diff --git a/docs/posts/2026/08/11/2026-08-11_feature_image.webp b/docs/posts/2026/08/11/2026-08-11_feature_image.webp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a5d2b1e5 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/posts/2026/08/11/2026-08-11_feature_image.webp differ diff --git a/docs/posts/2026/08/11/index.md b/docs/posts/2026/08/11/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5a033d5c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/posts/2026/08/11/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: "When Should a Company Have an Internal Software Dev Team?" +date: 2026-08-11 +authors: + - chris +categories: + - Business + - Industry +tags: + - hiring + - organizations +--- + +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](https://weeklydevchat.com/join/) as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. + +P.S. - The feature image is from [Lumo](https://lumo.proton.me), 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](2026-08-11_feature_image.webp)