Hiring Cheaper Engineers Usually Costs You More

The Simple Version Cheaper engineering labor tends to produce slower output, higher defect rates, and expensive rework. The hourly savings get consumed, and then some, by the compounding costs they create downstream. Why This Isn&rsquo;t Obvious at First A founder I know ran a SaaS startup a few years back. She got two proposals for building her MVP: a boutique agency in Eastern Europe charging…