I’ve decided on a secondary job opportunity

By jelly | July 9, 2008

I’ve been trying to come up with a way of making some extra cash lately. Not a get rich fast scheme or a way to get money without working, but a way to make a steady income while still working at my full time job.

I’ve decided that something that I like to do, and do quite regularly for my company, is to design and have build custom applications. I have good contacts with programmers that can get programs done quickly and cheaply. These programmers are located off shore so their salaries are very reasonable, and I would act as a on shore contact to make sure the customers are happy and have someone to talk to on the phone as they need to discuss any problems or design changes. If the project is large enough I could even fly in for meetings to discuss everything first hand.
Projects could be quoted on a time and material basis, or project basis.

Since I have been using the offshore programmers for my own business for the past 2 years I have 100% confidence that they can deliver high quality code in a quick time frame for a reasonable dollar.

I think this is a good model for smaller companies who don’t want to have their own systems departments but require custom applications, or companies that don’t want to have the responsibilities of having more employees, with contracted services there are no HR headaches.

I will be working in the next week to get a website introducing the company up and running so that I can start trying to find clients. That will be the biggest hurdle but I’m not looking to turn this into a huge enterprise right away so a couple small clients is perfect for me to manage.