The Programmers' Consortium is a new kind of software company because the company is actually a NETWORK! The network consists of well over 150 computer software professionals in over 100 locations linked together via computers and communications lines. The network contains the Skills and Availability Listing that finds the right programmer for your requirements quickly and inexpensively.

Programmers communicate to each other across the network using electronic mail. A Source Code Repository on the network allows programmers to share computer programs in a wide variety of programming languages to reduce the amount of new code that has to be written for any new products that come along. Several key Programmers' Consortium members are able to see each other and talk face-to-face from their computer screen across the network. The majority of Programmers' Consortium members are located in the greater Washington, D.C. areas; however, we also have members in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Tennessee.

Membership in the Consortium has always been free. However, membership is highly selective. Of well over 20,000 resumes submitted since 1982, only approximately 150 programmers and telecommunications engineers are currently chosen as regular members. Membership selection is determined by a governing board and is somewhat subjective. Education, training, work experiences, demonstrated coding style, and references from existing Consortium members are all important factors in the selection process.

Over 95% of Consortium members have Bachelor of Science degrees in either computer science or engineering. Over 50% of members have had some Masters or Doctoral level study in either computer programming, telecommunications engineering or operations research. Every member has gone through an extensive review of sample programs they have written. A Programmers' Consortium member must be able to communicate effectively in plain English.

A genius with a computer who cannot communicate in plain English cannot be used effectively to understand and document our customers' needs nor to make commitments to our customers. Although we have many such programmers in the Consortium, our back-room geniuses are used almost exclusively as behind-the-scenes technical support resources to the front-line programmers who have to deliver the goods to the customer.

A few industry insiders subscribe to the notion that a top-notch programmer is often 10 to 100 times more efficient and productive, and writes programs of significant higher quality, than even those considered to the above-average programmers. The Programmers' Consortium was founded on this belief and this is the primary reason for the 18-year success record of our company.

The Programmers' Consortium is always interested in hearing from qualified individuals. We offer interesting work in a great work environment; your own home. Below is our hiring process. If you feel your are qualified, please feel free to submit your resume.