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Interview: Emrah Gultekin, Co-founder of Chooch

NTR is a software development company and, as such, we tend to hangout with people who are interested in technology. We travel to hotbeds of tech in other countries to attend events and conferences where we get to know representatives of startups and companies.

We thought you would enjoy meeting some of them, too, learn about their experiences and benefit from their insights as we have.

During a trip to Silicon Valley, NTR’s CRO Yana Kazantseva met with Emrah Gultekin, Co-founder and CEO of Chooch, an AI training platform for visual recognition, based in San Francisco.

Emrah

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Freelancer vs. remote employee vs. custom software company. What is the best option when hiring for software development?

 

No matter the size of your company at some point as you grow you will need to  hire developers.

Finding good talent is where the problems usually begin. Hiring can be a long, complicated, often overwhelming process and hiring tech talent is usually at least 5x more difficult. Unless your company name is Google, Apple, Facebook or a unicorn, with salaries and perks to match, hiring developers is more like 10x as difficult.

If you are facing this dilemma, why not consider using remote workers? It’s a solution that not only gives you access to the best talent, regardless of where they live, but is also cost-effective. Continue reading Freelancer vs. remote employee vs. custom software company. What is the best option when hiring for software development?

Distributed team: why worth dealing with?

 

My boss sent me an article recently. It says that Donald Trump is cracking down on H-1B visas, meaning it will get even more difficult to hire non-citizen/non Green card holders.

 

I constantly strive to better understand the motivations and dynamics between you (buyer) and I (vendor) and how to improve the process.

 

In fact, I would write an article “How to save time and money with outsourcing,” but am not really knowledgeable enough yet. Anyway, there are already many articles, like this one, if you google it.

The world moves fast, IT moves even faster and software iteration/development is approaching the speed of light.

 

Talent, especially those with specific critical skills, such as AI, x, x, and x are in the shortest supply, difficult to source and very expensive to hire.

We move very fast in IT era and now, in 2017, hired labor is gradually disappearing into the past – it is much more profitable for companies to work with outsourcing teams than hiring employees in staff. Organizations that adhere to classical HR policies, and who close all positions exclusively in-house, are doomed to stagnation

 

It’s even difficult for companies with vast resources and tremendous cachet, such as Google, Facebook, and Apple, to fill their openings locally, which is why they have opened development facilities around the world.

 

Multiple development facilities are a luxury few startups and fast-growth companies can afford — or can they?

 

Outsourced, distributed teams from the right vendor can provide the same time and cost-effective talent solutions the big guys enjoy.

 

Last year we ran a series of posts about outsourcing — Clear expectations and communication, Reasons for outsourcing, and How to find the right vendor .

 

I think it’s time to revisit the subject starting with a look at some of the best tools for managing distributed development teams.

 

Slack connects all members of a project in one channel to facilitate discussion and collaboration.

Trello uses a Kanban board to view project status and manage tasks visually.

Gitlo = GitHub + Trello – Syncing tasks on Trello makes working on GitHub simpler.

Solo is a freelancer’s best friend for managing project details.

 

This is the first post from a new series on distributed, AKA, remote, team usage.

 

I’m planning on keeping it interesting for you; behind-the-scenes stories, sharing useful tools and learning in depth why, when and how to add a distributed team to your in-house resources.
Join me next Thursday for a close-up look at the process my company uses, whether as a comparison tool or to give you a look at what it’s like to work with NTR.