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I wouldn't consider Accenture a large software company. They do a lot of software "consultancy" (ie bodyshopping), but the nature of the consulting game plus th
by namdnay 6y ago
I wouldn't consider Accenture a large software company. They do a lot of software "consultancy" (ie bodyshopping), but the nature of the consulting game plus their decentralized architecture (I've worked with Accenture, and the relationship between their different offices seems to be closer to co-franchisees than colleagues) means I wouldn't consider it a "big software company" (as in lots of people working on the same system/architecture
- mdoms 6y agoYup they're not a big software company if you arbitrarily constrain the definition of software company. I could argue Google is not a big software company (as in lots of people working with mismatching socks and propeller hats). But that would be just as stupid.
- namdnay 6y agoWhat I mean is that the overwhelming majority of Accenture (or TCS, or Deloitte, or IBM Consulting, or Infosys, or any other bodyshop) employees aren’t building software for Accenture, they’re being hired out. So that’s why I don’t consider Accenture a “software” company Would you consider Randstad to be a building company? They loan out hundreds of thousands of building contractors across the world
- icelancer 6y agoIt doesn't matter anyway. Accenture is also an American company despite being incorporated in Ireland.