> The irony is the same companies can pay 3x the comp for external consultants. I once worked for a university during a large ERP migration. There was a mix o

> The irony is the same companies can pay 3x the comp for external consultants. I once worked for a university during a large ERP migration. There was a mix of employees and consultants working on the migration. Everyone that the university managed to hire (at salaries WAY below-market price) was almost immediately snatched and started working as consultants themselves (in other companies, obviously). And rightly so.