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Old 02-19-2008, 04:13 PM
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Default Re: Guru looking for Angel

???? I've read your posts Tubby. Let me clarify:

I don't have any targeted customers. My online resources are for one purpose: to show my graphics and my flash and my programming. Mission Accomplished. I've had absolutely no problem finding jobs doing this 9-5 for $50-100K/year.

What I am looking for: The next big project that I can work on.

Looking forward, I'm looking for an 'Angel' that wants something created, or designed, or programmed, and I can take care of that, or get it started. For now I'm just helping people get shopping carts setup online, helping folks create an eBay store, creating graphics and logos, etc.

Here's what interests me: Helping folks.

- Maybe someone wants to create their vision of a MMORPG. I can get that started. I'm just one person, the tech-guy, so I'm not a lawyer, or a data-entry clerk, or anything in-between.

- Maybe someone has a cool website idea. I can create the engine that powers the idea.

- Maybe they are looking for options? Ken mentioned that he wanted a .NET 2.0 WYSIWYG editor. There's lots of them available, and he picked the same one I recommended.

- Maybe a guy is sick of creating Winforms and they want a Winform-editor that they can use. A WYSIWYG interface, and some iContainers, and they're set.

Since I'm only one person, I can't do it all, but I'm a good resource. Legal issues? Check with a lawyer. Same goes for other specialties... my specialities are graphics programming, database integration, enterprise architecture, server administration, etc.

Often I spend hours on the phone with companies, discussing their plans for the Net.

There was a comics website that offered downloads of a desktop app that allowed users to see a daily comic. They mentioned they were interested in going with .NET but wondered how it would work on PCs that do not have the Framework installed. I assured them that this pre-requisite is part of the installation package, and it can be downloaded if required.

They balked that an Internet connection would be required, but I pointed out that the application was already connected to the Internet (through an auto-update), and the program was retrieved from the Internet.

I have seen some big projects, but since I can't do it all, they are usually awarded to companies like Quilogy (for CMS) or teams of developers.

A perfect fit would be something like YouTube. Someone has an idea, I whip up a prototype, we get it hosted, we let it fly for a year and see how it goes.
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