Author
Nilesh B Gadekar
Founder and CEO, Salt Technologies
Nilesh B Gadekar is an engineer, MIT graduate, and the founder and CEO of Salt Technologies. He writes about building and operating software teams, hiring technical specialists, and creating practical delivery systems for growing companies.
Published work
Articles by Nilesh B Gadekar
How to Compare Offshore Staffing Quotes: A US Buyer’s Checklist
A US buyer guide to comparing offshore staffing quotes across compensation, provider fees, office, hardware, IT, HR, replacements, and exit terms.
How to Hire a Virtual Assistant: A US Small Business Guide
US small businesses can use this guide to audit tasks, choose the right assistant role, interview candidates, secure access, and plan the first 30 days.
Ready for Dedicated Remote Staff? A US Buyer’s Checklist
Use a practical readiness checklist to decide whether workload, management, access, budget, and operating support justify dedicated remote staff.
Building a Remote Digital Marketing Team: Which Role Should You Hire First?
A guide for US companies choosing the first remote digital marketing role using channel readiness, workload, review capacity, access, and hiring triggers.
How Digital Agencies Can Build a Dedicated Development Team in India
A practical guide for US digital agencies building a dedicated development team in India across web, applications, e-commerce, design, and QA.
Hiring Your First Team in India: EOR, Managed Staffing, BOT, or GCC?
A practical guide for US companies choosing EOR, managed staffing, BOT, or GCC for their first India team based on scope, control, and ownership.
What Does an Employer of Record Actually Include? A Buyer’s Checklist for Hiring in India
See what an India EOR commonly covers and 12 questions to uncover gaps in recruitment, office, hardware, IT, operations, and support.
Mid-Level vs. Senior Developer: Which One Does Your Team Actually Need?
Choose a mid-level or senior developer using ownership, ambiguity, review capacity, production risk, and mentoring—not years alone.
When Should You Add a QA Automation Engineer to Your Development Team?
Use recurring regression work, automation readiness, suite health, and ownership gaps to decide when a QA automation engineer is the right hire.
One Full-Stack Developer or Separate Front-End and Back-End Developers?
Use workload breadth, parallel delivery lanes, specialist depth, and review capacity to choose one full-stack developer or two specialists.
Your First Remote Engineering Team: Which Roles Should You Hire First?
Choose the first roles for a remote engineering team by finding your delivery bottleneck, ownership gap, and next hiring trigger.