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Long story short - am programmer in healthcare insurance comapny, who helped out with accessibility, and now I'm my company's defacto "accessibility wizard".
They had a vendor who sucked so hard - hence my wizard status. Vendor needs to confirm and certify periodically that frontend code work is under compliance for accessibility. Me and my team became really good at coding them up.
Then they decided to go with one of the bigger vendors in the accessibility field - which costs $31k ~ $50k per year!
And then here's me, who wants to create my own software services agency. I already created a website offering a landing service and my services, but haven't really ventured out to get customers - mainly because I'm busy creating the website/system for my small cottage food delivery side gig.
I know how these contracts are long - often yearly. I sense there's a window of opportunity, and it's closing fast. I can lowball my offering, and know I can provide a good quality service.
So my question:
As an employee, would I be dinged or marked as a problematic employee if I offer a side gig for providing accessibility certification? How should go about it?
More info:
Yes there's a legal conundrum of me being an employee - offering certification might raise some eyebrows, but it's not something a third party assessment tool can find out that my certifications are lying.
I have an idea of automation that could save me some time doing it as well.
I was going to offer it after I move out of the company but unfortunately it's not happening as fast as I want.
Thanks in advance!
They had a vendor who sucked so hard - hence my wizard status. Vendor needs to confirm and certify periodically that frontend code work is under compliance for accessibility. Me and my team became really good at coding them up.
Then they decided to go with one of the bigger vendors in the accessibility field - which costs $31k ~ $50k per year!
And then here's me, who wants to create my own software services agency. I already created a website offering a landing service and my services, but haven't really ventured out to get customers - mainly because I'm busy creating the website/system for my small cottage food delivery side gig.
I know how these contracts are long - often yearly. I sense there's a window of opportunity, and it's closing fast. I can lowball my offering, and know I can provide a good quality service.
So my question:
As an employee, would I be dinged or marked as a problematic employee if I offer a side gig for providing accessibility certification? How should go about it?
More info:
Yes there's a legal conundrum of me being an employee - offering certification might raise some eyebrows, but it's not something a third party assessment tool can find out that my certifications are lying.
I have an idea of automation that could save me some time doing it as well.
I was going to offer it after I move out of the company but unfortunately it's not happening as fast as I want.
Thanks in advance!
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