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📣 helloiloveyou

Has your company ever hired an outside software factory? Was it good?


Hey HN friends!

With a friend of mine from college we're starting a software factory and want to learn from the experiences that you may have. What things can a software factory do to provide a great customer experience?


  👤 oaw-bct-ar-bamf Accepted Answer ✓
Current day job company is big enough to have it’s own “software factory” abroad.

It’s horrible. Some good guys but mostly Indian freshers that get burned in 1-2 years.

Time zone difference sucks.

Zero understanding of the product.

To get the proper end result you have to specify the work chunks on such a deep level that you are faster doing it yourself in the first place.


👤 tgflynn
I've never heard of a software development consultancy referred to as a "software factory" before. Did you just invent that term ?