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Re:Ask HN: How do I take my consulting business to the next ... by wildengineer on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:48AM (#20233435)
1. I haven't picked an industry. I've been working with a startup in adtech and the other a significant player in the digital content provider space. Do you most clients expect extensive experience in their domains?

2. As for service, my technical focus is on all things backend, but also advise my clients on best practices at all phases of development. I want to eventually build a team to cover the full stack and QA.

3. Very good points and advice.

4. I currently work on these contracts. One of which should carry me through the year, but I don't have the cash to float myself for any longer than 3 months. I expected to work near full time while I work on sales. Also I don't know much about sales. Any content I should be reading?

5. Thanks I'll take a look.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I take my consulting business to the next ... by pryelluw on Thursday June 20, 2019 @11:52AM (#20234109)
1. No, but it helps to know their industry. It really sets you apart.

2. All things backend using what technologies? (language, databses, frameworks etc)

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Re:Ask HN: How do I take my consulting business to the next ... by wildengineer on Thursday June 20, 2019 @12:57PM (#20234815)
I can't name it all but here's the main stuff...

Languages: Java, Scala, Python 2&3, Javascript/ES6/Typescript

Libraries/Frameworks/Middleware: Spring, Java EE, Spark, Flask, Pandas, Pyspark, Node, Kafka, Redis, Memcached

Databases: The popular SQL dbs (SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra and Mongo).

I also have alot of experience with Azure and AWS offerings, including serverless.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I take my consulting business to the next ... by pryelluw on Thursday June 20, 2019 @05:38PM (#20237655)
That's quite a list of technologies for one person to sell. Narrow it down to the most in demand and market those. Only do the rest as a value added service.
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