The Nearshore Cafe Podcast – Season 2 Recap | Plugg Technologies - Brian Samson

Hey everybody, Brian Samson here, host of the Nearshore Cafe podcast. We are just winding down season 2. We're very happy to have gotten through 2 full seasons of episodes. Don't worry, there's a lot more to come, but I want to give a recap on some of the really exciting things that we learned and some amazing guests that we had on season 2. We kicked it off with a lot of focus on the real cost. What do non-technical people make? What do software developers make? What's it like to do business in Nicaragua and all throughout Latin America? What are the real costs for the labor, the hardware? We keep it real. So that's where we started. Then we got into some deep conversations with real talent in Latin America. We spoke to Mario, Salesforce team leader. We talked about how to organize and manage and lead in Mexico. We spoke with Genesis, a veteran QA engineer, and she talked about what it's like to work for a US company providing her QA services. We spoke to Jose, who's a data engineer, and he brought his perspective as a nearshore data engineer working from Latin America and all the nuances there. We also got into localization with Julio, and Julio talked all about the nuances. It's not just translation. There's a lot more that goes into localization, something that every company needs to think about. One of the most exciting parts of season 2 was investing in Latin America. We talked to Valio Ventures. We talked to B Capital in Brazil. We talked to Jaime Sotomayor. All 3 are prominent VCs that do a lot of deals, a lot of investment, a lot of transactions all throughout Latin America. We spoke to someone in community, that's Mati, and we also spoke to an expat named Nick who moved his whole family from the States to Costa Rica and just what it's like day to day trying to build a US software company and raise a family. We covered so much ground and I really appreciate you listening and supporting. The Nearshore Cafe Podcast, Season 2. Thank you.