hythorn: by keeping stuff in house, you can often save more money, you retain the knowledge
That's exactly what was told to me - they outsourced the project to Romania, yet ended up actually paying more - and they didn't get the benefit of completing a major project in-house.
t0bias: well, personally I have rather simple issues with it... things like "where to start", where do you actually find coders, where to register the business, do i need a native to help me translate all the papers, where can i find a CPA (or should i not get one?), related to that i guess all official documents are in polish, isn't there a full service agency that helps me create the business and settle over there for a fee (find office space, find apartments, posts job postings, does translations etc.)...
Much of this is pretty easy to deal with, actually - for instance, job advertisements can be (and should be) solely in English. I wouldn't even consider putting an ad up in Polish - you want people who can function in English.
Yes, there are agencies - but you have to be careful with them. Many of them will have partners with other service providers, and Poles rarely know about the concept of "impartiality". It can work in your favour - but equally - against you. However - from what you say - you can do much of the work yourself as it's not too difficult - the hardest part is finding reliable, trustworthy local partners.
t0bias: so far I really like warschau, just because it's a major big city. I know about the location issue, that you're just moving further and further away from west europe and especially germany as hub but I think, the bigger the city, the bigger the opportunity and chance to find good office space, a nice apartment and good coders. more people = more to chose from.
That's one reason to actually go to Poznan - you're closer to Germany, yet unlike Warsaw, you won't be paying Western Europe salaries. It's still a big city, there's still plenty of very good coders around (I could easily sort out a few CV's to be sent to you if you really are willing to pay above the going rate - I know people who would be interested) and a university which produces a lot of good graduates.
t0bias: Plans are to hire at least 6-10 coders and probably 2-3 designers as a start and then later on double or even triple it.
Hmm - this shouldn't be a problem anywhere you go.
If you are serious about this - I'm happy to talk to you about what's involved. It's not so difficult - in fact, it probably sounds more difficult than it is. But the first step is making a trip here to make sure that you want to do business here - again - if you want to come to Poznan, I'll happily set up some meetings for you with people already doing business here so you can get a feel of the place. It's actually a shame you posted now - I have a good friend who is in SF quite often, but his latest trip just finished yesterday.
But really - what you propose isn't so difficult once you know how :)
Grzegorz_: the major choice in my opinion should be between major non-Warsaw aglomerations like Tri-city, Wroc³aw etc. and 2nd rate cities like Bydgoszcz, Szczecin etc.
There's nothing in Bydgoszcz or Szczecin worth considering.
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