Rawat: The biggest offshore engineering challenge is understanding the target market
Jay Rawat · 1154 How we hit net churn of -5% in Loyalty Program space · Sep 21, 2018 · at 10:52
Jay Rawat, CEO of Zinrelo, shares insights on managing engineering teams located overseas in India.
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“The biggest challenge is if you have an offshore development team is communication and really making sure that they understand the market. They understand who we are trying to serve. Right. And that's an understanding which is very hard to come by.”
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