Where are the new IT business companies developing software, websites and databases?

Question

I am a qualified software engineer who has experience in developing software, databases and websites, but I don’t understand how companies find work for database software and website development? Any advice would be highly appreciated. I understand that this can make me look dumb and can attract negative feedback, but throughout my 15 years of experience I only worked for someone, so I am new when it comes to work I ... Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Work can be found by all obvious methods, for example, through personal / business relations, sponsorship, advertising, marketing, exhibitions and events, etc.

A significant amount of work can also be found in the bidding process. Many companies and almost all government departments will transfer their outsourcing contracts as part of the tender process. If you go to the website of medium and large companies and many government departments, you can find a page of contracts and tenders with all the works that are currently available for participation in the tender.

Many of these companies, in turn, will also list either national or industry contracts, and a website / mailing list that you can subscribe to. They will also advertise their contracts in newspapers and trade magazines. Aside, if you have never seen this before, I think you can only be surprised at what kind of work the government needs to do. Also note that my use of government applies not only to central government, but also to councils and government.

All this, of course, has a cost. It can be quite expensive for a tender for a contract. You do not just send a business card and make a 10-minute presentation. Many of the contracts must be transparent, so there can be several rounds for a process that require specific forms of documentation support, etc.

Thus, basically, if you ever finish outsourcing the contract yourself, you will ultimately pay a fraction of the cost of all the unsuccessful tenders that your selected provider incurred before meeting you. But this business ... better get yourself a suit.;)

Answer 2

I started by having the opportunity and building a business on top of this. From the initial opportunity, I took the time to prepare for the next opportunity, so when it arrived, I was ready. These features brought me an active network (user groups, cold calls, etc.) Or through contact, and just random odds.

This is a bit of a chicken and egg dilemma. You need work to justify spending resources on setup, and you need to set everything up so you can get the job.

I would look at your business assets (your site, finished presentations, accounting, etc.) and ask yourself if you are ready. If not, you should consider making some subcontracts while you are ready for these assets, so you make money and learn something while you do your preparation.

Your minimum list of assets may look like this:

• An honest and applicable website (without blinking bits, and not promises to work in other states or guarantees, if you really can’t support it. KISS rules here, you are a small business, it's normal to have a simple website)

• Business Cards

• Canned presentation of what you can do for your target market

• A method for your purpose. I'm not quite sure what to call it, but it could be "deploying Sitefinity CMS for an extenal website." You need a set of tools that you can build on. If you are just a programmer, you hire and start from scratch every time you really need to consider subcontracting.

• Accounting and legal entities and organization of work

• A plan of what to do if your business fails (i.e.: what is your revenue stream)

• A plan of what to do if your business is a wild success (i.e. you have other resources that you can quickly bring on board)

It doesn't have to be difficult, just write a checklist and mark something or add it as you continue.

Answer 3

These are mainly contacts that exist in other companies (which receive software development and web development services), or offering projects on sites such as Odesk and elance , etc. If you have a limited team and resources, then the first route is good. After you have a job from a large company or department in your kitten, you can get future projects from there and based on the quality of your current work.

Answer 4

In general, this is communication and the establishment of good relations with people, so they will direct you to the next person with whom they communicate. I found www.craigslist.com to be the place to start. You have to be careful, as these are full of scammers, and people are simply looking for something for nothing. I found a couple of good opportunities there and I know what is. Freelancing websites are another place, but again you are going to find people who want to get high quality work done at a cheap price. The best way I've found is to develop or buy a product that people want and don't want. In general, this requires patience, in this area people are always looking for an easy way out, so you need to be persistent with your set of skills and not sell yourself short, if your good for what you do will show, and people will pay for it. that, as I said, I’m not saying that you go out and blame the dollar for your work, but you don’t want to break yourself either. look at which market you want to enter, you can manage and focus on it. good luck with it.