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$200k revenue per employee are dismal numbers for a high-end US based consulting company of any sort. Is it just the problem with competing with India and Uzbek
by netman21 7y ago
$200k revenue per employee are dismal numbers for a high-end US based consulting company of any sort. Is it just the problem with competing with India and Uzbekistan (where my developer is from)? My own consultancy of one does $500K/per employee and I have available time to get to $1 million. The Chasm Group told me a decade ago that it was easy for one of their consultants to bill $2 million.
I just can't imagine employing 100 developers who must get at least $150k in salary + $30k in benefits and charging so little for their time. Remind me not to get into softwre development.
- bcardarella 7y agoIt's not easy, margins are thin but it's the nature of the beast. We were able to maintain a 20% - 25% margin over the past few years.
- brightball 7y agoSoftware consulting is a tough business. Customers often want to pay some equivalent of per hour/week/sprint/month, with hard estimates where the work is very often difficult to estimate.