Interview
1. (Business owner over phone) this man I interviewed owned a small e-commerce business. He told me I had a great idea, but he uses the platform Shopify which comes with a compilatory easy to use coding system to build their website.
2. (Computer science student at UF) She thinks that the idea can’t work because people are making coding very easy with free easy to use websites like code.org almost everyone in the future will know code.
3. (English Major at UF) He thinks that the idea is immoral and that we should not exploit cheaper labor from outside the US.
4. (Finance major at UF) She thinks that my idea could be huge, but she believes it won’t be sustainable because minimum wages in those countries will go up.
5. (Business owner in Gainesville) He thinks that my idea was good but won’t use it because he wants the best of the best coders for his website for his quality of his customers.
My conclusion:
Who: People who want premium websites that don’t want a cheaper option for their programming needs.
What: The desire they had of a programmer was there, but they wanted a premium service which I didn’t offer.
Why: The only difference I saw between the outsiders of my boundary and the insiders was their priority.
I found a lot of great things in my interviews and take everyone’s feedback to heart. Included bellow if my columns and charts.
Inside the boundary
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Who is In- People who want good programmers at an amazing price
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What the Need Is- The need is for cheap quality programmers
Why the need exists- Prices for programmers to build websites in the United States is way too high compared to programmers outside the USA.
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Outside the boundary
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Who is Not- Companies that are huge like Apple or Microsoft that need the best of the best programmers
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What the Need Is Not- This is not the “Dollar store” of programmers
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Alternative Explanations- People are comfortable with non-Americans programming their websites.
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Zachary,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post, I can relate to the companies that would rather use American workers at a higher price because the American workers are more skilled. While outsourcing the programming job to workers in other countries results in cheaper wages, you run the risk of hiring a programmer that is unqualified and will not perform is duties to the quality a company desires. I think it would be beneficial for your opportunity to include ratings of all available foreign programmers and they must pass a specific coding test that ensures they are qualified for the position.