Last week, I wrote a post in which I answered a reader question about who writes the code in a world of empowered software developers. In that post, I continued my thematic assault on the concept of generalizing, which prompted a question about another topic I’ve tackled before: niching. The question was pretty simple (and…
On this blog, I’ve talked at length about both software development and consulting. In fact, I have an entire posting tag devoted to transitioning from being a developer to being a consultant. This includes a take on why everyone should want to. So I’ve got the subject of software consulting surrounded. But now, I’d like…
I actually started this post last week, in what was shaping up to be a long one. Instead, I decided to spin the lead-in off into its own post about staff augmentation. In that post, I covered a decent amount of ground, but I’d like to focus in on two main points about the software…
Quick — what’s the reason people pay you? Don’t ponder. Just freeze the first thing that comes into your mind. It’s probably something like this, especially if you’re a salaried programmer. I have a valuable skill that’s in high demand: programming. On a surface level, I can’t really argue with that. Recruiters pester you constantly,…
Last week, fate (via Hacker News) sent a lot of people to this post, about becoming a software consultant. This actually resulted in a lot of new readers and followers. So, first of all, hi to all of the new readers and followers. But secondly, I’m about due for another consulting post. So let’s talk…
