Strathmore student gets 6 figure contracts to build apps
Hey skunks, I found this really interesting and thought it might inspire someone, especially I.T students. http://www.strathmore.edu/en/media-center/385/54/Student-Turns-Computer-Skil... Regards, Joseph.
There is a lot of money to be made in programming, and all it requires is mastery of one technology stack. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Joseph Tintale via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hey skunks, I found this really interesting and thought it might inspire someone, especially I.T students.
http://www.strathmore.edu/en/media-center/385/54/Student-Turns-Computer-Skil...
Regards, Joseph.
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Indeed. This is one of the best times to be in software dev. It's a very difficult profession to easily automate (like manufacturing, farming etc) and so will be lucrative for a few more years, and at the moment pays fairly well. On 21 January 2015 at 09:46, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
There is a lot of money to be made in programming, and all it requires is mastery of one technology stack.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Joseph Tintale via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hey skunks, I found this really interesting and thought it might inspire someone, especially I.T students.
http://www.strathmore.edu/en/media-center/385/54/Student-Turns-Computer-Skil...
Regards, Joseph.
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Kind of reminds me of this tweet: https://twitter.com/dhh/status/557219939325464576 Martin. On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:05 AM, John K. via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Indeed. This is one of the best times to be in software dev. It's a very difficult profession to easily automate (like manufacturing, farming etc) and so will be lucrative for a few more years, and at the moment pays fairly well.
On 21 January 2015 at 09:46, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
There is a lot of money to be made in programming, and all it requires is mastery of one technology stack.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Joseph Tintale via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hey skunks, I found this really interesting and thought it might inspire someone, especially I.T students.
http://www.strathmore.edu/en/media-center/385/54/Student-Turns-Computer-Skil...
Regards, Joseph.
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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.
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=503be34bf9b0d8d50bf8d44... 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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