sleepymonster
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Currently I am a contractor in the Data Science space. It was a great move and I more than doubled my salary overnight switching from being employed.
I had no problem finding gigs so far but the actual work is really getting to me and it it basically just sort of a "midlane" approach. In my gigs so far I am basically hired help since tech companies can't find enough experienced staff and work as a normal employee just less affected by office politics. The gigs also tend to be long, at least 6 months, and often extended.
It is good but I am not creating any lasting value beyond getting paid per hour I work and I would rather build a real business that in the end would not be dependent on me.
As for now I can see I have two ways to scale this.
1) Try to find other people that are qualified enough, hire them and try to find gigs for them. A lot of risk since I would have a payroll if I can't sell enough and I suspect it also would be hard for recruit people good enough without offering them equity which I absolutely not want to do.
2) Try to become a real "consultancy" in that I try to sell in more defined projects. I have really no idea on what that could be since all work I do seems to be pretty different dependent on the type of business my client is in. It is kind of hard to sell if I am not sure what the client needs. A plus however is that it might be easier to get talent to work for me since their pedigree will matter less.
Anyone has other ideas on how to practically scale this into a real fast lane business? Any book suggestions? Your own story?
I had no problem finding gigs so far but the actual work is really getting to me and it it basically just sort of a "midlane" approach. In my gigs so far I am basically hired help since tech companies can't find enough experienced staff and work as a normal employee just less affected by office politics. The gigs also tend to be long, at least 6 months, and often extended.
It is good but I am not creating any lasting value beyond getting paid per hour I work and I would rather build a real business that in the end would not be dependent on me.
As for now I can see I have two ways to scale this.
1) Try to find other people that are qualified enough, hire them and try to find gigs for them. A lot of risk since I would have a payroll if I can't sell enough and I suspect it also would be hard for recruit people good enough without offering them equity which I absolutely not want to do.
2) Try to become a real "consultancy" in that I try to sell in more defined projects. I have really no idea on what that could be since all work I do seems to be pretty different dependent on the type of business my client is in. It is kind of hard to sell if I am not sure what the client needs. A plus however is that it might be easier to get talent to work for me since their pedigree will matter less.
Anyone has other ideas on how to practically scale this into a real fast lane business? Any book suggestions? Your own story?
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