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So you want to be a consultant?

• chiefalchemist 4y ago
  > Have "customers", not "clients" > This is a minor semantic point, but one I've stuck with for many years. A client implies that the consultant is superior, while customer suggests that the consultant is beholden. I see it differtly. Customer implies the relationship is transactional. Client implies there's an ongoing relationship. Futhermore, ideally as the consultant you an agent of the client. That is, no matter what you do what's in the best interest of your client (or your client goes elsewhere). That said, while overused, partner is probably the best word. But it's also difficult to manifest as most "clients" what to be customers.