The following is a video of me giving this presentation: https://youtu.be/cxsR2NYPavA Software, Not Software, Contracting, and Consulting. What are the pros and cons of the different types of company that do software development?

1. Companies

2. Types of Companies
● Not Software - Software is supporting
● Software - Software is the business
● Contracting - People are the business
● Consulting - People are also the business

3. “Not Software” Company
● Blurred Lines
● If you shutdown IT, it will still make money
● “We are NOT a technology company”

4. “Not Software” Company
Pros
● Most Common
● Stable
● Ripe for innovation
Cons
● Limited Upward
Mobility
● Older Tech
● IT is a Cost Center

5. “Software” Company
● “We are a technology company”
● Software is the business
● The founder/CEO has a dev background

6. “Software” Company
Pros
● Upward Mobility
● Newer Tech
● Always innovating
Cons
● Least Common
● Not as stable
● Shiny object syndrome

7. Contracting vs Consulting
- Solo Assignments
- Warm Bodies
- Group Assignments
- Skilled Assistance
- Strategy
- Partnership
Contracting Consulting

8. The Rate
$80
(80%)
$20
(20%)
$100
The Margin

9. In Practice...
$55
(55%)
$10
(10%)
$100
$15
(15%)
$20
(20%)
Company A
Company B
Company C

10. Contracting Company
Pros
● Better Pay
● Variety
Cons
● Temporary
● No Work = No Pay
● First to Go

11. Consulting Company
Pros
● Better-ish Pay
● Variety
● Bench Pay
Cons
● Consulting?
● SOWs
● Bill, Bill, Bill