Most comments here are about right. What they do not discuss at length is that you'll need to be searching for clients in the middle of projects and possibly sc

Most comments here are about right. What they do not discuss at length is that you'll need to be searching for clients in the middle of projects and possibly scheduling them in or adjusting your staff appropriately as needed. Smaller consultancies may need to search for clients and schedule them in months later, or adjust staff on-demand to account for onboarded clients. Yes, finding work is important, doing the work is important, and getting paid is important, but the latter two are not as important if you know what you're doing and you work with people who will pay you. Those parts are not hard. Sales is "hard," in so much as it takes time. The risk factor involved in my previous statement is that they shop around and rescind the work agreement because their timetable has immediate needs. Not a lot of clients are patient. It's sort of a basic thing that goes without saying, but once you get into this line of work, you'll learn a lot about HR, compensation packages for your contractors/employees and corporate tools.