Tag: Team management

Staff Augmentation vs. Full Outsourcing: What’s Best for Your Startup?

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For most startups, software development outsourcing is no longer a question of if, but how. Between tight funding rounds, shifting roadmaps, and limited in-house bandwidth, founders need external help—fast.

That’s where the choice kicks in: staff augmentation or full outsourcing? Both are popular paths for outsourcing software development. Both offer access to talent, flexibility, and scalability. But which one really fits your product vision, hiring pace, and growth pressure?

Let’s unpack it.

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The Hidden Costs of Hiring an In-House Development Team vs Outsourcing Software Development

Building a software development team is expensive. But beyond salaries, there are hidden costs that many businesses overlook. Hiring in-house may seem like the safest bet, but it often leads to higher expenses, slower product development, and more management overhead. Let’s look into outsourcing software development benefits over in-house hiring.

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FinTech Me This With Jezen Thomas: Leading Dispersed Teams to Productivity and Engagement

What are the main challenges of leading a dispersed team? For this FinTech Me This Podcast episode, we chat with Jezen Thomas, co-founder and CTO at Supercede, whose engineering team works from all over the world. Jezen outlines how different communication styles and forms can work in a remote team and how to create a company culture that truly suits engineers’ needs. Give our conversation a listen to find out more!

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FinTech Me This with Daniel Parming: How to Develop Engineering Skills in Your Tech Team

In this FinTech Me This episode Daniel Parming, Head of Engineering at Kantox, tells us how he approaches developing engineering skills in his team. We talk about setting goals for individual developers, spotting soft skills, and why you have to provide engineers with complex challenges. Check out the full episode!

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FinTech Me This with Adrian Mizzi: How to Hire the Right Engineering Talent

In the first episode of the FinTech Me This: Engineering Management Podcast, we talk with Adrian Mizzi, the co-founder and CTO of Weavr, about the importance of recruiting the right talent to your engineering team. We also cover a practical rundown of the recruitment process and the challenges of building a payments business. Check out the podcast below and read the interview to find out more!

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Best IT Recruitment Tools & Solutions for IT And How They Will Make Your Life Easier

Finding a suitable employee can be a pain in the neck, especially in IT, where skilled developers rarely seek for new job opportunities on their own and screening less experienced ones is a must. But can it all be simplified? Apparently, yes. There are dozens of useful recruitment tools that can help you, as an HR department representative. Let’s find what they are and how they can make your work more effective!

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Key Roles in E2E Software Development

App development is like professional football. Companies are like teams and their employees are like players, coaches, and managers. After all, what happens backstage and between the games is equally important to the actual performance on the football pitch. Every member of the group is crucial for success, though their roles are different. Read on to learn all you need to know about the roles in software development teams!

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