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Could someone explain what the difference between a independent consultant and a contractor is in the software industry?
by powertower 15y ago
Could someone explain what the difference between a independent consultant and a contractor is in the software industry?
- abrudtkuhl 15y agoContractors often work onsite for set lengths of contract (3,6,12 months) on one or more projects. Consultants often work on a single project they bid on in their own time.
- MortenK 15y agoIt means the same. You can even throw in "freelance" there as well. All terms just means an external person doing work for a company in some form. Typically you'd associate the "freelancer" with the scruffy php dev who does localpetshop.com sites from home, and the "consultant / contractor" as a temporary, full-time team member in one or more enterprise-scale projects on-site at a large customer. In reality though, it's all the same.