When you think of Latin America & Software, the first thought that comes to mind is nearshoring or offshoring. When building the engineering team for Ride, we decided to see if we could build a world-class engineering team from Latin America by giving opportunities to former consultants of nearshoring companies. This talk goes over the decisions made, the lessons learned and the unexpected impacts we saw when we offered talented nearshoring consultants with low pay, and give them a high trust environment to flourish and a membership in a highly motivated team.