[ale] consulting climate?

[Steve Litt]

On Thu,  2 May 2019 13:30:00 -0400 (EDT)
maddog via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> You also need sales people....maybe not THE MOST of technical of
> people, but someone who looks for jobs, gets quotes from the
> technical people, then reels the customers in. They are the
> relationship managers.
> 
> I have a friend in the early days of Linux (just after LinuxCare)
> that started just such a consultancy. Had a real "Virtual
> Office" (board room, receptionist, mailing address...you can rent
> them...you can rent almost anything).
> 
> It was doing fine until they ran out of pent-up demand and did not
> have good sales people to find more customers.

Yes! Likewise, I knew a software consultancy consisting of five
developers and a sales person. The sales person kept them all busy. I
actually sub-contracted with them: They were a great outfit and always
had work.

SteveT