My company is where I like it - small and maintainable - just a few employees. But sometimes I get some BIG projects thrown at me that are nearly guaranteed. The problem is, I don't want to hire anyone and it's too hard to keep a good group of reserve programmers busy 100% of the time.
I've turned away at least 3 > $30,000 projects in the last few months alone - and I hate it. I want to be involved, I want to grow the company, but I think the best solution might be to use an outsourcing house. Eventually these clients will stop coming to me and go elsewhere - and I don't want that to happen. So --- who have YOU used to outsource your projects to? Someone that does it all - Flex, CF, .NET, SQL Server, etc. I don't have the money to blow to try out places to find out they suck pondwater or never return phone calls. I want to manage the project and I want to be involved in everything, but I need a group that can continue to work even though they run into a roadblock on a separate piece. Now there are some INCREDIBLE groups out there that we all know and love (I won't name names, but one of them trained me in Flex) but $120/hour in this economy isn't going to cut it. So - who have you used that you like, that won't break the bank? And do they communicate well? (It's WAAAY to hard for me to express what I want to someone that doesn't understand English, so I need to be careful there too) Any recommendations/thoughts/examples? If you ARE one of these groups, PLEASE don't respond on this list - just reply to me directly. There is already WAY too much traffic on this list to begin with (I even hesitated sending this message) But what I'm REALLY looking for is someone who has EXPERIENCE with some of these groups - good or bad. Thanks for listening!
