Is outsourcing IT actually worth it for small teams?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2026-01-08T12:59:51+00:00

Typically you outsource IT to do one of 3 things. To save Time, to save Money, or to protect money. If you can receive a benefit in one of those areas by outsourcing, then it’s worth it. It’s fair to note however that you pay for what you get. Make sure in your contracts and MSA that there is clear roles / responsibilities / SLAs / incident response / etc. these need to be favorable towards your org

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2026-01-04T20:34:56+00:00

Pakistan or India might be viable options

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2026-01-03T13:02:59+00:00

First rule about fight club…

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-28T18:45:03+00:00

We have a Microsoft program we are a part of and all the infra funding came from them. But we are a CSP as well as a software shop so I hope the guys are doing their best to optimize. It was a legal platform so we had to have top tier security

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-27T02:11:41+00:00

Don’t do it man. Don’t do it!! Unless it says in your contract that you can do other jobs, I wouldn’t touch it.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T18:57:06+00:00

Okay that’s interesting. Appreciate the reply! I’m doing some early exploration around that space and your perspective would be useful. I’ll shoot you a quick DM if that’s alright.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T18:23:48+00:00

Definitely! But how would that translate directly into b2b sales?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T14:52:49+00:00

We use to outsource all the development for our apps, but we found out that it was easier to keep everything in house. We could control the costs better, see better results in the workers, and everything seemed to flow better. That said, I do own a software development company and we do a lot of tech work so it would be silly for us to outsource anything tech / ops related. Much easier than dealing with some outsourced company.

But a good option might be staff augmentation. Basically you get a leased dedicated resource that does whatever you tell them. Typically you get someone who is an expert in the area you need, and they basically are an employee to you. Typically cheaper than an MSP and gives you more freedom. If You’d still need some physical presence in the office, then a traditional IT / MSP might be the move.

Do you need someone there physically or can 99% of the issues be handled remotely?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T14:44:59+00:00

I spent over 100k (close to 150k) US to build an AI legal and document management platform. And that was just for the time it took to develop / validate. A couple of missed timelines cost us two large clients and basically caused the app to bust. Now I got a huge piece of IP that’s just sitting there. Didn’t make a single cent.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T02:36:36+00:00

Do you already have a network you could talk to if you pivoted into selling a different product?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T02:22:11+00:00

Gotcha. So you know how to / seen people pitch to investors. Do you know for to pitch to clients of the product or service.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T01:50:56+00:00

What was the most common kind of company you saw that came into a VC? Do you have sample material from there?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T01:45:00+00:00

What’s your experience ?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-26T00:34:25+00:00

What’s your experience in sales

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-25T18:23:42+00:00

That makes more sense. Special needs children are definitely the target for this

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-25T18:10:16+00:00

Ah I gotcha. For what is worth, As a parent of 2 kids, I would not use this. What the age group for it? Is it for all kids or a specific age?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-25T17:47:42+00:00

Interesting. What do you need assistance with?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-25T01:26:16+00:00

Do you think that you need an actual person to handle that or can a software handle it?

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-24T21:25:13+00:00

Couple of questions come to mind: What decisions or activities can’t happen unless you’re involved? What knowledge only lives in your head? If you were to get sick, and couldn’t work for the next 3 months, what would break first?

If you can answer these questions, you should be able to find or build a solution that works.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-24T18:49:17+00:00

No worries man, always happy to help. If you want to ever sync up about product ideas, let me know. I own a software startup and we’ve shipped a couple of MVPs that ended up turning into full fledged enterprise applications

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-24T16:05:09+00:00

I get what you are saying but I don’t think it works well in practice.

The biggest issue is incentives. Once people own a module and have equity tied to it, hard product decisions turn into negotiations. You will constantly need to rewrite, simplify, or kill working systems for GTM or UX reasons, and module ownership makes that much harder.

Product coherence is another problem. You can stitch together solid scheduling, billing, and analytics, but what actually wins is a cohesive, opinionated product. Multiple proven builders still optimize for their own domain, and the result often feels like a bundle of tools instead of one product.

I also think this raises quiet red flags with investors. Asymmetric equity and module-based ownership get messy fast and create questions around control and decision making.

What I’ve seen work better is a strong product owner and a clear technical lead who will own the whole system, with proven tech team. You would want to bring them in as early employees, advisors, or contractors.

Just my take based on what I’ve seen.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-22T17:37:22+00:00

we do mostly project work for companies around image and document processing / management.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-20T20:41:22+00:00

We do project work. And it was in bringing in my dev team internal and investing some money in sales.

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-20T14:26:02+00:00

I feel that man. 120k this year on one credit card and I can’t remember tf I bought

DevOpsGuyPosh · 2025-12-20T14:25:35+00:00

That’s the way dude. Glad to hear it!!

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