If you’re building software, chances are you’re leaking money in one of three places: hiring, process, or building the wrong thing too slowly.

In this episode, Matt Haycox sits down with Matt Watson — 5x founder and CEO of Full Scale, to break down the modern reality of scaling engineering teams in 2026: how offshoring has evolved, why “cheap dev” horror stories happen, how legacy systems quietly kill momentum, and what AI actually changes inside a software team (and what it doesn’t).

You’ll hear Matt and Matt talk about:

• How offshoring really works (and why most people get it wrong).
• The evolution of global hiring in tech, and what changed after remote work.
• Legacy systems: why software becomes fragile, expensive, and hard to replace.
• AI in software engineering: what it speeds up, and what still relies on humans.
• How to scale a dev team affordably without sacrificing quality.
• How Full Scale’s model works (team structure, flexibility, and delivery).

Timestamps:
0:00 – Hiring Developers Without Going Broke
4:57 – Offshoring in 2026: What’s Changed in Tech
9:13 – Legacy Software: The Hidden Cost Most Founders Ignore
13:16 – AI + Software Engineering: What’s Real vs Hype
18:13 – Scale Your Team Affordably (Without Chaos)
20:26 – Full Scale: Business Model + How Teams Plug In
22:09 – Final Thoughts

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