Brian Samson argues that hiring talent in Mexico City is low-risk for U.S. firms. Cisco, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, General Motors, GE, and Honeywell already operate there. Hundreds of thousands of engineers and developers are already working on contracts with U.S. companies.
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If you decided to hire in Mexico City, first off, you're not taking a huge risk. A lot of the companies, major companies from the US have already been there. We've got companies like Cisco, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, General Motors, GE, Honeywell, some massive companies. And then you also have a whole host of tech startups that are there, either started and invested by other residents of Mexico City or VC firms, maybe even from the States that have invested. Then you also have this large swath of talent. We're talking hundreds of thousands of technical talent, and they're working on contracts and long-term projects with companies in the States.