What's also missing in this discussion is that you can get programmers to get their companies to pay tons of cash.
Building a consultancy company around a technology product is probably on of IT's most classic business models.
Building a consultancy company around a technology product is probably on of IT's most classic business models.
From what I understand something like Eve is begging for a hybrid product/consultancy approach...
Putting personal preferences aside it would by far be the most logical path towards building a big business out of it.