One thing I know for sure. You guys in US are really lucky. In Singapore, they just don't trust locals, even if you are experience and confident. And we are cheap.

Drop me a note if you can't finish the job and would like to sub it out. I am experience in VFP and FPW26 and all my 4 partners have experience more than 5 years.


>I'm kind of curious about people that do contract work. I think this is something I'd like to do eventually, and I'm wondering what's involved. At this point it's purely curiosity as I only have a year of professional programming experience and I doubt anyone would hire me. :)
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>How much experience do you think is the minimum before going out on your own. I was thinking of trying it in about 5 years. That's about when we're planning on having kids, and I thought this would be a good way to be able to be home with them. I'm sure I'd still have to hire someone to help if I wanted to get any actual programming done, but at least I'd be home if I was needed.
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>Am I being unrealistic? I really know nothing about being a consultant (is that even the right term?). What kinds of things, besides VFP are good to know? I'm thinking I should learn about SQL Server. What else?
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>Now that I'm typing this, I guess it actually isn't purely curiosity. If I want to do this, I have a lot to learn, and now isn't too early to start.
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>How do you go about getting the contracts? Do you have to be a good salesperson? I'm not. I think it would be best if I found a partner that was good at the business side so I could just program. Is that unrealistic?
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>Well, this post is getting long. I'd like to hear your ideas, opinions, suggestions, warnings, etc.
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>Thanks,
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>-Michelle