I'd like to hear from CTOs, engineering leads, or founders in the US who have hired developers in Asia or Eastern Europe and found the time zone difference difficult. I'm writing a piece on why US companies are moving engineering work closer to home. Answer whichever of these fit your experience: What was hard about the time zone difference? How did it affect your work day to day? Have you thought about hiring in Latin America, where working hours line up with US hours? If you thought about it or made the switch, what prompted it, and what has the outcome been? If you decided to keep your developers in Asia or Eastern Europe, what was the main reason, and how have you worked around the time zone gap? Two or three sentences per answer is plenty. Where you can, please provide specific examples. If we use your quote, we'll include your name, title, company, and a link to your website.