Peru as a Software Development Center

Avantica has development centers in two countries, Costa Rica and Peru.  I was always a bit curious why Peru had been the first choice for expansion beyond Costa Rica over say Brazil or Argentina.  Peru is a country rich in culture and history.  That makes it a great place to visit.  But what about engineers?  Near shore engineering after all is driven by one key factor: talent.

Technology is a fast growing industry and the best place we have found to identify and train engineers is at universities.  Did you know that Peru has the highest educational attendance rates in all of Latin America according to UNESCO, World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank as mentioned in this post on Wikipedia?  That’s right, engineers and students in general in Peru are in class more than any other country in Latin America.

What does that tell you?  Simple, that kids are dedicated to learning and education is seen as a way to achieve in life.  This reminds me of India, where I spent some time working with development companies and learning about their culture, and how the competition over the best schools was part of what lead to the outsourcing boom there.

Did you also know…

• Peru is one of the 20th largest countries in the world second only to Brazil and Argentina in Latin America
• The literacy rate in the country is 92%
• Peru holds the Guinness book of records for the widest range of dishes for any country in the world (491)

OK, that last one may be more about why I want to go to Peru.  If you’re looking for a reason yourself, have you heard of Machu Picchu?  Now that is something I can’t wait to see!

Peru is a beautiful country that has an interesting mix of culture and resources.  We’re seeing more and more of our projects sourced in Peru because of our ability to find and train good engineers there.

Learn more about Peru and Avantica at our development centers page on our Web site.