The core shifts
- 2022 changed everything: expensive capital killed the easy growth
- AI isn’t replacing developers, but it’s changing what “good enough” means
- Junior dev positions have fallen off a cliff
- Companies are finally questioning their $300k senior dev hires vs offshore alternatives
What they’re seeing
- Swedish companies moving entire IT operations to Poland (until Poland got too expensive)
- Enterprise clients replacing startups as the stable revenue source
- The 5-7x productivity gap between good and average developers remains real
- Building products alongside consulting requires actual discipline, not bench-warming
The uncomfortable truth
Most “outsourcing horror stories” come from companies trying to buy senior-level work at junior-level rates.
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