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When Should a Company Have an Internal Software Dev Team?

The topic for today's (2026-08-11) chat is: When should a company have an internal software development team? Is there an ideal size or other factors that influence that decision? When is internal development better than paying for consultants and/or 3rd party software?

Inspired by me currently discussing this issue with two companies and having this discussion in the past. Would love to have a specific yes/no metric but haven't found one yet. My current answer is "it depends ...". I would love to hear others' thoughts on the subject.

Everyone and anyone is welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

P.S. - The feature image is from Lumo, Proton's AI assistant. It took a couple prompts to get an image that was useable and it really struggled putting any correct text on the image. Thoughts?

Illustration contrasting an internal software team collaborating around a computer with a business person shaking hands with an external consultant

Meetings Considered Harmful

Are you swamped with meetings? How many meetings do you have in a day? Are they useful? Are they harmful? What works for you and your workplace?

Some common problems with meetings:

  • Lack of a clear purpose or agenda
  • Unprepared attendees and excessive length
  • Too many participants
  • Meeting fatigue

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.

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- Profit: Increasing income and reducing expenses

How do you increase your profits and net worth either as an employee, consultant, or business owner? Do you focus on lowering expenses, increasing income, or both? How do you increase your profits as an employee? Any investments, either material or skills, that will increase your profit in the short or long term?

The theme for November is the business side of software development with a focus on employees, consultants, freelancers, and small business owners:

  • Nov 5th - Marketing: Building your personal or company brand

  • Nov 12th - Accounting: Taxes, payroll, and other boring but necessary tasks

  • Nov 19th - Profit: Increasing income and reducing expenses

  • Nov 26th - Values: What do you value more than money?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Learn how to join the chat, and other useful information, here.

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