I think there is another trend going on, perhaps spurred by the pandemic: the rise of consultancy (or contract) work. It feels like the whole concept of “I work

I think there is another trend going on, perhaps spurred by the pandemic: the rise of consultancy (or contract) work. It feels like the whole concept of “I work at company X” is fast becoming old fashioned. Especially in software some increasing percentage of people people seem to much prefer being consultants. Or am I wrong about this trend ?