A field manual for engineering leaders running teams across borders. Why cross-border engineering teams fail, and the system that makes them win. Not a remote work book. Not an outsourcing book. The system underneath both.
The work that compounds when AI does not. The conditions under which engineers build careers instead of bouncing between contracts. The map nobody hands you when you make your first cross-border hire.
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Running 30 to 200 engineers across 2 to 5 countries. Living with compliance gaps, retention questions, and cultural dynamics you didn't plan for.
Recently took on a team that includes remote engineers in 2 to 3 countries. Doing onboarding badly. Unsure why the quiet engineer in Warsaw is quiet.
Have tried it before, didn't go well. Open to being persuaded the problem was execution, not concept. This book is the execution manual.
"The chapter on the Belonging Window made me realize I had been losing engineers to a problem I didn't know existed. Required reading for anyone who hires across borders."
"Federico writes the way the best engineering managers think: specific, honest, no shortcuts. The Iceberg Inventory chapter alone saved my acquisition diligence."
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