I agree with Peter, project management is key.

Then, most of the technical back-end gurus - the developers, don't have adequate marketing or accounting skills, yet just across their lecture halls they have what it takes to form a good team.

Someday the Government will openly engage the most capable suppliers who can come up with viable business solutions like they do in the US - https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=503be34bf9b0d8d50bf8d44a1c123af3&tab=core&_cview=1

Demand will grow, competition will be high and homegrown, so start building the capacity now.. you might not even get to bid for such business then because some other major company will acquire yours, the rest will be 7 or 8 figures :-)

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Peter Muchemi via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

To inject a bit of realism in the story, brian should disclose 1. how he gets the jobs 2. how he manages the projects (he is a one man show or he has a team, how does he manage that) 3. how he handles the business aspects(licenses, govt, bankings etc)

This would help other aspiring coders to jump over the mine fields that are in this coding business. Item 1 is critical because from experience, one has to learn how to manage brokers who believe chq from coding is free money.

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