What's the market like for a tech consultancy that specializes in process automation? entrepreneur how earn by blogging blog

I have nearly ten years of experience automating processes in my working career, both on the low-level technical side (writing VBA code, building databases, Python and C# apps, developing custom reporting frameworks), writing requirements and specs for development teams and overseeing the building of greenfield software to replace legacy systems as a program manager, and working with executives to help them better understand their business through data by creating BI systems.

This kind of stuff really excites me, but I'm at a bit of a career crossroads. I currently make a good amount of money (~$180K/yr) as a senior program manager, and while moving higher up into people management might get me an incremental amount more money, it also would mean I would move away from a lot of the stuff I like doing, and I also am not fully in control of what that trajectory looks like from a position and salary perspective (might take 5-10 years to get to where I want to be, earnings-wise). I've always wanted to start my own business and for quite some time I've toyed with the notion of a tech consulting business, leveraging my skill-set.

I would be a one-man shop in the beginning, and ideally I would aim to charge on a project basis, not hourly, so I could build a more scalable business from a revenue perspective (charging not only project fees, but monthly support subscriptions, offering services on retainer, etc). It seems like these kinds of services would be valuable to many companies since there is so much manual work abound, regardless of whether you're a mom and pop or Amazon. A lot of people talk about marketing consulting or building apps and websites as a freelance/contract programmer, but process automation doesn't seem to get as much attention.

I'm curious to know what the market would be like and if this is something I could make into a lucrative opportunity (goal would be to do it on the side for at least a couple years, then quit my job and replace, and exceed, my current income). Since process automation is more of a cost-reduction activity vs a profit-making activity, is it valued a lot less than someone coming in to build a website that might generate $X million for the company (and would companies even see any reason to embark on such a project unless it surfaced internally from those who deal with the inefficiencies of the process day to day)?

Thoughts?

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