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How to Hire Software Engineers in Mexico: A US Guide
A practical guide for US companies hiring software engineers in Mexico: hiring models, legal setup, vetting, onboarding, and the mistakes to avoid.
Nearshore Hiring
Pre-AI era
Adapting a distributed software team capability in Management Consulting
Argues that management consulting firms need a software development practice and explains how distributed teams help them win deals and scale.
Nearshore Hiring
Pre-AI era
Holistic, Agnostic & Specific at solving problems
Why being holistic, technology-agnostic and industry-specific makes software engineers and teams better at solving problems.
Forward-Deployed Engineering (FDE)
Pre-AI era
Executing a successful relationship with decentralized software partners
Key takeaways from a 2020 Austin Technology Council panel on running a successful, high-performing relationship with a remote software partner.
Nearshore Hiring
Pre-AI era
Organizational Debt
Explains organizational debt, Steve Blank's analogy to technical debt, how it shows up inside a company, and why tackling it is key to survival.
Software Development
Pre-AI era
Successfully Integrating the Design Sprint into a Software Development Team
How Icalia Labs integrates the Design Sprint into its design and development process, with pre-sprint workshops, templates, and post-sprint deliverables.
Software Development
Pre-AI era
Choosing the right Software Partner for your Company
Why companies hire an external software partner, and what to assess when choosing one: culture, past work, practices, people, quality, and pricing.
Nearshore Hiring
Pre-AI era
Notorious mistakes we have made as a Software Services Company
Ten mistakes Icalia Labs made in its first 3.5 years as a software services company, from pricing and contracts to culture, hiring, and mentors.
Software Development
Pre-AI era
Tendencies and services already happening for the software industry
A 2015 look at software industry trends: data-driven UI, continuous delivery, microservices, real-time tools, and consumer-style enterprise software.
Software Development
Pre-AI era
Advantages of being open
Why Icalia Labs shares its code, design, and knowledge openly, and the advantages it saw in 2015, from feedback and growth to credibility with clients.
Software Makers
Pre-AI era
How to proudly participate in (and probably win) a Hackathon
Icalia Labs' 2014 playbook for hackathons: pick the idea early, run agile sprints, balance hackers and designers, sleep, study the judges, and nail the pitch.
Software Makers