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Nearshore Hiring Insights
Field notes on nearshore hiring: the model, the math, and what makes embedded teams actually work for US companies. Real experience, not theory.
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Nearshore vs. offshore vs. outsourcing: only one of these is a business model
Nearshore and offshore describe geography. Outsourcing describes a commercial model. Conflating them is why buyers get burned. Here is the clean taxonomy.
SMASH Editorial · 7 min
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Hiring locally is no longer the smartest way to scale
The math for hiring locally stopped working two years ago. Why technical leaders are choosing nearshore teams, and what changed to make it work.
SMASH Editorial · 6 min
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We're not a BPO. And the distinction matters.
SMASH is not a BPO. Four structural differences between an embedded nearshore team and a BPO contract, and why CTOs care about each one.
SMASH Editorial · 5 min
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