's episode, we'll talk to Pete, who has a background in outsourcing, and compare outsourcing in Latin America to other parts of the world.
Pete started his career in Detroit, Michigan, and has experience developing cars for Ford, Mazda, Audi, Lincoln, Mercury, and other brands worldwide. He has outsourced in places like Uruguay, Colombia, Panama, India, Costa Rica, China, Argentina, and Chile, among others.
In this episode, Pete tells us about his experience outsourcing development to other countries and his significant obstacles, such as language, time zone differences, costs, and other factors that will set him up for success or failure. All of these pros and cons can help or hurt you in the long run in the field of technology.
Pete tells us about his experience being part of the first blockbuster.com and how he worked for Apple and outsourced design and technical development at Apple to Northern Ireland.
He talks about how Apple had scattered teams in places like Australia, China, and South America. He touches on the point that Apple had to accommodate cultural differences depending on their location. Additionally, he goes into detail about how designs and developers have different motives and the tension between internal teams and outsourcing teams.
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