Working Remotely for Customers is Possible — or Even Beneficial

There are any number of reasons that the idea of outsourcing internationally might be scary: time differences, not being able to chase work effectively, language barriers, differences in work culture, and anything else you’d like to add to the list.

These are, of course, valid concerns and there’s no reason to minimize them. However, a simple reframe might be in order: rather than focus on drawbacks, think about the particular benefits that remote work can offer. Hint: it’s not just cost-effectiveness.

There are likely things that a remote team can simply do better than an in-house team.

Remote technology doesn’t care whether the work comes from down the hall or from Warsaw.

Particularly in fields such as IT and software development, recruiting from a pool of educated, tech-oriented people has major advantages: for example, 40% of Polish citizens have a Bachelor’s Degree, as compared with only 35% of United States citizens, and Poland ranks in the top 5 for “Best Software Developers country-wide on both Hackerrank and Top Coder[.

Communication is key with developers, because it’s not as simple as creating a brief and expecting the job to turn out flawlessly. Cooperation, communication, and teamwork are vital parts of the software development process, so it’s important to have a team that’s easily accessible and simple to talk to.

There are a couple of things to consider here: since the time difference between Warsaw and Silicon Valley is nine hours, it’s easy to schedule same-day calls. The time difference between Warsaw and New York is only six hours, making scheduling practically the same as hiring a developer based in Austin or Boulder.

Poland’s English skills are ranked near the top of the HIGH category in the EF English Efficiency Index[, on par with or higher than the Philippines, where English is an official language! As the world becomes more connected and use of English as the international online language increases, this will only improve. Finally, let’s face it: even hiring an in-house developer is no guarantee of that developer’s English skills.

As a final note, as the world moves more and more online, security becomes vitally important. Poland’s developers already work within the boundaries of the General Data Protection Regulation, the EU’s comprehensive data protection law.

There are drawbacks to any sort of business decision, but this gives you a few benefits you might not have considered about outsourcing your software development to Poland.

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