In this podcast episode, hosts Rico Lazo and Patrick Bastien interview Seba Pereyro, founder of Empirical LLC, about his journey from software engineer to entrepreneur. Seba discusses his background coming from Argentina to the U.S., and how he started his company Empirical which provides top Latin American talent to tech firms through nearshoring. 

Seba explains the concepts of nearshoring and staff augmentation, and shares the unique aspects of his company's offerings. The hosts and Seba also have an insightful discussion around the challenges of starting your own business, the role of luck vs hard work in success, and the importance of investing in your own development and growth. This episode provides an interesting perspective on software engineering and entrepreneurship.

Connect with Seba via his company’s website: www.goempirical.com or via email at seba@goempirical.com or via his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spereyro/ 

In the “What’s on Your Mind” segment, hosts, Rico and Pat, delve into the importance of investing in yourself as a way to grow your skills, abilities and confidence and the challenges of confronting the possibility of COVID not being completely eradicated. 

As always, we hope you enjoy the show and please check out our previous podcast episodes as well as the variety of courses our teachers have created for you at https://www.learneezee.com/.  

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TIME CHAPTERS 

0:00 Introduction 

1:03 Origin story 

2:21 Leaving Argentina 

3:31 Decision to study Systems Engineering 

6:45 Becoming an entrepreneur 

9:14 What is nearshoring & staff augmentation?

12:55 Cultural gaps between Latin America and the United States 

15:08 Empirical’s unique selling proposition 

19:33 Biggest challenges faced as an entrepreneur

26:49 Attracting top flight talent from Latin America

31:13 What is the biggest contributing factor to Empirical’s success?

40:50 What’s on Your Mind segment