Recently, I made an idle threat on Twitter (shown below). I was thinking of creating some content along the lines of how to go from being a software developer to a software consultant. People ask me about this all the time, and it makes for an interesting subject. I was also flattered and encouraged by…
Thanks, everyone, for sending in your reader questions! I’m flattered by how many folks have submitted and definitely have a healthy backlog from which to choose. Today, I’m going to answer one about competing with software consulting companies. I believe this question came from a post I wrote two weeks ago, about speaking to your…
Given the recent launch of Developer Hegemony, I decided to address a reader question. This question hits near and dear to my heart and to the subject matter of the book. I’m going to paraphrase for the sake of anonymity. But, either way, it amounts to a question about how to start consulting. But First,…
“Don’t worry. We’re not a staff aug firm or anything like that.” Years before this would matter to me, I remember some recruiter saying this to me on the phone. I didn’t know what “staff aug” meant, so I remember looking it up afterward. I won’t force you to do that, though. Staff Augmentation: a…
Last Friday, I published a post called “The Polyglot’s Dilemma”. I had actually had a stubbed draft for this post, “Always Be Leaving,” before writing that one. But it turns out that post segues nicely into this one. Programmers (especially polyglots) face a dilemma wherein the thing that makes them most employable (broad generalist skills)…
