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October 28, 2004
Software Craftsman
Such difficulties are typically faced by just a few thousand people with specific and unusual requirements-too few to merit the attention of the big computer firms, but enough to provide opportunities for a growing band of homebrew coders who set out to develop niche products.
"I like being able to design and implement software and have the final say," says Mr Simmons. "It's a higher level of creativity than working on someone else's software. I get to refine and market my own ideas." At $40 each, Mr Simmons needs to sell 2,000 copies of his program each year to earn what he would be paid as an employee elsewhere.Except, I bet he needs to sell way more than 2,000 copies since that would be $80,000 gross. Let's estimate that he can keep half of that and $40,000 isn't that great for a Seattle based software developer. But that's why you should rural source to something like DelMar Information Technologies :)
For homebrew coders, the fact that their fortunes depend directly on the quality of their products is both the risk and the reward.I wouldn't have it any other way. It just seems to easy and I see to many people that take the attitude when they go into their "regular" jobs of "don't get fired today" instead of "do your absolute best".
Posted by mikel at October 28, 2004 01:00 PM
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