I had worked with a team in Colombia before and I speak Spanish, so we initially gravitated towards hiring people both in the Austin, TX and Colombia.
We found really great teammates, who spoke great english. We also loved the US timezones, it was possible to be more responsive to our US customers.
And finally, I was surprised at how much overlap in culture we had as software deveopers. For example pop culture like movies, shows, video games, anime, music, etc.
