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Networking, networking, networking. You need CTOs friends. Before covid you would move somewhere where the market is good for engineers, kick it off with some
by jokethrowaway 5y ago
Networking, networking, networking.
You need CTOs friends.
Before covid you would move somewhere where the market is good for engineers, kick it off with some CTOs sending your A-team of the best contractors ever. It's basically like getting a normal job but you're not selling yourself but a team of people.
Finding companies at the right stage or CTOs that get hired to transform companies is crucial.
Over time you can slowly disinvest from the company and start sending cheaper contractors and retire.
- teekay 5y agoI think this works great when one wants to do staff augmentation or contract for tech companies. Maybe this is what the OP meant. The situation is a little more complicated if one wants to sell services to an end client that is not technical. Finding the right marketing mix to get in front of these clients is a challenge (ie, they are not on HN and many of them spend very little time online for work-related activities). I keep hearing that going after a relatively narrow niche where you can offer relevant expertise is the way to go. Even then, I suppose some sort of direct outreach is the way to go.
- muzani 5y agoOne great advice my partner gave to me was that it's the Pareto Principle: Spend 20% of your time networking and 80% of your time doing work. That 20% of your time networking will bring in most of your money. Why not spend 80% of your time networking? Nobody respects people who do that. They do want people who can get the job done, so you still have to be spending most of your time getting the work done and becoming an expert.