I agree totally with Leam. >From open source you don't do money, unless you create something great, that sometimes break (Mongo for example), because people use it and need you to fix it.
7 years ago I published a template engine called RainTPL<http://raintpl.com/>, lot of developers use it and help me to improve it, which is good because I use it in all my website, but I never got a penny from it. Is fun yes, but if you want to do money get a job :) On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, leam hall <leamh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Morning Kristina! > > I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than > one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd > recommend finding a code house that supports products you are > interested in. Or that use technologies you want to integrate into > your future solution. For example, look to 10Gen for MongoDB, etc. > > If your driver is income stability then there are lots of recruiters > who will happily make $$ off your desire for resource levelling. There > were some recent posts on the Jobs list, I believe. > > If your desire is to raise your income then perhaps you need to look > at marketing and selling yourself better. I highly recommend Josh > Kaufmann's "The Personal MBA" as a way to get better in business > without the overly expensive and often pointless sheepskin. > > If your desire is to build a better mousetrap then perhaps getting > work with a current CRM shop to see what goes on behind the scenes > owuld help. It doesn't have to be a PHP based product but you'll > probably be able to transfer your knowledge fairly easily. > > Hope that helps! Many of us are in the throes of career growth or > transition and there seems to be a lot of good out there. > > Leam > > On 5/19/12, Matthew Kaufman <mkfmn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This doesn't answer your question, but check out > http://apps.gotonames.com > > > > On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote: > > > >> Greetings, all! > >> > >> For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- building > >> and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than doing hourly > >> consulting. Specifically, a product in the CRM / marketing software > >> space, which I feel is under-served. > >> > >> Does anyone have any experience with hooking up with business side > people > >> to refine ideas, get their input, and obtain funding/business partners? > >> > >> I've become increasingly disenchanted with hourly and per-project > >> consulting as the economic pressures increase (and increased economic > >> pressures are another reason why I think CRM/marketing is the area to go > >> with). But, I'm not sure exactly how to go about making my dream come > >> true and look forward to any input. > >> > >> On a side note, if anyone has any overflow work, please contact me off > >> list. No reasonable offer refused. :) > >> > >> Thanks guys. > >> > >> Kristina > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Kristina Anderson > >> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant > >> Skype: kristina.anderson835 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > >> > >> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation > >> > > > > > -- > Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation >
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