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> At some point, I left the project, and my co-founder hired an expensive consultant to review the system and provide feedback. People get pretty unhappy if th

• adrianN 7y ago
  I thought people hire consultants so that they can sell unpopular changes as recommendations from an external authority instead of letting the blame hit management directly.
  • blihp 7y ago
    That's often more what you'd bring management consultants in for. A technology consultant is more likely just to tell you to dump whatever tech you are using in favor of whatever the flavor of the month is.
• thaumasiotes 7y ago
  > People get pretty unhappy if they hire a consultant and don't get some drastic change recommendations. "Everything is good" doesn't sit well when handing over cash. I suggest that this is largely untrue when the consultant being hired is a security consultant. There is demand out there for security consultants who will rubber-stamp your existing software.
• Iv 7y ago
  As a consultant I have never been hired by someone whose system was working. I am willing to bet the consultant was hired to add a feature, could not figure the installed code, and proposed to redo it the only way he or she was used to.
  • Xylakant 7y ago
    I have been hired a few times to review working systems. Basically get an external set of eyes on specific things. And “yes, this all looks good, you might want to tweak a little here and keep an eye on that once you grow significantly.” is an entirely accepted outcome of such reviews.