
Brian Samson talks about hiring people in Spain and Croatia. Time zones meant middle-of-the-night calls. Language wasn't the problem, but different communication styles and ways of explaining things made collaboration hard.
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I wanted people in my same time zone. That was my biggest motivator because we had some people in Spain, Croatia, and I'm like, I need somebody in my time zone. I mean, yes, they were there early in the mornings and stuff like that, but I didn't like that middle of the night stuff. They're doing stuff. Then I look in in the morning, I'm like, this doesn't work. And then trying to get on calls and stuff like that, it's a challenge. I'll never say the language barrier because I think as long as people— I speak English, right? And I'm running the company. So ideally I'd like it so I can understand them, but I'll never say that. I've never I understand what you're saying. I've never had that, but they just talk in a different way. How we explain things and how we put it down was very difficult.
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