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title: "Why Traditional Nearshore IT Outsourcing is Broken"
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# Why Traditional Nearshore IT Outsourcing is Broken

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders — S12 Bonus: Why Traditional Nearshore IT Outsourcing is Broken (And How "Own It, Prove It" Dev Stacks Fix It) with Johnny Halife, Partner & CTO of SOUTHWORKS Listen to Episode S12 Bonus: Why Traditional Nearshore IT Outsourcing is Broken (And How "Own It, Prove It" Dev Stacks Fix It) with Johnny Halife, Partner & CTO of SOUTHWORKS Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders 0:00 23:16 1× Johnny Halife was born and raised in Argentina. As such, he takes soccer very seriously. He is a die hard fan of Boca, and has taken his family to live games in Miami and Nashville. He is the father of 2 young boys, which he notes completely changed his life. He has been slowly introducing them to soccer, as an Argentina after would do, and they love the roar of the stadium during a game. He also claims to be a really bad golfer, which I can relate to. Twenty one years ago, Johnny started working for Microsoft Engineering behind the scenes, helping them shape products. Eventually, he and his team started asking the question - if we are helping Microsoft, why don't we help other companies? This is Johnny's creation story at Southworks . Sponsors Unblocked (https://getunblocked.com/codestory) TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Mezmo (https://mezmo.com/codestory) Braingrid.ai (https://braingrid.link/code-story) Links https://www.southworks.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnyhalife-engineering/ Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://cash.app * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By