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I've only been at it a year but I find this to be nearly impossible. 95% of my income this past year was writing software. Whenever someone saw me as a "softwar
by acconrad 8y ago
I've only been at it a year but I find this to be nearly impossible. 95% of my income this past year was writing software. Whenever someone saw me as a "software consultant" they thought "well why don't we pay him to implement it too?" But I also made more than double what I made when I was full-time.
I really would like to know how to not immediately be slotted as someone who is just a coding mercenary.
- acct1771 8y agoDon't take the work, or subcontract it.
- acconrad 8y agoSo the breakdown I saw this past year was: * 5% consulting (e.g. reports, audits, et al) * 10% subcontracting to other devs * 85% direct software development The highest margins were certainly on that 15%, but the volume was not nearly high enough to be able to make it work. Would a scenario be something like: Prospect wants work done. Instead of turning them down because my rate is too, subcontract that to someone who is maybe less experienced and can do it at less than the advertised rate and bake in a margin there?
- toyg 8y agoThis is how body-shops make the big bucks: squeeze production prices down so you can carve more profit. The alternative, I believe, is to find niches with higher margins or that scale better (white-label products, saas, and so on). Facebook makes $640k for each worker they employ, and they certainly don’t skimp on salaries.
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