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The landscape of outsourcing development in 2025. Is it over?

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Two agency co-founders (100+ team, 8 years in business) break down what's actually happening in the nearshoring market.


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.

Watch the full conversation. 

45 minutes of unfiltered insights on where this industry is actually heading.

 

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