How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
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How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
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Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#2This is the best article I've read on HN in a long time.
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#3Pardon my ignorance. What does a consultant do?
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#4ha, when i saw the headline and read the first paragraph i assumed this was a sales pitch for something.. but after scrolling down to the bottom and not finding anything i shortly realized this is the author of kalzumeus.com which is the source of some of the best advice I (as a programmer) have read on the internets.
One gotcha here is that not every programmer can be as successful doing such business consulting. I think it is a different skill (muscle?) that must be developed in order to talk with suits and create the aura of instant value. I wish i knew how to train that muscle more :)
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#5ha, when i saw the headline and read the first paragraph i assumed this was a sales pitch for something.. but after scrolling down to the bottom and not finding anything i shortly realized this is the author of kalzumeus.com which is the source of some of the best advice I (as a programmer) have read on the internets. One gotcha here is that not every programmer can be as successful doing such business consulting. I…
ha, when I read it I still think it was a sales pitch ... not that there is anything wrong with that.
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#6Pardon my ignorance. What does a consultant do?
Full-time programmers can be had for $50 to $100 per hour, but they can create millions of dollars of value, far in excess of what they're paid. Consultants are one of several groups of people who take a share of the difference.
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#7What if you're already a consultant, but are tired of Internet marketing (and its related accoutrements)? Is there a pivot for that?
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#8Pardon my ignorance. What does a consultant do?
In broad strokes, make businesses money.
In a little more detail, I (personally) work mostly for B2B SaaS businesses and know a few things which tend to work for generating incremental growth in revenue. If you've followed my blog or HN posts they won't sound all that impressively new: write drip email campaigns, do A/B yet, redo pricing tiers, optimize conversion funnels, etc etc.
There are many other consulting specialties out there, obviously, but that seems to be a mutually happy place for my abilities and clients' businesses.
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#9Pardon my ignorance. What does a consultant do?
Full-time programmers can be had for $50 to $100 per hour, but they can create millions of dollars of value, far in excess of what they're paid. Consultants are one of several groups of people who take a share of the difference.
This is why I work for myself, am building my own company(ies). I knew I would never get paid the value I can bring to the table, and I would never be motivated to do my best in that scenario.
Re: How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
#10Sigh... I'd settle for someone giving me $100 per hour.