Abby Sims
I've spent more than 20 years in software. First writing it, then leading teams, then running my own firm, and then running engineering at a bigger one. I write here about running a software services firm: what to charge, when to hire, how to keep cash from getting ahead of you, how to manage engagements, and which of that still holds up now that AI is changing how the work gets done.
Essays on running a software services firm.
Will I ever go back to a "real" job?
Written in September 2016: a client I liked went a different direction, a slow month followed, and then the best months the business had seen. Republished from the archive.
Not quitting... But damn it if there aren't days I want to.
Written in 2015, alone at the end of a hard night, about the loneliness of running an agency solo — and about being purposefully small and not yet satisfied with it. Republished from the archive, unedited.