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Virtual Engineering Company

  • 09-08-2016 10:32AM
    #1
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I have been toying with this idea for a while.

    The idea is to set up a company but with view of providing full engineering consultant services but with out the overheads i.e. no office, BYOD, using opensource software, etc etc.

    This wouldnt be a full time job (at the start anyways) and would look to build on the nixer economy that is there already but build on it and legitimize it.

    Do you think there would be interest in the board community to try and build something like this and give it a go?


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  • #2
    Turbulent Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭Turbulent Bill


    I think it depends on the structure of the consultancy. There are plenty of ad-hoc groups created by independent consultants through their contacts. These are just created through word-of-mouth, no real online or business presence. Just doing a virtualised version doesn't feel much different.

    A truly collaborative virtual consultancy, with community as well as commercial work, would be great though. Easily connect the work with the engineers interested/capable of doing it, better public exposure etc.


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