When companies from the United States or Canadá are looking for a partner to hire software developers in Latam, usually they have many questions about how the culture can be a barrier or even the english language can be difficult for Latinos.

We have compiled the top concerns of the companies about this topic:

English language: The native language of most of Latin America is Spanish, but government policies in the majority of the countries make it mandatory to learn English, not only in the school, also in universities

Legal aspects of hiring: The legal processes for hiring foreign people are one of the main questions that come up when trying to build an IT development team. In the case of the United States, it is simple since it is through the W8 form provided by the Internal Revenue Service (whose acronym is IRS). That companies can declare that they are hiring a self-employed person who also lives outside the United States.

Time zone: One of the great fears of companies when hiring outside the country is that the time difference will interrupt the flow of work. However, the United States, Canada, and Latin America are very similar in this aspect, as an example, cities like Dallas, New Orleans, or Houston in the United States or Winnipeg and Baker Lake in Canada have exactly the same time zone as Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador.

Education: In Latin America as well as in the rest of the world, computer science education is a relevant issue. And this group of countries is home to many renowned universities throughout the continent for the study of engineerings, such as the National University of Colombia or the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.