Who are the best software development consultants for startups?
Summary
When the dot-com bubble popped 20 years ago a lot of people thought that software development was going to get broadly outsourced. The overall growth of the tech sector, especially over the past decade, has pushed engineering salaries up across Silicon Valley and other startup hubs, while also putting more pressure on other costs of living. Meanwhile, improving internet connections and globalized education programs have allowed more people to develop in-demand software skills and make themselves available for hire. The pandemic made distributed work more normal for most people, too, which helped break down remaining divides between a central engineering team and remote contributors. While you can still find plenty of startups of all sizes that want to maintain one big engineering group at a physical office, most companies we talk to have bought in to remote work in some form.