[Ncr-Python.in] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[vijay shanker]

hello satya
it felt nice as i too wanted to start my own firm.. so in case u have that
start up going, you can count on me.. and i was one posted that excel
thinng..part of project i am working on these days..
regards
vijay shanker

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:43 AM, vikas ruhil <vikasruhil06 at gmail.com> wrote:

> <<< styaakaam is saying absolutely correct
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:06 PM, satyaakam goswami <satyaakam at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 6:47 PM, aruntheguy at gmail.com <
>> aruntheguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I am a final year BE student. While most of my mates are sincerely
>>> searching for a spot in the corporates, me and two of my friends
>>> cherish a dream of creating a business for ourselves. We got something
>>> like a few website development offers and that has motivated us
>>> further. But we are not really going to stick to web development as
>>> such and want to get into customized application development and
>>> software deployment.
>>>
>>
>> good
>>
>>>
>>> I recently saw a message in the "NCR Python Users Group India"
>>> discussing Data Mining tool for collecting data from Excel Documents
>>> and displaying them on web pages. I think these are some untapped
>>> areas of software deployment, at least here in India.
>>>
>>
>> No and yes to your presumption
>>
>>
>>> So, now the questions in my mind are:
>>> 1. Can we really survive as a company creating application specific or
>>> customized software for situations like the one I have mentioned
>>> above?
>>>
>>
>> Yes
>>
>>
>>> 2. Is there really market for such software and services in India?
>>> Kindly keep in mind FOSS.
>>>
>>
>> Yes
>>
>> 3. If there is a possibility to survive. Are we going to be judged by
>>> the work we do or by the industry experience we have or supposed to
>>> have? (Remember I am still at college)
>>>
>>
>> No
>>
>>
>>> 4. At last, how much are we going to be paid for these kind of jobs?
>>> Keeping in mind that depends on the quality of work we do and our
>>> ability to negotiate, I would like to know the scale where I would be
>>> starting.
>>>
>>
>> This variable depending on  Demand and Supply , you cannot be sure on this
>> one.
>>
>> I request whoever reading this mail to give your views and ideas.
>>>
>>> P.S: If possible repost this mail in the mailing lists you prefer
>>> appropriate. I do not know anyone in the field of software or startup
>>> as of now.
>>>
>>
>> you need not know also at this stage  , cherish your dreams "just do it"
>>
>> -Satya
>>
>>
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