Why Founders Are Rethinking Where They Hire
The old idea that cheap means poor quality no longer holds.
Offshore hiring used to come with an unspoken trade-off: lower cost meant lower quality, or at least more risk. That's increasingly out of date.
Senior EU-Based Engineers at 30 to 50 Percent Lower Cost
Markets like Bulgaria offer senior, English-speaking, EU-based engineers at a 30 to 50 percent lower fully loaded cost than Western Europe, without the quality and communication gaps founders used to brace for.
Where the Old Trade-Off No Longer Applies
The old trade-off hasn't vanished everywhere. Smart founders have simply found the places where it no longer applies.
