That's a really low bar for "industry famous". Yes, to get to a non-trivial consulting rate, you need to be established and have references, and yes, this proba

That's a really low bar for "industry famous". Yes, to get to a non-trivial consulting rate, you need to be established and have references, and yes, this probably implies a number of years at a lesser rate. But "famous" signifies something quite more than having a handful or two of happy, influential clients. Finally, I'm not sure patio11 is really all that famous outside the HN bubble, and for all it is, it really isn't that big.