Well, I must say that I understand the president of you're firm very well. May experience is that contractors can be very good for smaller development tasks, with clear objectives, and clearly defined system requirements. However I guess that you're boss might in the end want to develop a software company, and not only continue to run a consultancy, we all know were the real money is..Bottom line: You can't build a successfull software company if you outsource you're core competence...
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Well, I must say that I understand the president of you're firm very well. May experience is that contractors can be very good for smaller development tasks, with clear objectives, and clearly defined system requirements. However I guess that you're boss might in the end want to develop a software company, and not only continue to run a consultancy, we all know were the real money is..Bottom line: You can't build a successfull software company if you outsource you're core competence...