How to Find & Train World-Class Engineers Overseas
summary
Andela trains and vets overseas engineers, builds discipline for distributed work and places them with startups and enterprises. Claims: hire and grow instead of only chasing seniors, train remote skills like camera use and disciplined standups, and tap global diversity to build better products. Concrete results: 800 developers vetted from 90,000 applications, working for 150 partners across 55 cities. Cites industry stats: 1.4M unfilled tech jobs in 2016 and ~37% of top developers already distributed. Tools mentioned include Slack and Trello.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Myths about hiring developers
- 2:50Shortage of software developers
- 4:55Distributed work challenges
- 6:00Diversity in tech teams
- 7:45Global talent pools
- 9:28Scaling with distributed teams
- 11:32Q&A and closing
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