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LATAM: The new nearshore staffing center.
Although the pandemic caused by COVID 19 is still alive, for us, in our day to day life, it seems to be behind us. And what is left now are the new ways of relating. The impact that the pandemic has had on the software outsourcing sector is impressive. Although...
Recruit and Succeed in a Candidate-Short Market
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the worldwide digital transformation has taken on a frantic pace and, with it, the increase in demand for IT talent has grown exponentially, so that it is a challenge not only to find but to seduce and attract the right talent to a...
How we became a LATAM talent hub
Where do we came from ? Lithium is a staffing agency headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, with a wide customer base in the USA, Latin America, and Europe. Uruguay is a small country in Latin America recognized for its technological development, talent quality, and...
Why Hire Nearshore Developers in Uruguay?
Why outsource software development? The world tech capital is concentrated in the United States and Western Europe. U.S. companies whose business model relies on the rapid production of high-quality software, suffer from local tech talent shortages and aren’t able to...
AGILE PROJECTS IN TIMES OF CORONAVIRUS
In recent times with the coronavirus global crisis, the most common topic in social networks like Linkedin is remote work. Many technology companies mention how socially responsible they are showing their efforts and transition to remote work. The fact is that in 2020...
BRINGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO OUR SYSTEMS
Nowadays, we are all aware that some systems can predict our actions, needs or even our feelings. That makes me believe we are living a new era, where computers and humans share knowledge and complement each other to answer unresolved questions and improve the way...
ATTITUDES AND APTITUDES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS
In software development teams, more often than not, what is prioritized are the members’ technical expertise, the tools they have and the projects they have taken part in. These technical skills are what I will call aptitudes. That being said, when building a high...
“CLEAN CODE”, PLATONIC LOVE OF PROGRAMMERS
There I was, working on a little project for a client in his office when my colleague Peter called me about some tests that needed to be run on an old application I’ve helped develop a year ago. Nothing too shabby, just some connectivity issues with another system...