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

[vikas ruhil]

<<< 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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