[Hidden-tech] Software firms in the valley

[Charlie Heath]

Thanks Rich and others for your replies about software firms in the Valley.

Yes, five is an arbitrary number, and I don't mean to make a hard
distinction between software engineering .vs. programming, at least not for
this conversation!  I'd rather cast a wide net and then sort out the catch
than limit the scope up front.

I'd like to distinguish between individuals who hire occasionally based on
particular contract needs (I put myself in that category now) as compared
with somewhat larger firms.  

Charlie Heath
Blue Herring Consulting

 
 -----Original Message-----
From: Rich [mailto:rich at on-the-net.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:00 PM
To: Charlie Heath; HT-discuss
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Software firms in the valley

Charlie Heath wrote:
> How many firms are there in the area with more than 5 software engineers?
> Who are they and what do they do?
>   
I have to assume the number 5 is arbitrary - we have a mix of people,
some what I would consider 'software engineers', and others a wide variety
of required team members to create and run systems.  If you count our 
core of employed most technical people, I'd put it at 3 this instant -- what
tomorrow it will be and if you add consultants, all I will say is greater
than 5.

That said, few software companies have the majority of people as 'software
engineers',and I know few programmers I would call 'software engineers' --
having studied the field since it started being called that and growing up
in an engineering family.