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--- Brian <blink64@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> Take a good (system) trader telling a good engineer what the trader needs.
> Give me 3 decent QA engineers, and 3 developers to implement and I could
> design and develop a product just as good as Tradestation (charting,
> language, and if needed server). It's not the company it's knowing the art
> and science of software which is all about individuals. Any company
> committed to building a good product could do that. Marketing it is
> entirely another issue which is where the real experience is at Omega I
> think.
If you have only 3 QA + 3 developers ... it will take 3 to 5 years.
>
> It would take time and money no question. It would probably take around
> 6-700K starting from scratch (3 dev @ 140-180K/yr a piece, 3 QA at 35-80K/yr
> and add cushion). People come and go in a company all the time so it's
> quality of the people hired that make the difference. This depends on
> finding the right managers who in turn find the right people. But it can be
> bought anywhere, anytime.
>
double the staff, double the budget,
than the time will be shorten to 2 to 4 years.
not speculation, but from actual experience.
Lawrence
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Lawrence Chan http://www.tickquest.com
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